Speakers at AquaVitae´s workshop at EMD. From left to right: Ann Wu, Cliff Jones, Sylvain Huchette, Gercende Courtois, Ólavur Gregersen and Philip James (moderator of the round-table). Photo: AquaVitae European Maritime Day (EMD) is celebrated this year in Ravenna, Italy, from 19th to 20th May. This year’s
AquaVitae Consortium travelled from Europe, South Africa and Brazil to meet in Portugal. Photo: © Rafael Méndez Peña. 70 participants gathered in the third AquaVitae annual meeting that took place from April 26th to 28th in Porto, in the north of Portugal. It was the first time
From left to right up and down: seaweed, abalone, shrimp, blue mussels, oyster, sea cucumber, pirarucu and sea urchin. The AquaVitae consortium will meet in person in Porto, Portugal, where 70 project participants will join the third annual meeting of the Horizon 2020 project, in the first face-to-face annual meeting since
Nyiko Mabasa in her IMTA backyard – Photos: Nyiko Mabasa By Nyiko Mabasa, PhD researcher at Rhodes University, South Africa Aquaculture is the fastest growing food production sector globally. The sector may contribute to the sustainability of seafood harvests in the future. However, aquaculture operations produce large quantities of
A Whiteleg Shrimp (Litopeneaus vannamei) – Photos: Andressa Cristina Ramaglia da Mota By Andressa Cristina Ramaglia da Mota, PhD student at CAUNEST (Centre of Aquaculture at São Paulo State University) Aquaculture is the fastest growing food production sector in the world, accounting for over 50% of the global
Collage with women partners in AquaVitae Today we celebrate the incredible women without whom the AquaVitae project would not be possible! According to the European Commission, in 2019, women represented 23% of the workforce in the aquaculture sector, and just 3 out of 10 women are scientific researchers, says a FAO analysis. Unfortunately,
Seaweed forest in the ocean, a natural carbon sink that mitigates climate change Climate change is not something we could choose to believe in or not. It is a fact. Temperatures and the sea levels are rising, droughts are longer than usual, glaciers are shrinking, seasons are not scheduled as we
Abalone shells, a low-trophic species from the Atlantic Ocean By Ben Opara, masters’ degree in Marine Biotechnology from UIT Aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing food production sectors whose growth is expected to continue in the coming decades. However, and considering climate change, it is crucial that the sector is developed with
EATiP, ASTRAL and AquaVitae organized a side event in order to show what their collaboration might bring How can trans-Atlantic research collaboration help develop a more sustainable aquaculture industry? With this question in mind, AquaVitae, ASTRAL and EATiP organized a popular webinar which took place on the 3rd of June 2021, as a
From left to right: Philip James (coordinator of AquaVitae project), Brian Tsuyoshi Takeda (CEO and Founder of Urchinomics) and sea urchins – Photo: Nofima / Urchinomics The United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) recently announced that Urchinomics is to be formally endorsed as
Funchal, in the island of Madeira (Portugal) was the place where Europe Aquaculture celebrated 2021 edition By Gercende Courtois de Viçose, ULPGC, leader of the land-based IMTA case study More than 1400 participants from 57 countries met in Aquaculture Europe 21. This annual event
AquaVitae project provided some presentations and posters during Aquaculture Europe 2021 in Madeira, Portugal Once again, the European Aquaculture Society organized Aquaculture Europe. In 2021 edition Madeira, Portugal, was chosen to celebrate the event that took place last October. The island welcomed more than 1400 participants from
Mayleen Schlund, apprentice at the research station Fiskaaling, Faroe Islands – Photos: Mayleen Schlund Last summer Mayleen Schlund took part in AquaVitae training activities. The student exchange within the project framework allows the participants to expand their international networks and develop valuable transversal skills. Mayleen studies Physical Geography at the Leibniz University
Biosensor to monitore sulphite process in shrimp aquaculture – Photos: BIOLAN By Jone Garate, (PhD in Chemistry), Development and Validation Department in Biolan One of the most important challenges of food industry is to prevent contaminated products from reaching the market. Unsafe food containing bacteria, viruses or
DTU and Open Mode team over a floating connectable module – Photos: DTU and Open Mode The EMFF project OpenMode (2019-2021) has developed floating connectable modules for intensive farming in exposed areas in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Baltic and North Sea basins. Two of the eight testers have
Blue mussel farmers, industry and NGOs joined DTU in a discussion on blue mussel production in Denmark on 26 October – Photos: DTU More than 15 stakeholders representing blue mussel farmers, industry, mangers and NGOS participated in the last AquaVitae case study meeting led by DTU and focused on aquaculture production
Oyster clasification by image analysis. Photos by Åsa Strand, IVL. By Jens Wilhelmsson, engineer at IVL. One of the most valuable bivalve molluscs in Sweden is the flat oyster, Ostrea edulis. However, domestic production of oysters fails to meet the demand on the local market at the same
Screenshot with Elisa Ravagnan – ASTRAL, Philip James – AquaVitae and David Bassett – EATiP. What are the challenges and opportunities in trans-Atlantic research collaboration and the development of a sustainable Atlantic aquaculture industry? More than 100 participants from Europe, Africa, South and North America join online to discuss the challenges and opportunities on aquaculture