EUREKA PROJECT > 1960 AQUAMAKI II
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OPTIMIZATION OF INTENSIVE REARING OF SEA BASS AND ARCTIC CHARR IN RECYCLING SYSTEMS.
TO IMPROVE VIABILITY OF INTENSIVE REARING OF SEABASS AND ARCTIC CHARR IN RECYCLING SYSTEMS, SOME LIMITATIONS, LINKED TO WATER QUALITY, PHYSIOLOGY, FEEDING STRATEGY, TECHNICAL ASPECTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS, WILL BE SOLVED.
Project Description
This project presents three identified aims: 1. To improve the rentability of land-based rearing systems for sea bass and arctic charr in two different climactic zones. The work will be performed in cooperation between private commercial companies and RTD institutes. 2. To determine the optimal growth performances, environmental tolerance limits and physiological and behavioural comfort conditions for sea bass and arctic charr reared at high density in recirculating systems. These parameters will be used as criteria for the technical improvement of the water treatment unit and the definition of management procedures. 3. To define potential commercial products (technique, biological and operational know-how). The project will be defined in two working committees (technical and biological). MAKI will be responsible for overall coordination. MEDITERRANEE PISCICULTURE will be responsible for the tasks performed in FRANCE. HOLAR AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE and the UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND will be responsible for the physiological projects in ICELAND and MAKI for full scale experiments. For the physiological experiments, a transportable monitoring system will be developed for installation in MAKI and SILFURSTJARNAN. Most of the projects will be executed in full scale rearing systems provided by the farms MAKI, SILFURSTJARNAN and MEDITERRANEE PISCICULTURE. Nevertheless, the IFREMER Institute will provide experimental facilities for all research steps included in the French part of the project. MAKI, SILFURSTJARNAN, HOLAR and the UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND will construct experimental systems for the physiological projects. Other partners involved will assist with quality control (techniques, training) in the implementation phase. The full exploitation phase will last for at least two production cycles. Behavioural and physiological experiments will be performed during the first half of the project. Fish performances will be registered. Water quality will be monitored using automated computerised systems. Operational procedures for management and control of quality will be centralised. The results from these experiments will then be directly applied in the commercial operation for further technical improvements and new definitions of the maximum capacity of the systems. All projects will generate basic information on the economic feasibility of investment in the rearing system. Different operational parameters (new seawater exchange, the degree of recirculation, thermal energy, oxygen supply) will be determined for two different species in different climates in Europe. Keywords: recycling technology, fish physiology, product quality.
Technological Development Envisaged
Different sub-projects, defined between the two countries, will be approached in parallel, before global integration of the obtained results: 1. Upscaling of computerised demand-feeding systems (FRANCE). 2. Feed improvement and reduction of fish wastes in order to optimise the mechanical filtration and reduce auto-pollution of the system and its impact on the environment (FRANCE). 3. Combined water disinfection by ozone and UV (FRANCE). 4. Fish swimming activity under high stocking density in closed systems (FRANCE)). 5. Optimisation of rearing environment for growth of sea bass and arctic charr (ICELAND and FRANCE). 6. Recirculation and water re-use for sea bass and arctic charr (ICELAND). 7. Computerised supervision of production unit. 8. The acid-base equilibrium and respiratory physiology of arctic charr and sea bass in recirculation systems (ICELAND).
Main contactCOOPERATIVE LE GOUESSANT - AQUACULTURE DEPARTMENT
MS. DOMINIQUE CORLAY > AQUACULTURE MARKETING MANAGER http://www.aqua.legouessant.fr Organisation type > SME |
Contribution to project
Proposes to: adapt the experimental aliment to industrial process and test reliability/quality of this aliment through different processing techniques; test this aliment in the pilot in the closed system.
Expertise
Created in 1989, this organisation collaborates with institutes and private companies especially FELLESKJOPET HAVBRUK (NORWAY), in developing and commercialising food for fish farms and consultancy. The factory has its own laboratory to test food formulae and control the quality. The company, in collaboration with fish farms is developing new types of aliments to meet needs or environmental criteria.
Main contactELEMENT H.F.
MR. ROGNVALDUR GUDMUNDSSON > DIRECTOR Organisation type > SME |
Contribution to project
Development of a computer system to monitor the rearing environment in fish farms.
Expertise
The company has a staff of 7 computer scientists who have specialised in developing software for recording and monitoring environmental variables.
Main contactUNIVERSITY OF ICELAND/DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY
MR. SIGURDUR ST. HELGASSON > SENIOR RESEARCHER Organisation type > University |
Contribution to project
This department will assist in setting up the experiments on growth, performances and reponses of sea bass and arctic charr to recirculated water.
Expertise
This department has a long standing reputation for research into fish physiology. They have expertise and facilities to carry out physiological measurements in fish. The department is party to the COST 827 action.
Main contactSILFURSTJARNAN H.F.
MR. THEODOR KRISTJANSSON > DIRECTOR Organisation type > SME |
Contribution to project
Will provide rearing facilities and expertise in farming arctic charr and the application of geothermal energy in aquaculture.
Expertise
Commercial fish farm rearing Atlantic salmon and Arctic charr in flow through systems. The company has a staff of 20.
Contribution to project
Will provide rearing facilities and expertise in farming sea bass in closed systems, biology and physiology of the species. The water system units they develop will be used to test ozonization/UV.
Expertise
Company with 25 years' experience in fish farming. Starting two years ago, MEDITERRANEE PISCICULTURE has been actively participating in a European project called 'MARI-TECH', aiming to validate, in full scale, technical improvements in water treatment units in land-based marine fish farms (recycling system). The company employs 5 skilled technicians and biologists specialised in seabass aquaculture and physiology in closed systems.
Contribution to project
Research proposed: study the feasibility of telemetry in rearing tanks and under high fish stocking density; study fish swimming activity under high stocking density in closed systems.
Expertise
The research team involved in this project presents numerous abilities in different fields of fish behaviour and metabolism: sensory capacities of fish, fish swimming and feeding behaviour, energetic metabolism and osmo- regulation. The laboratory has developed some specific equipment to measure: * the positioning of fish in space by acoustic telemetry * trajectory analysis * simultaneous heart rate and respirometric measures to evaluate environment-related energy expenditure - space utilisation models.
Main contactIFREMER (ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX)
INST.FRAN.P.LA RECHERCHE/EXPLOITATION D.RESSOURCES DE LA MER MR. DENIS COVES > RESEARCH DIRECTOR Organisation type > Research Institute |
Contribution to project
IFREMER PALAVAS will provide experimental facilities and laboratories for R&D on aliment and environmental factors as well as expertise and consultancy on fish physiology and closed systems.
Expertise
IFREMER PALAVAS has a long standing reputation for research into sea bass and sea bream biology and cultivation. They have developed and run a small production pilot (2 tons) using recycling technology with a high density of fish. IFREMER BREST has highly relevant abilities to study physiology, energetics metabolism and the growth of farmed fish. Their main expertise fields relevant to the project are: - closed system technology and management - sea bass cultivation at high density - physiology of the species in relation to the physico- chemical quality of water - fish nutrition and energetics.
Main contactMAKI LTD. (no longer active) MR. GUDMUNDUR ORN INGOLFSSON > DIRECTOR Organisation type > SME |
Contribution to project
Will provide rearing facilities and expertise in farming seabass in closed systems, biofilters, and the application of geothermal energy in Aquaculture.
Expertise
Commercial fish farm rearing seabass in closed systems. MAKI employs 5 persons, biologists and technical staff. It coordinates the MARI-TECH project and participates in the COST 827 network. A tenfold upscaling of rearing facilities is planned during the lifetime of the project.
Main contactKATADYN FRANCE S.A.
MR. ANTOINE RENAUDIN > DIRECTOR Organisation type > SME |
Contribution to project
Will install in MEDITERRANEE PISCICULTURE an ozone generator coupled to the UV steriliser. For 18 months the efficiency of the equipment and the effects on water quality and fish performance will be monitored.
Expertise
Major company in Europe in the field of water purification and UV sterilisation, concerning potable water, swimming pools, and aquaculture activities, both in fresh water and sea water. KATADYN is involved in the MARI-TECH project and has developed innovative products for closed systems.
Main contactHOLAR AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE
MR. HELGI THORARENSEN > RESEARCH DIRECTOR Organisation type > Research Institute |
Contribution to project
Will assist in setting up the experiments on growth, performances and reponses of sea bass and arctic charr to recirculated water.
Expertise
This college has been designated at the centre for research on arctic charr in ICELAND. Current research projects include the national breeding programme for arctic charr, studies on growth and development, water requirements and other aspects of rearing of arctic charr. It coordinates the research project 'Development of sustainable aquaculture of arctic charr' which is funded by FAIR and participates in the COST 827 action. The college offers training for technical degrees in agriculture, including aquaculture.