Learning material

This course explores the principles of land-based aquaculture, algae-based innovation, and business strategy for the growing Blue Bioeconomy. By the end of the course, participants will be able to: 
1) Evaluate the potential of land-based aquaculture...

This publication presents an education journey on Blue Transformation in aquaculture for students of the Mediterranean and Black Sea region. Overall, its aim is to provide a progressive and enjoyable learning experience on a topic whose benefits are...

This course provides an overview of diseases in aquatic organisms. In doing so, it highlights the importance of preparedness for effective prevention, management and control of diseases in aquatic organisms. The course introduces the role of disease...

This online, fully self-paced training course explores marine/maritime spatial planning (MSP), its relationship with other integrated ocean governance approaches, the process for developing a marine spatial plan and how to use a marine spatial plan...

This webinar focuses on the research outcomes of the NewTechAqua project. Delving into Work Package 3 (Genetics), the webinar will unveil innovative breeding programs designed to enhance the performance, robustness, and equality of farmed fish...

The Final Conference of the NewTechAqua project, held in Brussels on November 15, 2023, was a significant event dedicated to advancing sustainable aquaculture within the European Union. With aquaculture emerging as the fastest-growing food-producing...

This webinar presents the main results of the work conducted in NewTechAqua aiming to develop a web-based platform to upload all the broodstock data and hormonal/biopsy/histological data to manage broodstocks, monitor gonad development and follow the...

This webinar focuses on NewTechAqua's efforts to understand and control the reproductive cycle of economically significant Mediterranean species, particularly greater amberjack. With reported production of 300 tons in Europe in 2021, mainly in Greece...

This course introduces the Harmonised System (HS) nomenclature for fisheries and aquaculture products, presenting global and FAO international trade instruments in fisheries, such as Preferential Access and the Rule of Origin. This course is designed...

Produced in the framework of the EU-funded NewTechAqua project, the assembly kit for secondary schools aims to provide students with basic knowledge (hydraulics and biology) of aquaponics systems. The kit is designed to help students learn by...

This training course focuses on welfare indicators for different fish species used in aquaculture research. Participants will learn about the latest technologies around developing welfare indicators, their advantages and disadvantages and carry out...

This webinar unveils the primary outcomes of NewTechAqua's work dedicated to controlling the reproduction of meagre. Notably, meagre boasted a reported production of over 7,000 tons in Europe in 2021, with Greece and Spain leading the charge, closely...

This webinar presents the work carried out in NewTechAqua to develop pro-health feeds containing natural additives able to reduce and control Sparicotyle infections during the on-growing of seabream in sea cages.

This course introduces the Progressive Management Pathway for Aquaculture Biosecurity (PMP/AB) which uses a risk-based approach to improve the overall sustainability of the aquaculture sector. It outlines the concepts and steps needed to apply a risk...

This course, developed by the EU AquaVitae project, provides a holistic view of the most recent developments in low trophic aquaculture, focusing on selected groups of species molluscs, echinoderms, macroalgae and freshwater finfish. It explores...

This e-learning module provides a thorough overview of both conventional and alternative aquafeed ingredients, based on research findings from the NewTechAqua project. Authored by aquaculture experts, the course covers traditional protein and lipid...

This training material was developed from the FutureEUAqua online course on “Sustainable, resilient and climate friendly Blue Growth of EU Aquaculture and Beyond",  hosted by CIHEAM Bari’s eLearning platform, aiming to turn/transform results and...

As part of its capacity building activity, PerformFISH delivered a training programme on the Practical Application of Modern Genomics in Aquaculture Breeding Programmes. The course used a multidisciplinary integrated approach that translated the...

This free course discusses how sustainability can be measured, particularly in relation to aquaculture products, and how this assessment can be used to improve the sustainability of different European aquaculture processes.

Increasing capacity building for the Mediterranean aquaculture sector through training is one of the core activities of PerformFISH. The training carried out by RDI performers or industry in PerformFISH is improving the professional skills and...