Stolt Sea Farm is a partner in a new European project, AQUAFAAANG, the purpose of which is to make fish stocks more resilient by improving their resistance to posible illnesses.
Duration: May 2019 to May 2023. Place of execution: our facilities in Quilmas (A Coruña).
The objective is to promote the health of farmed fish by improving their resistance to posible illnesses.
A visit of the team took place in Cabo Vilán farm, Camariñas, on the 26th of May 2022. It involved 22 researchers from different institutes of reference in the sector at a worldwide level, who were guided through our facilities; a tour that was accompanied with explanations by our colleagues from the farm guided by Ana Riaza (R&D Director) as well as by our Sustainability Director (Carlos Tavares)
The project will be carried out by a research consortium made up of the following research centres:
The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Wageningen University & Research (WUR), French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRAE), EFFAB, The University Court of the University of Aberdeen (UNIABDN), The University of Padova (UNIPD), The Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, The University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Zaklad Ichtiobiologii i Gospodarki Rybackiej – ZIGRPAN, The University of Birmingham y la Universidad de Barcelona.
https://www.aqua-faang.eu/partners.html
