Acronym SELFDOTT
Category
Aquaculture
Title From capture based to self-sustained aquaculture and domestication of bluefin tuna, thunnus thynnus Programme FP7
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP7 - Small or Medium-Scale Focused Research Project
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
KBBE – Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Specific Programme (FP7)
Cooperation
Funding source European Coordinator Fernando de la Gandara Coordinator email fernando.delagandara@mu.ieo.es
Coordinator institution
IEO - Spanish Institute of Oceanography (Spain)
Institutions involved
IFREMER - French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (France) ,
NA - GCE Blue Maritime Cluster (Norway) ,
HHU - Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (Germany) ,
IOLR - Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research (Israel) ,
NA - Mediterranean fishing grounds (Spain) ,
NA - MFF Ltd (Malta) ,
MRRA - Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs (Malta) ,
NA - National Research Council - Institute of Marine Engineering (Italy) ,
SKRET - Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre AS (Norway) ,
NA - TUNA GRASO SA (Spain) ,
UNIBA - University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy) ,
UCA - University of Cadiz (Spain) ,
UM2 - University of Montpellier 2 (France) ,
Start year 2008 End year 2011 Funding (€) € 4,046,029 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/212797 Summary SELFDOTT proposes to implement knowledge already obtained on the artificial control of reproduction of the Atlantic Bluefin tuna (BFT), Thunnus thynnus, to obtain viable eggs, and study embryonic and larval development for the production of fry (juveniles). At the same time, suitable and environmentally performing feeds for the grow out of BFT will be developed, thus reducing or eliminating the practice of raw fish importation and feeding by the fattening industry.
(1) Substantiate the current knowledge on the reproduction of capture based aquaculture bluefin tuna; (2) Establish the knowledge-base required for controlled development of eggs and larvae; (3) Establish the knowledge-base for the development of suitable and environmentally performing feeds.
Keywords
Fish;
Fish reproduction;
Larval rearing;
Tuna;
Larval development;
Marine Region
64
Crete Island (GSA 23)
70
Malta Island (GSA 15)
54
Balearic Island (GSA 5)
3
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