The Circular IMTA-DEMO is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the EU Just Transition Fund Programme 2021–2027. Grant Number 2023JTF165.

Welcome to the Mount Lucas Circular Bioeconomy Aquaculture Initiative [CIRCULAR-IMTA-DEMO] Project.

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Demonstrating high-value commercial bio-products at scale utilising local agri-food waste streams at a circular peatland IMTA site in the Midlands Just Transition Territory.

CIRCULAR-IMTA-DEMO is an ambitious, commercially-focused, interdisciplinary bioeconomy demonstration project that harnesses the use of a novel recirculating, peatland-based, integrated multi-trophic aquaculture/aquatech (IMTA) site at Biowetlands in Mount Lucas, Co. Offaly. It will demonstrate value-chain products for new feeds/foods from cultivated-duckweed and macroalgae at scale that use fish-culture waste-streams. 

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JTP Groundwork Meeting – Sustainable Future for Peatlands (Helsinki)
JTP Groundwork Meeting – Sustainable Future for Peatlands (Helsinki)

March 22, 2026

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CIRCULAR-IMTA-DEMO Project Participation in Iceland Ocean Cluster Visit
CIRCULAR-IMTA-DEMO Project Participation in Iceland Ocean Cluster Visit

March 19, 2026

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Irish Freshwater Sciences Association Annual Meeting - 2026
Irish Freshwater Sciences Association Annual Meeting - 2026

March 15, 2026

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