A dish with IMTA products: a shrimp hamburger, with Salicornia mayonnaise and an IMTA beer. Photo by Felipe Vieira, of UFSC. All AquaVitae partners in Brazil, the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), the
Aerial view from Primar Aquacultura area. Photo credit: Erich Matos Rodrigues. From Northwest Brazil, Primar Aquacultura farms oysters, shrimp and sea horses together with an exhaustive respect for nature. Surrounded by the tropical landscape, the aquaculture farm is located in the estuary of the Nísia Floresta-Papeba-Guaraíras lagoon
Photos in collage: Jefferson Cristiano Christofoletti (man with tambaqui), Sylvain Huchette (abalone), ALGAplus (algae). Over 100 new prototypes for aquaculture value chains were presented last week, when researchers and aquaculture producers, from all over the Atlantic, met online to share results from the first year of the AquaVitae project. The
In February 2020, the Alfred-Wegener-Institute (AWI) attended a booth at the Fish International to disseminate AquaVitae to fish wholesalers, processors, food retailers, the hospitality industry and media. Fish International is the only professional trade fair in Germany for the fish industry. 10,302 attendees
On Tuesday 25 February the Bellona Foundation held a workshop in Oslo on the evaluation of the social and non-economic benefits of algae cultivation, and to analyze the policy frameworks and regulations in Norway. Two European H2020 funded projects Genialg and
Photo by Åsa Strand. On January the 28th, representatives from 13 different companies joined Dr. Åsa Strand, of IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, in a workshop to expand the production of native flat oysters (Ostrea edulis) in Sweden. Currently, this species is underexploited
Last month of December AquaVitae partner Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (EmBraPa) organised the kick off meeting of the case study on freshwater finfish. Located in Palmas (Brazil), between the Amazon rainforest and the savanna, the meeting was focused on the aquaculture of tropical fish species tambaqui and pirarucu. Challenges
AquaVitae partner, ALGAplus, won the 2019 Millennium Horizons Award in the Tourism, Sea and Forests category. This is the 3rd edition of the contest promoted by the Portuguese Millennium BCP bank. With a record of 2,167 applications from 1,035 companies of all sizes, ALGAplus collected one of
Group photo of participants in the workshop in offshore aquacuture, in Sweden on October 16th-18th 2019. Authors: Asa Strand, leader of Environmental Monitoring work and Oysters Case Study in AquaVitae (IVL) & Kåre Nolde Nielsen, researcher in governance of fisheries and marine environments (
AquaVitae officer and Matís researcher, Valur N. Gunnlaugsson participated in the Marine Microbiome Workshop organised by AORA in Reykjavík on the 22nd of October. Working on the implementation of the Galway Statement, AORA joins the European Union, Canada and the United States in the work towards a healthy, resilient and safe Atlantic
AquaVitae, a new and innovative EU funded project, will have its own stand (#82) and participate in discussions on new aquaculture value chains at Aquaculture Europe 2019. Aquaculture Europe brings together all actors in the aquaculture value chain with about 3,000 participants from more than 109 different countries. In this
