Acronym MAXIMUS
Category
Aquaculture
Title Optimization of Icelandic turbot culture Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP6 - SMEs-Co-operative Research Contract
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
Specific Research Activities for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Sigurlaug Skírnisdóttir Coordinator email sigurlaug.skirnisdottir@matis.is
Coordinator institution
Akvaplan-niva - Akvaplan-niva AS (Norway)
Institutions involved
AUA - Agricultural University of Athens (Greece) ,
NA - Argosaronikos Fish Farming SA (Greece) ,
NA - Hesy Bergambacht BV (Netherlands) ,
RACTI - Research Academic Computer Technology Institute (Greece) ,
NA - SagaFjord Sea Farm AS (Norway) ,
NA - Sagro Aquaculture Ltd (Cyprus) ,
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway) ,
NA - Viveiro Vila Nova SA (Portugal) ,
Start year 2008 End year 2011 Funding (€) € NA Website NA Summary The overall aim of this project is to develop methods to significantly reduce production costs in farming of turbot (Scophthalmus maximus). Production of turbot in Iceland has been growing and it is therefore important to develop technology to lower the production costs. Turbot is an ideal species for farming in landbased stations in Iceland, having many good characteristics as an aquaculture species and high (650 -1300 kr/kg) and stable market value. Rearing fish in landbased farms comes however with a cost and it is important to constantly strive to develop new technology to reduce cost of production. We intend to reach the overall goal of this project by focusing on three technical solutions. Firstly develop methods to use photoperiod control to increase growth rate up to 25% compared to traditional methods. Secondly to improve growth and feeding efficiency and reduce feed production costs by defining the optimal ratio between protein and fat for turbot larger than 500g. The third technical goal is to develop multiplex systems making it possible to determine the pedigree of the parent fish during breeding to ensure genetic diversity leading to high growth rate. The application of these technical solutions could lead to 45% reduction in the production costs. Our future vision is that land based farms in Iceland will be used to produced large volumes of turbot with minimal costs.
Keywords
Fish;
Engineering;
Land-based aquaculture;
Larval rearing;
Prototype;
Technology;
Marine Region
45
Southern Adriatic Sea (GSA 18)
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
2
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