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Welsh Institute for Sustainable Enviroments (WISE)
WISE Network provides a unique opportunity for businesses to access the knowledge and facilities at University of Wales Bangor, Aberystwyth and Swansea.
We will help businesses to prepare now for future opportunities and challenges. This will secure the capability within Wales to work towards environmental, economical and social sustainability
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Lobster Plant
Lobsters are cannibalistic in nature and should therefore be kept separate from each other in captivity. This fact makes it difficult to manually run large scale farming of lobster on land. The LobsterPlant project is focused on developing automated technology for individual monitoring and feeding of lobster in land based systems. This development will make it practically and economically feasible to run large scale farming of European and American lobster.
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Development of a cost effective, reliable, robust, flexible and efficient degassing and aeration method for intensive aquaculture.
Link to AquaDeGas Website.
The AquaDeGas project is funded under EC's Sixth Framework Program.
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EscapeProofNet
Escapes in European Aquaculture -Development of an Escape-proof Net especially for Cod, Bass and Bream fish farming
Escapeproofnet will create a cost-effective net filament with durable physical characteristics with incorporated impregnation and repulsive agents for the prevention of fouling, biting & snatching behaviour. CSAR’s role in the project is to design and perform pilot trials to monitor fish behaviour, welfare and test the physical characteristics of current and prototype nets when exposed to Cod.
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ShellPlant
Bivalve molluscs such as Oysters and scallops represent 20 percent of the global aquaculture output with a turnover of almost £3 billion, bringing employment in rural coastal areas. Recently however, the European share of an expanding seafood market is shrinking while the global market is expanding.
This is largely due to the continuous market price reduction for farmed product, brought about by lower cost imports from competitors in Asia and South America. The majority of European production is from natural populations although increasingly stocks are approaching or have exceeded maximum sustainable yields. Stock enhancement through the capture and relaying of natural seed in both extensive and intensive forms of culture is common practice worldwide but the reliability of natural recruitment can never be guaranteed, and conflicts over the use of the coastal zone are becoming ever more pressing.
Shellplant intends to develop a closed production system for bivalves in an innovative rack system, an algae photo bioreactor and a feeding and water exchange system with intelligent controls. CSAR’s role will involve optimisation of growth of microalgae, the primary source of nutrition for bivalves |
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