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CTMA

CTMA (Microalgae Technological Centre) has been set up to carry out feasibility study regarding developemnt of local microalgae production.

This centre comprises a laboratory (LEMA) located in Noumea and a production pilot (LTMA) in Kone. Their main operations include:

  • Exploring, selecting and characterising local breeds ;
  • Preserving and maintaining a collection of local microalgae breeds ;
  • Conducting pilot scale trials: production in outdoor ponds (raceways), harvesting, extracting and drying ;
  • Feasibility study on creating value from breeds and molecules of interest ;
  • Assisting with set-up of commercial farms (selecting suitable sites and production methods, developing and transferring protocols).

Feasibility study for development of an innovative microalgae farming industry in New Caledonia has been made possible by late 2011 through the construction of two laboratories financed by the French Government (CIOM funds). Better known as AMICAL (Microalgae Aquaculture in New Caledonia), the program has been implemented through a partnership between ADECAL Technopole and IFREMER (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) and has developed a network of collaborative expertise - from public and private sectors - which skills are instrumental in developing a New Caledonia microalgae industry.

Crew: 3

Sites: Noumea and Kone

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