Title: researcher

Association/Company: Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria/ Centro di Ricerca Zootecnia e Acquacoltura

Biography
Ricercatrice del CREA Zootecnia e Acquacoltura dal 2013, laureata in Biologia con Dottorato di Ricerca in Biologia Evoluzionistica ed Ecologia. Referente dal 2021 per la raccolta dati in acquacoltura per EUROSTAT. Membro del Working Group sulle Risorse Genetiche Acquatiche dalla FAO. Membro del Comitato Scientifico del CREA Zootecnia e Acquacoltura. Autrice di 29 articoli scientifici e numerosi manuali tecnico-scientifici su temi riguardanti l’acquacoltura. 

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Climate Change and Impacts on Aquaculture

Speech
Prevention is better than cure: the application of predictive models for containing the negative impacts of climate change on aquaculture production

Abstract
To meet the challenge of sustainable growth, the aquaculture industry needs to be aware of the risks that  the sector may face in the medium to long term. These include climate change, which is expected to have direct and indirect effects on aquaculture. Potential negative impacts include an increase in the frequency and intensity of toxic algal blooms, with serious consequences for the development of shellfish farming in coastal areas, to contain which it is strategic to develop and apply predictive models. In a recent study, CREA, in collaboration with the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, developed a machine learning-based model to predict the risk of okadaic acid bioaccumulation in mussels farmed in the North Adriatic Sea, based on remotely sensed oceanographic data and data derived from official monitoring activities.