Dear Colleagues,                

In recent decades, the interest in marine raw materials and residues has greatly increased. Compounds with improved properties and with high potential to be applied in a large plethora of applications and sectors of activity have been pointed out through manuscripts and conferences. For us to be able to reach new products and applications, new processes should also be developed, not only looking into their efficiency in recovering the target compounds, but also ensuring their sustainability, which means high efficiency, with low environmental and economic impacts, while crosslinking the strategies of process development with the Biorefinery and Circular Economy principles. In this Special Issue, all contributions related with the main aspects of marine products are welcome. The use and discovery of new raw materials or residues, the development of alternative/more performant processes to have access to these natural products, and the new products, materials, and services where they have been/may be applied are also welcome. These are extremely important issues for the coming decades and generations. It is one of the most competing fields of research, not only because the exploration of marine raw materials and residues is still in its infancy, but also because it will be one of the biggest issues to solve in future decades, and for which I hope that this Special Issue may be an important contributor. Different institutions/organizations, such as The United Nations, are calling attention to the urgency of scrutinizing the problems, challenges, and advantages of using marine resources in a conscious way when defining, for example, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and implementing the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030).

Dr. Sónia Ventura
Guest Editor

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• Marine biorefinery and circular economy
• Raw materials and marine residues
• Compounds with marine origin
• Alternative solvents
• Alternative downstream processes
• New applications and products