Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Spain invests €5 million in Sturgeon farming

The center for breeding and fattening juvenile fish, Veta la Palma, of the Hisparroz group, has received grants worth EUR€5 million to raise three commercial sturgeon species originating in the Black Sea. Having obtained the agreement for breeding these species is the result of several years of working to overcome scientific and administrative controls.

Financial contributors are the European Union (EU), the Spanish Government and the Junta de Andalucía. According to the ecologist and environmental manager of these facilities, Miguel Medialdea, this project will increase the high value of fish production of Veta la Palma, which will be destined "to the most demanding international markets."

Moreover, it will serve for future European Atlantic sturgeon farming in order to reintroduce it into the river Guadalquivir. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.



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