Marine Biotech
“Marine biotechnology is a subset of biotechnology and, in line with the OECD definition of biotechnology, can be defined as:
‘The application of science and technology to living organisms from marine resources, as well as parts, products and models thereof, to alter living or non-living materials for the production of knowledge, goods and services.’[1]
This broad definition incorporating both modern and traditional activities ranging from conventional biological applications, like welfare and food production, as well as applications at the biomolecular and genomic level. The fast growing modern biotechnology provides new and improved utilisation where the enabling technology harnesses biomolecular processes for the development of knowledge and products such as food improvements, biofuels and biologics with better social and environmental benefits.[2]