RESEARCHERS SHOW DISADVANTAGES IN USING GLYCEROL IN FISH DIETS

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CIIMAR Researchers found that dietary glycerol inclusion decreases growth performance and nitrogen retention efficiency in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). 

 

The study now published in Aquaculture , shows that despite increasing feed intake, dietary glycerol inclusion levels have negative effects on growth performance, rising the nitrogen excretion. In addition, dietary refined glycerol does not spare the use of proteins as a metabolic fuel, suggesting that this compound is not effectively used as an energy source.

 

To find out more about this study, please follow the link.

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Trading outlook for the aquaculture industry

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As part of the Access2Sea project, local expert networks have been gathering to share their ideas on the European aquaculture industry. This is taking place along the Atlantic Area on a local level, with expert network meetings already underway in Ireland, France, Portugal, the UK and Spain.

The direct seabridge between Ireland and mainland Europe has already proved to be a key element in security of supply for trade with the core European market.

Not surprisingly at our last webinar in Ireland, see Mayo Ideas Week Speakers and Schedule and Aquculture Producers’ Webinar, the current economic collapse of seafood prices was at the fore. This collapse is squarely attributed to the health crisis of 2020 but of course another impending crisis was also discussed. Britain’s exit from the common market and customs union at the end of 2020 has presented a massive threat to the seafood, especially shellfish, industry here.

Access2Sea then, hosted guest speakers from the aquaculture sector in Ireland as well as project partners from Brittany for the event, “New Opportunities for Shellfish Producers” as part of Mayo Ideas Week in September. Also previously reported here, http://access2sea.eu/trade-winds-irelands-blue-economy, the pandemic alone was responsible for a drop in turnover of 40-60%.

A market collapse with further trouble ahead…

The UK landbridge describes the logistic reality of Ireland’s trade with its continental European partners from the 19th until now: for historical and other reasons, Ireland’s trade has tended to be shipped to a high degree over the UK. This involves two ferries bridged by hours of driving which still takes only 20 hours to reach the continental motorway network from Dublin and thereby the mainland European market—its almost exclusive destination—on time and fresh. Now that the UK left the EU, with Britain exiting the single market and customs union, this is a problem that had threatened to hold up travelling transit traffic. No alternative had been offered to do the same job at our Mayo meeting.

Our next meeting was on the 15th of December and the urgency associated with the landbridge expressed at the last meeting was already out of date. Not only had sailings from Ireland to Roscoff and Cherbourg been consolidated in the meantime—there is a daily sailing now from Ireland (Brittany Ferries and Irish Ferries). In addition to this, Dublin—Dunkerque is now a daily reality thanks to a new DFDS route.  And not to forget recent direct Ireland routes to Rotterdam (CLdN) and Santander/Bilbao (Brittany Ferries). From a hauliers’ point of view, a realignment in how goods are accompanied—a mixture of driverless, drive and fly and accompanied options have made the direct seabridge increasingly competitive and most importantly for shellfish producers, reliable.

Problem solved? Time will tell, but it certainly ushers in a very welcome degree of certainty for just-on-time trading of fresh produce between Ireland and the core European market. The first few days post-end-of-transition-period Brexit have shown that Irish industry has saved itself a lot of trouble in implementing a reliable alternative. Europe’s reopening may take longer than expected but it is of course the second key element to restoring the shellfish–along with many other–industry.

 

CONFERENCIAS-COLOQUIO VIRTUALES: “La Aceptación Social de la Acuicultura en la Era Post-COVID”.

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CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS-COLOQUIO:

Desde la Organización del Proyecto Access2Sea, ponemos en marcha el ciclo de conferencias-coloquio online sobre:

“La Aceptación Social de la Acuicultura en la Era Post-COVID”.

 

La celebración de la segunda sesión tendrá lugar el día 2 de diciembre, en horario de 10:00 a 12:00 horas.

Programa:

10:00 – 10:10 Bienvenida  
10.10 – 11:30 Retos y Oportunidades para para una mejor Aceptación Social de la Acuicultura en la Bahía de Cádiz: Visión desde el Prisma de la Cuádruple Hélice de Innovación

  • D. Alfonso Macías. Coordinador Técnico de Asociación de Empresas de Acuicultura Marina de Andalucía (ASEMA).
  • Juan Miguel Mancera. Presidente Sociedad Española de Acuicultura. Catedrático Universidad de Cádiz
  • Antonio Rafael Peña Sánchez. Investigador Grupo Investigación “Economía, Cooperación y Sociedad”.
  • Adrián Sánchez Barea. Delegado de Fomento, Participación Ciudadana y Educación del Ayuntamiento de Chiclana de la Fra.
11:30 – 12:00 Debate: Estrategias necesarias para mejorar la Aceptación Social de la Acuicultura

Inscripciones

Más información:

access2sea@ceeicadiz.com

CEEI Bahía de Cádiz. Tel. 956 860 654

CTAQUA. Tel. 956 569 363

 

Organizan:

 

CONFERENCIAS-COLOQUIO VIRTUALES: “La Aceptación Social de la Acuicultura en la Era Post-COVID”

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CICLO DE CONFERENCIAS-COLOQUIO:

Desde la Organización del Proyecto Access2Sea, ponemos en marcha el ciclo de conferencias-coloquio online:

“La Aceptación Social de la Acuicultura en la Era Post-COVID”.

 

La celebración de la primera sesión tendrá lugar el día 1 de diciembre, en horario de 10:00 a 11:30 horas.

Programa:

10:00 – 10:10 Bienvenida  

CEEI Bahía de Cádiz

CTAQUA
10.10 – 10:40 Innovación y Aceptabilidad Social como impulso necesario para el crecimiento de la Acuicultura en la Europa Post-Covid19

D. Javier Ojeda

APROMAR
10:40 – 11:10 El papel de la Gobernanza en el Desarrollo de Iniciativas públicas para la mejora de la Aceptación Social de la Acuicultura

Marina Fernandez Lora

Agencia de Gestión Agraria y Pesquera de Andalucía (Junta de Andalucía)
11:10 – 11:30 Ronda de preguntas y debate

Inscripciones

Más información:

access2sea@ceeicadiz.com

CEEI Bahía de Cádiz. Tel. 956 860 654

CTAQUA. Tel. 956 569 363

Organizan:

Genialg project final conference!

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The final conference of the H2020 project Genialg will be held online on the 30th of november!
The Horizon 2020 Blue Growth project GENIALG is the first industry-driven project bringing together pioneering companies in large-scale integrated European biorefineries and experts in seaweed cultivation, genetics and metabolomics to boost the seaweed industry. GENIALG is aimed at boosting the Blue Biotechnology Economy in Europe by designing high yielding seaweed cultivation systems!

To register to the event: http://genialgproject.eu/genialg-final-conference/

Access2Sea at Swansea Science Festival

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The Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research had the pleasure to be part of the Welsh largest free science festival last Saturday (24 Oct 2020). We were live but virtual, in the fringe stage. We had the opportunity to launch our video where we showcased our research and unique aquaculture facilities in the UK. Participants were very engaged and had many questions about fish invasive species (brown trout) in the Falklands. Jess Minnette is finishing her PhD and had the opportunity to share her exciting research in this remote South Atlantic archipelago.

There were also many questions about sustainable diets in aquaculture and the role of fats such as omega-3 from microalgae oil. Some concerns were raised about heavy metals in fish and the differences between farmed fish and wild fish. Sergio Trevi had the opportunity to introduce his PhD research on farmed tilapia. Dr Sara Barrento explained the differences between macro and microalgae and introduced the Access2Sea project. While Paul Howes shared some exciting news about the new biophilic building project at Swansea.

Text by Dr Sara Barrento

Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research, Swansea University

5TH AQUAIMPROVE 2020

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You are invited to the 5th AQUAIMPROVE WORKSHOP to be held on the 6th of November 2020.

Due to the actual COVID limitations, this year event will be held online.

This year we will have the 5th edition of the AQUAIMPROVE Workshop and, due to the restrictions due to the actual COVID crisis, it will be held online. Of course, the success of this initiative is directly related to the willingness of participants to attend it and present their recent research.

Taking advantage of this online version of the workshop, we intend to extend it to a broader audience and take the opportunity to have some international experts presenting webinars.

Thus, in this workshop we wil have the following plenary lectures:

  • “Alimentos funcionais – aplicação na aquacultura” – Prof. Margarida Maria Barros; Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP; Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia; Departamento de Melhoramento e Nutrição Animal; Laboratório de Nutrição e Saúde de Peixes – AquaNutri – Brasil
  • “Protein and amino acid nutrition in marine fish” – Prof. Helena Peres; CIIMAR, Fish Nutrition and Immunobiology Laboratory.
  • “Ácidos Graxos como nutracêuticos para peixes tropicais” – Prof. Priscila Vieira Rosa e Renan Rosa Paulino; Universidade Federal de Lavras, Departamento de Zootecnia, Brasil
  • “Aquaponics in Mecklenburg-Western Pommerania: Research in the FishGlassHouse and knowledge transfer into regional aquaculture production” – Prof. Harry Palm; Universitat Rostock, Alemanha
  • “Aquicultura na América do Sul: Peixes Amazônicos, Tilápia, Camarão e Salmão” – Dra. Raquel Tatiane Pereira; Technical Manager South America at Olmix Group, Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brasil.

The AQUAIMPROVE Workshop aims to promote the presentation and debate of recent research advances in aquaculture-related topics. It is directed to students, researchers, the academic community, and stakeholders.

The first AQUAIMPROVE Workshop was held in 2015 as an initiative of CIIMAR’s NUTRIMU group and the perception of the interest of this initiative encouraged us to promote it regularly as a meeting point for the scientific community, students, and stakeholders to discuss aquaculture-related issues. Of course, the success of this initiative is directly related to the willingness of participants to attend it and present their recent research.

We encourage you to participate and to disseminate this event among your colleagues and students. The participation is free of charge but pre-registration is required. Invited speakers will give plenary lectures on edge-cutting topics related to aquaculture.

Oral presentations are accepted (15 min) and will be evaluated by a Scientific Committee. A slot will be reserved for short presentations (3-5 min pitch including a maximum of 5 slides). Poster presentations are also welcome.

Students’ presentations are incentivized and will be prioritized. A certificate of participation will be provided to all registered participants, and a Abstract booklet will be also prepared.

Please register at https://forms.gle/pqd15reeT1aGYejz5

Abstract submission should be done until October 16 to aquacultureresearchworkshop@gmail.com (please consult the attached template)

Speakers announced for the 2nd symposium on welfare in aquaculture

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The Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Research is delighted to announce the line-up of speakers for the Second Symposium on Welfare in Aquaculture (SWELA 2020). This year the symposium is going to be a webinar on the 26th of November with free registration.

The theme for SWELA 2020 is “Operational Welfare Indicators (OWI) for farmed fish”. Six speakers will be discussing OWI for 5 key aquaculture fish species farmed in Europe: salmon, lumpfish, sea bream, sea bass, and tilapia.

The symposium is a follow up from the very successful SWELA 2019, focusing on Welfare Indicators for Novel species. The number of farmed fish outnumbers by far any other sentient animals farmed for food.

A recent report by the Access2Sea project highlighted that consumers are starting to realize how their food is produced; they are becoming more sensitive to the welfare of animals and the wellbeing of workers – fish welfare in aquaculture is extremely important.

This symposium promises to be an unmissable opportunity for professionals working in fish farming across the sector. We encourage everyone interested in fish welfare – farmers, researchers, and aquaculture suppliers – to register for free here.

 

Text and images by Dr Sara Barrento

Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research, Swansea University

Fás iomaíoch, inmharthana i soláthar bia mara: Access2Sea ag Seachtain Tuairimí Gnó Mhaigh Eo

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Tá an dobharshaothrú ar cheann de na hearnálacha is tábhachtaí i nGeilleagar Gorm i Limistéar an Atlantaigh. Tá sé ag brath ar thraidisiúin thábhachtacha in go leor tíortha san AE agus mórán dá chósta. Mar chuspóir ag an togra seo, tá muid ag brath ar thuairimí agus saineolas ó pháirtithe  a bhfuil dlúthbhaint acu le hobair sa ngeilleagar gorm, an dobharshaothrú go speisialta.

Reachtáileadh seimineár gréasáin New Opportunities for Seafood Producers ar na mallaibh mar chuid de Sheachtain Tuairimí Gnó Mhaigh Eo, http://mayoideasweek.ie/schedule/.

Clár imeachtaí Access2ea ag Seachtain Tuairimí Gnó Mhaigh Eo.

I measc na n-ábhar a pléadh ná díolachán díreach: tionscail na mbialanna sliogéisc cois cladaigh sa mBriotáin, áit a bhfuil cead ag feilméaraí sliogéisc a gcuid táirge a dhíol as bialann taobh leis an bhfoinse soláthair. Tá cuid sciar mhór d’iarthar na hÉireann buailte ar an uisce sáile is glaine san Eoraip agus tá luach an ard ar an mbia mara a thagann as dá réir. Ráite ar bhealach eile, is féidir iasc a bheirtear ar i neart cuanta an taobh seo tíre a dhíol díreach agus gan phróiseáil. Deis ar leith do phobail in iarthar na hÉireann mar sin, ach cuir chuige i gcúrsaí pleanála, reachtaíochta agus tacaíochta pobail a réiteach. Obair le déanamh go fóill, mar sin.

 

 

 

Rinne Michael Mulloy ó fheirm éisc Blackshell i gCuan Mó agus urlabhraí de chuid Chumann Feirmeoirí na hÉireann cuir síos ar dheacrachtaí anois agus ar na bacáin do thionscail an dobharshaothraithe agus bealaí le theacht as. Is mó bacanna ná an Breatimeacht agus an paindéim a bhí le sárú, reachtaíocht ag coinneáil táirgeoirí dobharshaothraithe siar go mór sa tír seo. Tháinig sé seo go mór leis an méid a bhí le rá ag Catherine McManus as Mowi, comhlacht idirnáisiúnta feirmeoireacht bradán le 303 fostaí lánaimseartha acu ar fud fad chosta iartharach na hÉireann. Tá an múnla atá in úsáid acusan bunaithe ar bhradán orgánach in ndabhacha doimhne ag iomrascáil le heaspa dul chun cinn mar nach bhfuil ceadúnais nua le fáil le glúin anuas sa tír seo. Níl maith ar bith sna seancheadúnais a ceadaíodh os cionn 20 bliain, a deir sí, os rud é nach bhfuil na suíomhanna a ceadaíodh ag an am feiliúnach do shláinte na mbradán agus cleachtais nua-aimseartha mar go bhfuil siad ar an tanaí den chuid is mó mar a bhíodh de nós ag an am.

Ag teacht leis an méid an easpa fáis in éadan níos mó coinníollacha agus bacanna ar fhorbairt ná aon cheard eile den tír atá ar cheann de na deacrachtaí is mó atá le sárú san earnáil seo agus gach réimse forbartha agus gnó eile dar le cainteoir deireadh an lae, Michael O’Boyle, Comhairle Contae Mhaigh Eo. D’éirigh go geal leis an ócáid inar thrasnaigh téamaí ó chainteoir go cainteoir. Ag tarraingt an méid a bhí le rá ag an gcéad cainteoir, an Dr. Colin Hannon as Institiúid Teicneolaíochta na Gaillimhe agus Mhaigh Eo leis an gcainteoir deireadh Michael O’Boyle, teastaíonn cur le luach agus comhthathú ar achmhainní in iarthar na hÉireann. Ní neart go cur le chéile.

Lón machnaimh mar sin curtha ar fáil ag earnáil na mara. Tá súil leis an gcéad seimineár gréasáin eile roimh dheireadh na bliana, áit a mbeidh Access2Sea ag cuir síos ar thogra píolótach bia mara. Coinnigh súil amach mar sin ar http://access2sea.eu!