Technology Transfer of the Department Marine Aquaculture for Sustainable Fisheries

One of the main objectives of modern aquaculture will be the production of residual free aquatic organisms for human consumption. Due to stagnating catches of fisheries and numerous stakeholders of coastal areas and thus increasing levels of pollution this objective will be a real challenge. Possible solutions for this challenge can be the production in closed landbased recirculating aquaculture system and the culture offshore, away from the coastal areas. For sustainable, environmentally friendly aquaculture which also has to be economically viable, research on various levels has to be conducted. IMARE is already working in these fields. For more information on Recirculating Aquaculture Technology and Open Ocean Technology click here.

Biochemical Analysis

The list of applicable biochemical analyses is quite extensive. Therefore just the analyses most used are mentioned. In case the analysis you are interested in is not listed please contact us for further information at info@imare.de.

The listed analyses are applied to obtain data to develop nutrient balances, evaluate feeds, cultured organisms and their faeces, which were produced during culture.

Regularly applied biochemical analyses are:

• wet weight / dry weight
• total organic matter content
• total nitrogen, carbon and phosphorous content
• fatty acids
• dissolved nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorous compounds)

Nutrient Balances

By developing nutrient balances of a closed recirculating system the nutrient retention due to the growth of the organisms as well as the amount of excreted nutrients in form of dissolved and particulate nutrients can be displayed.

Furthermore nutrient balances are a suitable tool to evaluate the function and efficiency of the individual water treatment steps.

Feasibility Studies

Due to our experience numerous feasibility studies concerning all aspects of aquaculture, including the prevalent conditions at the aquaculture site, can be executed. For further information please contact us at info@imare.de.

Consulting

Recirculating technology: Willingly we use our experience to accompany the start up of your aquaculture enterprise or project by monitor and examine the progress of the project. Our services include the site selection, the selection of the cultivated species as well as the system design and applied technique.

Open Ocean technology: For open ocean culture we are also able to design the facilities, evaluate the site with focus on several site selection criteria and carrying capacity and assist you by the selection of the cultured species. Administrative processes are also included.

Seminars / Workshops

We are also able to conduct seminars on local, regional, national or international scale concerning the core topics of aquaculture within IMARE. 

MariCheck

Centre for Aquaculture Research (Zentrum für Aquakulturforschung) with focus on Recirculation-Systems. Handover of the facility in Feb. 2011.

MultiMaT

Offshore wind energy promises to become a future market with a large economic and technical potential (Henderson et al., 2003). Due to the fact that offshore maintenance, repair and overhaul are very time-consuming and expensive, a Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) system using appropriate sensors will enable event- and status-oriented maintenance, which will lead to

• Reduction in operation and maintenance costs
• Reduction of down-time by improvement of functionality, durability and maintenance of the foundation for offshore wind energy plants

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