AquaVIPresources
AquaVIP – Aquaculture Career Development Platform for the South Baltic Region
Jan 2020 – June 2023
4 Partners: Lithuania, Germany, Poland
AquaVIP was a 3.5 year Interreg South Baltic project (Jan 2020 – June 2023) carried out by Klaipeda Science and Technology Park (LT, Lead partner), University of Rostock (DE), University of Gdańsk (PL), and Klaipeda University (LT) with an objective to boost aquaculture labour market within the South Baltic area by fostering human resources capacity through cross-border training and networking.
AquaVIP project poster
AquaVIP project flyer
AquaVIP Career in aquaculture flyer
Success story #1: AquaYouth – Aquaculture Youth Career Development Offer
Success story #2 – Aquaculture Competence Centre in Klaipėda: a launch pad for businesses and prospective careers
Success story #3: Master FishFarmer Class (MFFC)
AquaVIP experimental results
AquaVIP experiments carried out in partners’ facilities were foreseen as core activities for AquaYouth, AquaProfi and AquaTION service offer of the project and were carried in the area of recirculating aquaculture systems, shrimps cultivation, artificial feed chains, aquaponics, and geothermal technology:
Establishment of artificial feed chains for the culture of sensitive fish larvae
- Ballesteros-Redondo et al. (2023). Pikeperch larviculture (Sander lucioperca[L., 1758]) with Brachionus plicatilis (Mueller, 1786) (Rotifera) and Apocyclops panamensis (Marsh, 1913) (Copepoda). Journal of the World Aquaculture Society.
- Ballesteros-Redondo et al. (2023). Effect of microalgae diets on population performance and fatty acids composition of Apocyclops panamensis(Marsh, 1913) (Cyclopoida, Copepoda). Aquaculture Reports.
- Apocyclops panamensis as live feed for Sander lucioperca larvicultureposter– AE2021 Best Student Poster Award
- Effect of different diets containing rotifers and copepods as first feeding on Sander lucioperca(Linnaeus, 1758) larvae presentation
- Effect of different microalgae diets on Apocyclops panamensis (Marsh, 1913) as live feed for fish larval rearing presentation
Aquaponic experiment with Litopenaeus vannamei and algae
- Aquaponic experiment with Litopenaeus vannamei and macroalgae presentation
- Microalgae cultivation: system design, technology, application presentation
- Macroalgae harvesting and cultivation: Macroalgae in the Baltic Sea, system design, technology, and application practices in the region presentation
- Preliminary Results of Experiments Testing the Feasibility of Co-Culture of Shrimp and Algae in RAS System poster
- Experimental results on the light and temperature requirements on Furcellaria lubricalis (Hudson)V. Lamouroux from the Puck Lagoon (Southern Baltic Sea) poster
- Wykorzystanie glonów w systemach RAS (wstępne obserwacje) / The use of algae in RAS systems (preliminary observations) presentation in Polish
- Feasibility of co-culture of shrimp and algae in RAS system video
Growth and nutritional value of Litopenaeus vannamei from the small-scale laboratory culture / Nutritional value of native and non-native shrimps from the Baltic Sea
- Small scale shrimp RAS system: design, operation, parameters, results presentation, based on InnoAquaTech project results
- Growth and nutritional value of Litopenaeus vannamei from the small-scale laboratory culturepresentation, based on InnoAquaTech project results
- Native and non-native invertebrates from the Baltic Sea: food source for humans or in the future aquaculture
Whiteleg shrimp RAS technology optimization
- RAS technology for whiteleg shrimp presentation
- Optimisation of growth conditions of Litopenaeus vannamei in closed aquaculture systems presentation
- Handlng stress mortality of whiteleg shrimp poster
Application of brackish salinity in freshwater fish RAS cultivation
- Saltwater RAS: some biological, technical and economic aspects of brackish, marine and geothermal water applications presentation
- Nile tilapia growth efficiency in brackish water presentation
New „shrimp tower“ RAS concept
AquaYouth & AquaProfi
AquaYouth career development offer (AquaYouth) and Aquaculture Professionals success support (AquaProfi) – AquaVIP services for students of aquaculture micro, SMEs and self-employed entrepreneurs, micro-enterprises, SMEs representatives, fish farmers, crustacean farmers, aquaponics entrepreneurs, as well as farmers associations, NGOs, and authorities interested in improving their skills and sustainable aquaculture development, including summer schools, study visits, students panels, and networking initiatives.
Gdynia summer school overall materials
- AquaVIP Gdynia Summer School Overall Manual
- AquaVIP Gdynia Summer School Curriculum
- AquaVIP Gdynia Summer School Program
- AquaVIP Gdynia Summer School Experts
- AquaVIP Gdynia Summer School Virtual Tours
Gdynia summer school experts presentations
Introductory topics:
- AquaVIP project presentation in the frame of blue bioeconomy
- State of play: innovative technologies in aquaculture in the Baltic Sea Region countries
Recirculating Aquculture Systems – Shrimps
- Small scale shrimp RAS system: design, operation, parameters, results
- Growth and nutritional value of Litopenaeus vannamei from the small-scale laboratory culture
- Saltwater RAS: some biological, technical and economic aspects of brackish, marine and geothermal water applications
Aquaponics & Macrolgae
- Aquaponics: system design, technology, applications
- Macroalgae harvesting and cultivation: macroalgae in the Baltic Sea, system design, technology, and application practices in the region
- Aquaponic experiment with Litopenaeus vannameiand macroalgae
Microlgae
- Microalgae cultivation: system design, technology, application
- Aquaponic experiment with Litopenaeus vannameiand microalgae
Alternative food
- Native and non-native invertebrates from the Baltic Sea: as a food source for humans or in the future aquaculture
- Worms… – about the use and benefits of worms in aquaculture
Covid-19 and aquaculture
Klaipeda summer school overall materials
- AquaVIP Klaipeda Summer School Overview Manual
- AquaVIP Klaipeda Summer School Program
- AquaVIP Klaipeda Summer School Experts
Klaipeda summer school experts presentations
- Perspectives and challenges of bioeconomy sector development
- RAS technology state-of-the-art and further development
- Larviculture: Case of pikeperch larvae production
- Probiotics in aquaculture
- Disease and parasites in aquaculture
- RAS technology for whiteleg shrimp
- Aquaponics with African catfish
- Blue Biotechnology Pipeline: – From Discovery to Application
Study visits in modern, innovative farms and AquaVIP partner facilities:
- K1 fish farm – good practice in trout farming Poland video
- Recirculating aquaculture system technology – K1 fish farm Poland video
- Dabie Hatchery – Good practice in the salmonid eyed eggs Poland video
- Upiłka Trout Ponds – good practice in trout farming Poland video
- Rainbow trout breeding process – Upiłka Trout Ponds Poland video
- Virtual study visit in Fisheries Practical Training Center, Lithuania video
- Virtual study visit in the JSC Noras LT, Klaipeda District, Lithuania video
- Virtual study visit in the Klaipeda University Marine Research Institute Fisheries & Aquaculture Laboratory – Klaipeda, Lithuania video
- Development of Aquaculture Competencies in Klaipėda, Lithuania video
- Recirculating aquaculture technology – laboratory RAS 500 system for Litopenaeus vannamei shrimps cultivation, Poland, video
- Experimental RAS shrimps cultivation (Litopenaeus vannamei), InnoAquaTech Project, Poland, video
- FishGlassHouse, Germany (ministerial projects), video