Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00506, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : MacQuarrie, Stephanie (Cape Breton University), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Nova Scotia|Nouvelle-Écosse, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Louisbourg Seafoods Limited harvests (April to October) and sells 5 millions lbs of Snow Crab (Chionoecetes_x000D_
opilio) annually. The commercially desired product are the legs and shoulders generating resultant waste_x000D_
streams from the bodies of the snow crabs (approximately 1/3 of the crab). Currently Louisbourg Seafoods pays_x000D_
for snow crab waste to be landfilled and they are interested in alternative, more environmentally sustainable_x000D_
practices. In a landfill, snow crab residues will decompose and generate some small amount of fixed carbon,_x000D_
however much of the carbon is released into the environment as CO2 during decomposition and aside from_x000D_
some microbial benefits none of the remaining interesting chemicals are utilized during landfill decomposition._x000D_
The chemical composition of the snow crab includes a high content of protein (34.2% dw) and essential amino_x000D_
acids; they also have fat (17.1% dw), with a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids and approximately_x000D_
28.5% dw minerals (calcium, phosphorous, and magnesium) making this waste stream very intriguing as a_x000D_
starting biomass for the generation of biochar that has a more interesting and likely more valuable chemical_x000D_
composition than forestry biochars., program purpose french : Louisbourg Seafoods Limited harvests (April to October) and sells 5 millions lbs of Snow Crab (Chionoecetes_x000D_
opilio) annually. The commercially desired product are the legs and shoulders generating resultant waste_x000D_
streams from the bodies of the snow crabs (approximately 1/3 of the crab). Currently Louisbourg Seafoods pays_x000D_
for snow crab waste to be landfilled and they are interested in alternative, more environmentally sustainable_x000D_
practices. In a landfill, snow crab residues will decompose and generate some small amount of fixed carbon,_x000D_
however much of the carbon is released into the environment as CO2 during decomposition and aside from_x000D_
some microbial benefits none of the remaining interesting chemicals are utilized during landfill decomposition._x000D_
The chemical composition of the snow crab includes a high content of protein (34.2% dw) and essential amino_x000D_
acids; they also have fat (17.1% dw), with a high proportion of polyunsaturated fatty acids and approximately_x000D_
28.5% dw minerals (calcium, phosphorous, and magnesium) making this waste stream very intriguing as a_x000D_
starting biomass for the generation of biochar that has a more interesting and likely more valuable chemical_x000D_
composition than forestry biochars., agreement title english : Diversion of Crab Waste into BioChar Production, agreement title french : Diversion of Crab Waste into BioChar Production, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2017-11-08, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada