Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Bivalve seed supply in Central Vietnam Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Peter Bossier Coordinator email Peter.Bossier@UGent.be
Coordinator institution
UGent - Ghent University (Belgium)
Institutions involved
RIA 3 - Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 3 (Vietnam) ,
Start year 2011 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 299,840 Website https://www.vliruos.be/en/projects/project/22?pid=2114 Summary The project will support the Research Institute No3 in Nha Trang (Vietnam) in their endeavour to have a fully operational bivalve hatchery where seed of otterclam (Luthraria rhynchaena) and Portuguese oyster (Crassostrea angulata) will be produced, as an example for farmers who want to set-up their own hatchery and to supply farmers with good quality seed who want to specialize in grow-out activities of the selected species. Once the proper equipment is in place, the project will focus on the selection of nutritionally correct micro-algae that are easy to mass-culture under the local circumstances and on hatchery husbandry. The water quality for both the algae and larval production will be improved by using probiotica in a second phase of the project. Research skills of the RIA No3 staff will be uplifted by providing scholarships on PhD-level and MSc.-level and by hiring several experts to organizing relevant training sessions. Once the protocol for rearing the otterclam and the Portuguese oyster is established, major efforts will be put in the extension of this knowledge via the national network VIFINET, to interested farmers whose livelihood should improve by culturing these highly demanded species.
Keywords
Larval rearing;
Bivalve;
Land-based aquaculture;
Shellfish;
Seed production;
Engineering;
Mollusc;
Clam;
Oyster;
Aquaculture development;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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