[ AQUACULTURE ] Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) and the physiological processes involved. The main objective was to identify whether light has any stress reducing effect during feeding. This was evaluated using computer software that revealed that light intensity had no effect on the tested parameters. The work presented by Sebastian Marcus Strauch from the Akva
Group, a supplier of technology for the recirculation aquaculture industry, demonstrated that light can be measured in three dimensions, quality, intensity, and photoperiod and that all three affect smoltification, growth, and maturation. By using the right wavelength (colour) and the right quantity (intensity) problems with these physiological processes can be avoided
when rearing fish in recirculation aquaculture systems.
More research could benefit fish and farmers From these presentations it can be concluded that a better understanding of light on the development of fish is highly topical and that there are many unexplored areas in terms of
light and fish behaviour and physiology that need to be investigated and analysed. Research and development colleagues in the field have started to build a network that will form the basis for further collaborations. Prof. Béla Urbányi, Department of Aquaculture, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Urbanyi.Bela@uni-mate.hu
AquaFarm 2024, 14-15 February 2024, Pordenone
Climate change brings challenges but also opportunities The 7th edition of this event dedicated to the aquaculture and sustainable fishing industry will focus on production and marketing challenges that remain even as the pandemic effects recede. Damage to fisheries and fish farms from climate change will be discussed, as well as the opportunities waiting for producers operating in sustainable environmental conditions.
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quaFarm, the Italian international conference and trade show for the aquaculture and sustainable fishing industry, announced the dates of the seventh edition by introducing a new logo which, in addition to the fish, features a mussel as evidence of the ever-widening world of shellfish farming. The event will take place on 14 and 15 February 2024 in Pordenone, Italy.
Climate change: immediate threat and longer-term challenge After the pandemic crisis, which had a negative impact on the purchase of seafood products, the agri-food sector is beset with other problems. The aggravation of climatic events, rising temperatures and long periods of dry weather are changing the
During the two days of the event, its participants will focus on sustainabiælity, animal welfare, innovation and technologies, as well as on animal and human welfare.
habitats in which aquatic species live, with major impacts on breeding in both marine, brackish, and fresh waters.
“The effects of climate change and the ecological transition are the new challenges facing our industry,” says Pier Antonio
Salvador, President of the Italian Fish Farmers Association “All operators are ready. It is, as always, a matter of networking
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