Title: Manager Tecnico – Esperto Senior di Acquacoltura
Association/Company: Università del Salento
Biography
Biologo con circa 40 anni di esperienza nella ricerca applicata alla biologia e alla fisiologia degli organismi acquatici e all’acquacoltura. Capo Area Coordinamento Laboratori e Servizi Tecnici del Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Responsabile Tecnico del Centro di Ricerche per la Pesca e l’Acquacoltura di Acquatina, dell’Università del Salento. Coordinatore di numerosi progetti di ricerca, sviluppo tecnologico ed innovazione, a livello nazionale ed internazionale, incluso il recente progetto “BIORAS_SHRIMP” (bioras-shrimp.eu), finanziato nell’ambito del Blue Bio Eranet Cofund.
Speech
The BIORAS_SHRIMP model: an innovative integrated aquaculture system to produce shrimps and additional biomass on a circular economy perspective
Abstract
The BIORAS_SHRIMP project is developing and testing an innovative bio-secure, land-based shrimp culture model that allows the production of high-quality seafood, additional biomass and valuable environmental services, ensuring sustainability and circularity. The results achieved so far are mainly related to the design, realization and test of 2 pilot scale recirculating aquaculture systems; the growth performance of shrimps cultured at different experimental conditions; the design and partial realization of an effluent treatment system at farm scale; the research and test of coagulants and flocculants for effluent treatment and sludge thickening; the design and test of an aquaponic integrated system; the preliminary characterization of sediments and additional biomass for subsequent valorization.
