Title: researcher of the Aquaculture Unit

Association/Company: Istituto Spallanzani

Biography
Since 2003 he works as a researcher at the Aquaculture Unit of the Spallanzani Institute dealing with the management of experimental feeding trials with alternative ingredients and the evaluation of fish growth performance in recirculation systems (RAS), with particular focus on broodstock management, gamete quality assessment, larval rearing and sperm cryopreservation. He is also involved in the development of microalgal culture protocols for the treatment of wastewater and dairy by-products.

Speech session
Fish feed

Speech
Project AquaTech4Feed – Novel sustainable aquaculture technologies for the production of innovative feeds for improved fish stocks

Abstract
AquaTech4Feed will develop a novel sustainable aquaculture production process based on the production of proteinaceous and high nutritional value feed utilizing aquaculture waste-streams from Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS). The aim will be to improve fish production and final product quality by novel fish feed from alternative biomass sources, such as algae, duckweed, microbiomes (bioflocs), and insects.
The production process will consist of a closed recirculation system for nutrients and water recycling targeting to improved biosafety.
Conventional and new technologies will be applied to ensure novel feeds safety. The project includes feeding trials with lumpfish, salmon and sea bream in order to assess fish production and define production and quality benchmarks.