On 9 November AZTI organised a webinar in the framework of the AQUAPEF project on Environmental Footprint in the aquaculture sector. It was attended by almost a hundred aquaculture professionals, environmental policy makers, technical advisors, researchers, among others. During the event, new strategies and production methods to improve environmental sustainability were discussed, the PEF methodology [...]
On 15 April, Dr. Saioa Ramos and Maite Cidad, researchers from AZTI's Efficient and Sustainable Processes Department and Victoria Litsi and Dr. Manolis Tsapakis from HCMR, took part in a workshop where they explained how the AQUAPEF tool could help companies to reduce their environmental impact. The workshop took place within the framework of the [...]
The AQUAPEF tool will be presented at the International Aquaculture Congress in Athens on 16th April. Dr. Saioa Ramos and Maite Cidad, researchers in efficient and sustainable processes department at AZTI, will be in charge of the workshop where attendees will have the opportunity to learn how the AQUAPEF tool can promote the reduction of [...]
The AZTI technology centre is coordinating the AQUAPEF project, an initiative seeking to develop a solution to calculate and verify the environmental impact of aquaculture The tool developed in the scope of the project also enables identification of the impact’s causes and origins, so that decision-making based on environmental criteria becomes easier Most commercially fished [...]
Fish farming is the world's fastest growing food producing sector employing thousands of people in many countries and generating billions in revenue for local economies. One of the major challenges in the industry is to maintain the economic growth rates by ensuring the sustainability of the production by reducing the environmental footprint of the production. [...]
Forkys Aquacultures SA uses an automatic feeding system to reduce the waste of feed during feeding process. The automatic feeding system can control the amount of feed and the ratio that the feed delivered to fish. You can see all the details about the use of the automatic feeder in aquaculture in this video:
Throughout 2021, as much as the health situation allowed and taking the necessary safety measures, the AQUAPEF project team members of Azti and Ingenet visited the facilities of the aquaculture company partners: Culmar, Forkys and Skironis. […]
Maite Cidad, a researcher of AZTI, attended the Aquaculture Europe 2020 online conference from April 12-15, 2021. In this international conference AQUAPEF projects results, specifically, the environmental impact results of seabass production in the Mediterranean Sea were presented through an oral communication in the session of “Circular economy, resource reuse and environmental footprint”. […]
The European Commission has just approved a set of investments worth 243 million euros under the LIFE programme for projects in favour of nature, the environment and quality of life in Europe's transition towards a more sustainable and low-carbon future. In the case of Spain, we mentioned the LIFE AQUAPEF project (Promote the effective implementation [...]
