Balfego Grup invests in eight scientific projectsa

Written on July 23rd, 2010 by admin

Balfego Grup invests in eight scientific projects for the conservation of bluefin tuna.

The Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), the Institute for Research in Agro-food and Communication Technologies (IRTA) and the University of Cadiz are developing a total of eight lines of investigation, with the collaboration of Balfego Grup, which aims to improve knowledge of the bluefin tuna as a species, tera gold, and the implementation of projects and activities to improve their conservation

Specifically, the CSIC investigates the reproductive behavior of tuna in their natural breeding areas in the Balearic Islands fishing grounds and has proven quite normally spawn in the transport crates, which keeps the fish to move to the aquaculture facilities of L ' Ametlla de Mar. The next project CSIC consider, ffxiv gil, appropriate procedures for the development of larvae in captivity.

According to Ana Gordoa, CSIC researcher and director of this research, "expand knowledge on reproduction and the first years of life of tuna will help minimize the impact of fishing on spawning and subsequent larval development. At the same time we advance the breeding of fish in, sto credits, captivity in accordance with environmental criteria. "

Completing these studies Balfego joint investigations and the IEO on larval ecology, behavior and drift of larvae in their natural environment. A vital aspect to know the optimal conditions for the development and viability of the young tuna. Correspondingly also being studied cultivation of larval bluefin tuna in land-based facilities.

The University of Cadiz is responsible for unravel the fate of bluefin tuna after leaving the Mediterranean. To this end, this year marked 19 major tuna players, provided by Grup Balfego, with which, after the release of the electronic tags that have been inserted, your employer may be analyzed post-reproductive migration.

The thorough understanding of the migration patterns of the species, gaps currently too high, it is entirely necessary to ensure that fisheries management on the species is more sustainable. "The reduction of fishing opportunities and the establishment of more strict closures is encouraging that the fishing information is not sufficient to know the abundance of the species," explained Jose Luis Cort, the IEO.

The CSIC, in collaboration with Balfego, is studying the evolution of the stock of bluefin tuna fishery in the Balearic Islands, from the indices of fishing activity. The ICCAT, with the support of the IEO and Balfego, has launched a project to the detection of banks in their player tuna spawning grounds, by aerial observation, which aims to establish an index alternative analysis of the status of the species .

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