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Corelsa platform, Medusa. (Photo: Corelsa)
Multi-trophic farming assessment to be developed in Galicia
SPAIN
Tuesday, May 13, 2014, 23:40 (GMT + 9)
The company Acuicultura Integrada Multitrófica (IMA) plans to start multi-trophic farming of mussels, fish and algae at once in Muros, Galicia.
This firm, which inherited Corelsa’s expertise as well as that of its patents, is pending the corresponding authorization from Xunta de Galicia to begin testing.
According to Juan Ignacio Rodriguez, senior partner of IMA, the exploitation and management of the initiative will be left to platform owners from Muros.
To run the project it is essential to use the platform Medusa, so named by Rodriguez while working on Corelsa.
This platform is a circular installation built in polyethylene that has been patented during its passage through the firm, but it was not possible to implant it in Galicia because its size exceeded that allowed by legislation, the newspaper La Voz de Galicia reported.
This time, this platform was modified and adapted for the multi-trophic aquaculture.
That is to say, it was made more resistant and submergible to resist during eventual weather issues in the Galician area.
About 500 cords have been planned to hang from this infrastructure; and in the central hole of the nursery, a conical net would be placed, in which fish would be fattened.
It could be bream, sea bass and salmon but IMA entrepreneurs are betting on mugel.
This resource is perfectly placed in the environment, it does not need feed and grows a lot and very fast.
In addition, this species “is trading very well in the area of Valencia,” continued Rodriguez.
The third pillar of the project is algae (Saccharina latissima).
It is planned to be farmed in long lines located in the immediate vicinity of the round platform, but not attached to the facility for a better utilization of nutrients.
Finally, David Baizán, an engineer and director of the company, pointed out: “The important thing is to develop the device so that what has been invested in I+D+i would not have been useless.”
By Analia Murias
editorial@fis.com
www.fis.com
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