Akvaplan International Team (AIT)
Project examples
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The development of approaches towards the
sustainable management of aquaculture -
MARAQUA (2000)
The overall aim of MARAQUA was to define
scientific guidelines for Best Environmental
Practices (BEP) for the monitoring and
regulation of marine aquaculture in Europe
• APN contribution - The scientific principles
underlying environmental monitoring
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Client EU
Project Research
Value E 4,500
Integrated coastal zone management for
Croatia with particular focus on marine
aquaculture.
The project formulated procedures for
development of a coherent CZMP in
Croatia focusing on marine aquaculture,
and proposed solutions to release
development potentials while reducing
negative impact on environment.
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PARTITIONING OF
A COASTAL ENVIRONMENT
COASTAL AREAS
ZONES DEFINED
ASSESSMENT OF MAIN
CONDITIONS
biophysical descriptorssupporting infrastructure
existing exploitation- other considerations
DATA BASECOMPLETED
APPLYING ELIMINATINGCRITERIA
POTENTIALLYSUITABLE
Existinginformation
collectingnew data
unsuitable for aquaculture
species
&
technology
unsuitable for given
species/technology
EVALUATIONsocial
economical
environmental
aquacultureonly
priority given toaquaculture
mixeduse
otherusers
Application of instruments to promote aquaculture
and protect environment
- EIA
- training for management practice- monitoring
- regulations- traceability protocol (fish, shellfish)
PARTITIONING OF
A COASTAL ENVIRONMENT
COASTAL AREAS
ZONES DEFINED
ASSESSMENT OF MAIN
CONDITIONS
biophysical descriptorssupporting infrastructure
existing exploitation- other considerations
DATA BASECOMPLETED
APPLYING ELIMINATINGCRITERIA
POTENTIALLYSUITABLE
Existinginformation
collectingnew data
unsuitable for aquaculture
species
&
technology
unsuitable for given
species/technology
EVALUATIONsocial
economical
environmental
aquacultureonly
priority given toaquaculture
mixeduse
otherusers
Application of instruments to promote aquaculture
and protect environment
- EIA
- training for management practice- monitoring
- regulations- traceability protocol (fish, shellfish)
Client Norad
Project Research
Value 100,000
Development of monitoring guidelines and
modelling tools for environmental effects from
Mediterranean aquaculture (MERAMED)
The project developed a protocol for
environmental monitoring systems and
techniques for the control of fish cage
farms in the Eastern Mediterranean.
It developed a predictive model to predict
benthic impact (MERAMOD).
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GRID GENERATION MODULEINPUT
• CAGE POSITIONS
• STATION POSITIONS
• BATHYMETRY
PARTICLE TRACKING MODULE
• FOOD/FAECAL PARTICLES SETTLING
• ADVECTION OF PARTICLES BY CURRENTS
• REPRESENTATION OF CURRENT SHEAR
• TURBULENCE (RANDOM WALK)
INPUT
• VARY FOOD INPUT via
FISH GROWTH MODEL• SETTLING VELOCITY DATA
• HYDROGRAPHIC DATA
INPUT
• REDUCTION OF WASTES BY
WILD FISH POPULATIONS
FLUX PREDICTIONS (g m-2 yr-1)
BENTHIC MODULE
• BENTHIC COMMUNITY SUCCESSION LINKED
TO QUANTITATIVE INPUTS OF CARBON
underlying
sediment
layer
bed surface
water
column
sea surface
Client EU
Project Research
Value 50,000
Marine Aquaculture Centre, Government of
Singapore (2001 – 2002)
Design of a state of the art Research and
demonstration recirculation hatchery with
target production of
• 2 million fry per year to 2 grams size
• 1 million fry per year to 20 g size
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Client Govt
Project Design
Value 300,000
Design and specifications for a fish breeding
facility and model hatchery – Genomar (2001)
Design of a broodstock multiplier facility, a
model hatchery and associated
infrastructure.
Combination of novel design and production
techniques from Brazil but adapted for use in
the Philippines.
Development of a quality assurance manual.
Preparation for an environmental plan to
achieve EN 45000 status.
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Client Private
Project Design
Value 50,000
Design and specifications for a commercial
Tilapia hatchery in Hainan Island, China –
Genomar (2001)
The design was a mix of technologies from Tilapia
culture in Brazil hatchery and Philippine pond
culture. A modular design was mad for easy
expansion
• of 2 ponds of 4 Ca each and 3 ponds of 2 Ca
each with a central building housing egg
• incubation , office, labs, stores, W/C on the
ground floor and Offices and
• accommodation on the upper floor.
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Client Private
Project Design
Value 15,000
Fishery management of the bordering rivers of
Croatia (2003)
• The project concentrated on the bordering
rivers Donau and Sava between Serbia,
Bosnia and Croatia.
• The project was the first scientific and
administrative co-operation between the
countries on the West-Balkan after the war
in the beginning of the 90-ties.
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Client Norad
Project Research
Value 80,000
Design and development of commercial scale
farming technologies for sole – SoleMates
(2002 – 2004)
The overall aim of this project was to develop
commercial scale farming techniques for sole and
solve the remaining bottlenecks.
• Upscaling of fingerling production
• Development of a diet for sole
• Establishing growth characteristics for sole
• Development of feeding and ongrowing systems
for sole.
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Client EU
Project Research
Value 250,000
Conceptual, outline and detailed design of the
National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture
Centre, USDA (2002 – 2003)• The NCWMAC is the main research facilities
for cold water marine fish aquaculture in the
US.
• The facilities are located at Franklin Maine and
on the University of Maine Campus in Orono,
Maine
• These facilities include a selective breeding
facility for 200 families of Atlantic Salmon
based on native strains.
• It also has a quarantine building, disease
isolation research facilities, laboratories and
supporting infrastructure.
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Client Govt
Project Design
Value 150,000
Environmental monitoring and modelling of
aquaculture in risk areas of the Philippines-
EMMA ( 2004 – 2005)
• Research project to investigate the impacts of
aquaculture in the Philippines, to develop
predictive models and make recommendations
on ways to mitigate impact.
• Akvaplan-niva trained Government staff in the
operation of the monitoring equipment, analysis
of data collected and the use of models for
predictive assessment of impact and estimation
of safe carrying capacity.
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Client Norad
Project Research
Value 90,000
Automated Live Food system for Aquaculture –
ALFA (2005 – 2007)
The project developed an innovative fully
automated system for the continuous
production of phytoplankton (algae) as live
feed in aquaculture hatcheries.
This design provided optimal microclimatic
and nutritional conditions for the stable growth
of algae by using both natural and artificial
illumination and controlling the temperature,
the nutrient content, the pH and the CO2
concentration of the water.
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Algae circulation Algae circulation
pumppump
Manifold:Manifold:
Dmax=2.0 m
4 Flexible 20m long 4 Flexible 20m long
transparent pipestransparent pipes
Air pump; also provide controlled Air pump; also provide controlled amount of CO2 mixed with the air amount of CO2 mixed with the air (depending on pH values)(depending on pH values)
AirCO2
Artificial lightsArtificial lights
Buffer tankBuffer tank
Artificial lightsArtificial lights
Chilling if Chilling if neededneeded
Sea-water
WaterWater--saltsalt--F2 media tankF2 media tank
Air
Air pumpAir pump
Harvested algae
Pump of seaPump of sea--waterwater
Sensors system for cell density Sensors system for cell density automatic monitoring; automatic monitoring;
monitoring temperature, pH etcmonitoring temperature, pH etc
Algae circulation Algae circulation
pumppump
Manifold:Manifold:
Dmax=2.0 m
4 Flexible 20m long 4 Flexible 20m long
transparent pipestransparent pipes
Air pump; also provide controlled Air pump; also provide controlled amount of CO2 mixed with the air amount of CO2 mixed with the air (depending on pH values)(depending on pH values)
AirCO2
Artificial lightsArtificial lights
Buffer tankBuffer tank
Artificial lightsArtificial lights
Chilling if Chilling if neededneeded
Sea-water
WaterWater--saltsalt--F2 media tankF2 media tank
Air
Air pumpAir pump
Harvested algae
Pump of seaPump of sea--waterwater
Sensors system for cell density Sensors system for cell density automatic monitoring; automatic monitoring;
monitoring temperature, pH etcmonitoring temperature, pH etc
Buffer tankBuffer tank
Artificial lightsArtificial lights
Chilling if Chilling if neededneeded
Sea-water
WaterWater--saltsalt--F2 media tankF2 media tank
Air
Air pumpAir pump
Harvested algae
Pump of seaPump of sea--waterwater
Sensors system for cell density Sensors system for cell density automatic monitoring; automatic monitoring;
monitoring temperature, pH etcmonitoring temperature, pH etc
Client Govt
Project Design
Value 200,000
Mitigating impact from aquaculture in the
Philippines- Philminaq (2006 – 2008)
The main objective of the project was to enhance
the Philippine Governments capabilities in the
monitoring, control and enforcement of aquaculture
in a sustainable manner.
The main outputs from the project were
• Government Capacity Building
• GIS aquaculture database
• Guidelines for Local Government management
• Government Interagency cooperation
• Predictive modelling for aquaculture impact
• Developing impact Monitoring surveys
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875 kg feed fed to the
fish per cage per day
400 kg feed fed to the
fish per cage per day
Model results from workshop –
less impact underneath cages
where feed input is less
Dark colours – Greater
than 75 grams of waste
feed and faeces falling per
square metre of sea bed
per day.
= cage
21 % of feed fed is wasted
Client EU
Project Research
Value 90,000
Post Tsunami technical assistance for
aquaculture to Build Back Better (2006)
The staff of Akvaplan-niva donated 6 months of staff
time to help with the reconstruction of the aquaculture
industry after the Tsunami. This was supported by
Norad who covered the project expenses.
• The projects in Indonesia were
– Improving Freshwater aquaculture.
– Development of marine aquaculture on Islands
– Training in Marine fish and shrimp fry production.
• The projects in Thailand were
– Improvement of hatchery production technology
– Training in monitoring environmental impacts of
aquaculture and mitigation of impacts
– Zoning for aquaculture development
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Client Norad
Project Training
Value 50,000
Theoretical and Practical training course for
hatchery production of live food, Greece (2001)
APN organised a two-week training course
was held in Greece for 20 cod hatchery
workers from Norway.
They were given theoretical and practical
training in live food production for
hatcheries and made a study tour of Greek
hatcheries.
• Production and enrichment of
– Algae
– Rotifers
– Artemia© www.akvaplan.niva.no
Client Govt
Project Training
Value 25,000
Biological optimization and development of
processing methods for turbot farming –
TurPro (2006 – 2008)
Research topics
– Optimal temperatures for growth
– Growth and extended photoperiods
– Effect of environmental manipulations in
juvenile phase on subsequent growth and
maturation in the ongrowing phase
– Water quality requirements of juvenile
turbot
– Improved processing methods aiming at
improved production yield and flesh quality
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Client EU
Project Research
Value 240,000
Hyper-intensive fish farming concept for lasting
competitiveness and superior production –
Raceways (2006 - 2008)
Establish a cost-effective rearing system (the
Shallow Raceway System) and effective husbandry
strategies for several highly priced cultured fish
species
– Water quality in a hyper-intensive
aquaculture production system.
– Water reuse and recirculation farming
technology.
– Hyper-intensive rearing of bottom-dwelling
species.
– Guidelines for the future expansion of the
European union seafood industry © www.akvaplan.niva.no
Client EU
Project Research
Value 190,000
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2002: Establishment of aquaculture in Russian Far East
APN: initial evaluation of the site in Preobrazheniya Bay for Preobrazhenie JSC (100, APN:
100 kNOK)
2002: Prospect of Kivach Ltd., Karelia
APN: prospect over Karelian fishfarming company for investors (80/20, APN: 400 kNOK)
2003: Upgrade of Kedrozero hatchery, Karelia
APN: studies and solution proposals (70/30, APN: 200 kNOK)
2004: Development of aquaculture in the Murmansk region.
Suitability evaluations
APN-PINRO: joint research and evaluation (50/50, APN: 200 kNOK)
2005: Limited environmental Due Diligence for Kivach
APN: environmental and health control assessments for Kivach Company and NORUM-
EBRD (80/20, APN: 400 kNOK)
2006: Increase of production at Kedrozero hatchery
APN: production concept and technology solutions (80/20, APN: 300 kNOK)
2007: Nelma as a potential species for aquaculture
PINRO-APN: joint research and evaluation (50/50, APN: 100 kNOK)
Projects in Russia
Implementation of Natural Spawning for Marine Fish
Species in Culture - Improving the quality of spawn and
animal welfare – Prospawn (2009 – 2012).
• Develop and test two new types of features for broodstock
holding systems (breeding nest and shallow raceway
systems);
• Determine species-specific optimal environmental
conditions (photo-thermal regimes) mimicking natural
habitats and investigate the potential distressing effects of
physical perturbations (vibrations, noise) created by
surrounding equipment and staff;
• Develop an automated egg quality assessment tool for
marine fish based on blastomere scoring;
• Provide recommendations and strategies
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Client EU
Project Research
Value ???
Strengthening Adaptive Capacities of small
scale aquaculture producers to the Impacts of
Climate Change – AquaClimate ( 2010 – 2013)
The project has provided small-scale farmers with
strategies to maintain their resilience in the face of
climatic change.
The project has established
• guidelines, frameworks and tools for policy and action
programs of governments, development agencies,
NGOs, and farming communities that will increase the
resilience and enhance adaptive capacities
• information for investments in research, technology
development and transfer, public education, training,
infrastructure and systems, and other support services
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Client Norad
Project Research
Value 230,000
Planning and management of aquaculture parks
for sustainable development of cage farms in
the Philippines – AquaPark (2010 – 2012)
• The purpose of the project was to develop a
methodology for the selection of new sites for the
establishment of mariculture parks, enhance the
management of the existing mariculture parks and
those that will be incorporated into a mariculture park
framework.
• In addition the purpose of the project was to build
capacity within BFAR for science based site selection,
carrying capacity estimation and productivity
optimization of Mariculture Parks.
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Client Norad
Project Research
Value 200,000
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Russian regional research-and-production centres for aquaculture development (2010)
Research-and-production innovation centre for
creation aquaculture technologies in the
Murmansk region
• Project of the Federal programme
• PINRO research base
• focus on marine aquaculture
Conceptual design APN and Apn-Barents:
conceptual design and technology solutions
Client Govt
Project Design
Value 20,000
Improvement of feeds and feeding efficiency
for seabass in cage farms in the
Mediterranean – eFISHent (2010 – 2013)
The main objective of this study is to optimise
feed management methods and allow the
European sea bass farmer to significantly reduce
production FCR and thus feeding costs.
In addition nutritional and technical
improvements allowed improvements in fish
growth, labour costs reduction and minimise the
environmental impacts of fish farming.
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Client EU
Project Research
Value 175,000
Provision of consultancy services for feasibility
study for a marine fish hatchery and fish farm
plant in the Arabian Gulf ( 2011 – 2012)
• The recommended species was for a
combination of Grouper, Mediterranean and Gulf
sea breams with a target production of 5 million
fish per year.
• The farm will grow fish in tanks using recirculation
technology with a target production comprising
375 tonnes of Grouper, 250 tonnes of
Mediterranean seabream and 375 tonnes of
Sobaiti totalling 1,000 tonnes per annum.
• Recirculation systems will be oversized by 20%
safety margin.
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Client Govt
Project Consultancy
Value 135,000
Preparation of Tender Documents for a marine
fish hatchery for the Kuwait Institute of
Scientific Research ( 2013 – 2015)
• Preparation of tender documents to select a
qualified Bidder to submit a Bid for the
engineering, procurement, construction,
insurance, operation and maintenance of a 5
million marine fry per year hatchery as a Design,
Build and Operate Contract.
• The hatchery will be based on seawater re-
circulating technology and will have a target
production of 5 million juveniles per year
producing three species sobaity (Sparidentex
hasta), grouper (Epinephelus Spp.) and gilthead
sea bream (Sparus aurata).
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Client Govt
Project Design
Value 180,000
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Sustainable Use of Water Resources in Georgia development of aquaculture and mini hydro power
production
Phases I and II results (2005-2011)
• Regional feasibility evaluation
• Temperature classification for aquaculture
suitability
• Production biology and concept –
Rainbow trout and Turbot
• Sites evaluation in pilot areas of Georgia
• Rearing systems and concepts
• Model facilities – construction projects,
production plans, investments and budgets
• Conclusions and recommendations
Client Govt
Project Consultancy
Value ?????
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2008: Possibilities for fishfarming in the Republic of Komi
APN, Akva Group – Komi Fishery Committee, SevPINRO, Bioresource: experience
exchange and method studies (30/70, APN: 100 kNOK)
2009: Reconstruction of PINRO research station in Kislaya Bay. Conceptual design
APN and Apn-Barents: conceptual design and technology solutions (100, APN+ApnB:
1,500 kNOK)
2010: Development of aquaculture in the Arkhangelsk region. Feasibility evaluations
APN – Northern branch of PINRO: joint research and evaluation (50/50, APN: 150
kNOK)
2011: Production plan for Atlantic Salmon farm in Ura Guba of the Barents Sea
APN and Apn-Barents: production plan and technological solutions for the Russian Sea
– Aquaculture Company (100, APN: 100 kNOK)
2012: Whitefish and Arctic char hatchery in the Murmansk region
APN and Akvaplan-niva-Barents: feasibility study at Umbozero lake, conceptual design
and technological solutions for North-West Phosphate Company (100, APN+ApnB: 200
kNOK)
Projects in Russia