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AUTHORS: Danielsen, Eirikur;  á Norði, Gunnvør SUMMARY: Blue mussel farming is currently not an industry in the Faroe Islands. However, they are abundant in the coastal waters around the islands and previous trials have shown a good farming potential. Blue mussels are a low trophic species that show a great potential to increase

AUTHORS:Camille Saurel, Clarie Ng, Pascal Barreau, Iarfhlaith Connellan, Colin Hannon, Adam Hughes, Pernille Nielsen SUMMARYMytilus edulis, commonly known as the blue mussel, is the second most economically important mussel cultivated in Europe. Faced with increasing spatial limitations inshore, researchers and industry are looking at distant offshore sites for longline cultivation with

This report was developed as a learning material for use in the AquaVitae MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) developed by the project during 2021-2022. The report presents the concept of low trophic species, discusses some of the most commonly used classification systems for culture systems (open/closed systems and intensive/extensive systems),

Åsa Strand, Anton Rydstedt, Erik Lindblom have recently published a report on Environmental Monitoring, Risk Assessment and Sustainability in AquaVitae. SUMMARY This report aims to provide a common framework for the AquaVitae sustainability and risk assessments, by mapping existing and emerging Low Trophic Sustainable (LTS) aquaculture. To be included, the LTS-system must

Before summertime break there is a last webinar to enjoy! Sebastiaan Wensveen is originally from the Netherlands but he is doing his master’s degree in Sweden at University of Gothenburg. As part of his master thesis, he has worked on flat oyster aquaculture in Ireland and Sweden in the hopes of

AquaVitae training activities includes exchanges abroad for the students. Last summer Mayleen Schlund took part in one of them. She travelled to Faroe Islands where she made an internship in the research station Fiskaaling. The student exchange within the project framework allows the participants to expand their international networks and

The student section of the AquaVitae participated in the General Assembly 2022 in Porto, Portugal. They shared their experiences in the aquaculture industry and other apprentice exchanges. Stef Claessens, Abigail John, Stefany Almeida Pereira, Gerardo Díaz and Mayleen Schlund are passionate about the ocean and the sustainability. Their studies lead them

AquaVitae develops different training activities that provide the knowledge needed to bring the low-trophic aquaculture production to a wider audience ensuring sustainable food production and mitigation of the climate crisis. Among these activities, we can pinpoint the student exchange, our monthly webinars and, of course, the massive open online course

Andressa Cristina Ramaglia da Mota graduated in Marine Biology in 2015 and proceeded to specialize in aquaculture. She has always been interested in how climate change and pollutions affect the marine organisms and has developed various studies on the topic in her academic career. One of them concerns how ocean

We bid farewell to 2021 with a new chapter of a Low Trophic Life webinar focused on the possibility to feed abalone with macroalgae in an IMTA system. As part of AquaVitae project, Ben Opara delivered his master’s thesis in Marine Biotechnology earlier this year at UiT The Arctic University

Arapaima gigas is one of the world’s largest freshwater fish. It is a promising candidate for freshwater aquaculture development in Brazil due to its high growth rate and meat quality. But the lack of reproductive control in captivity has limited the expansion of Arapaima farming. Can