ASTRAL IMTA Lab in South Africa - UCT, DFFE, Viking Aquaculture, & Buffeljags Abalone

All Atlantic Ocean Sustainable, Profitable and Resilient Aquaculture (ASTRAL) is a Horizon 2020 collaborative project that focuses on integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) farming and defines, supports and promotes this type of sustainable aquaculture production in the Atlantic area. The project spans three continents in order to ensure a reliable solution applicable in all Atlantic regions. It will bring together labs in Ireland and Scotland (open offshore labs), South Africa (flow-through inshore) and Brazil (recirculation inshore) as well as Argentina (prospective IMTA lab).
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The ASTRAL project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 863034 🇪🇺
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[@chaledeveine]

nice setup and great multitrophic integration. all the best

[@markcyrus6757]

Thanks, Alex

[@MorgsBrew]

Lekke! Do you think the sea urchin tunnel systems can be run in a closed-loop?

[@markcyrus6757]

We will be trying to reduce water replacement as much as possible however the low concentration of calcium within a closed-loop may limit urchin test growth, but this is something we plan to investigate further in the project