Acronym BIORAS_SHRIMP
Category
Aquaculture
Title Improvement and innovation of a BIO-secure Recirculating Aquaculture System for SHRIMP and additional biomass circular production Programme International Cooperation
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-European Coordinator Vincenzo Zonno Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
UNISALENTO - University of Salento (Italy)
Institutions involved
Akvaplan-niva - Akvaplan-niva AS (Norway) ,
ABT Group - AquaBioTech Group Ltd (Malta) ,
NA - Biosyntex Srl (Italy) ,
NA - Biotecna Srl (Italy) ,
DFA - Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture - Aquaculture Directorate (Malta) ,
KUFOS - Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (India) ,
NIBIO - Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (Norway) ,
NA - Omini Pharma Srl (Italy) ,
UNIPI - University of Pisa (Italy) ,
Start year 2022 End year 2024 Funding (€) € NA Website https://bluebioeconomy.eu/improvement-and-innovation-of-a-bio-secure-recirculating-aquaculture-system-for-shrimp-and-additional-biomass-circular-production/ Summary The development of sustainable, productive, climate-neutral and resilient farming systems is, nowadays, an obliged way to provide consumers with affordable, safe, traceable, healthy and sustainable food, while minimizing pressure on ecosystems. The improvement and innovation of land-based integrated multi-trophic aquaculture systems, perfectly goes in this direction since it allows to produce high quality seafood and valuable environmental services. The high demand of shrimp for human consumption has led to rapid expansion of production all over the world. During the last decade, an increasing interest to shrimp culture has arisen also in Europe, due to the increasing demand for freshly harvested, sustainably produced shrimps and to the application of highly intensive closed recirculating aquaculture (RAS} and biofloc (BFT} systems. This project aims to develop and test an innovative bio-secure, land based sustainable shrimp culture model to minimise waste, enhance productivity and recover energy and nutrient for additional biomass production, in view of a circular economy process. The application of the bio-system principles (food first, sustainable yields, cascading approach, circularity and diversity} is at the backbone of the research approach and methodology proposed. The expected results are: Set-up of a clear water RAS for shrimp culture with improved technology and husbandry efficiency; Development and test of a hybrid RAS-BFT farming system; Installation and validation of an innovative RAS effluent treatment system; test and validation of an Artificial Intelligence based water quality monitoring system; Development and test of innovative protocols for effluent solid waste and residual water reuse and valorisation; Exploration of new bioresources deriving from the additional biomass produced. All outcomes have high industrial and commercial impact on several economic sectors while addressing global challenges, making the EU more sustainable and competitive.
Keywords
Protocol;
Shellfish;
Crustacean;
Shrimp;
Land-based aquaculture;
Water management;
Recirculating systems;
Waste valorization;
Engineering;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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