BlueAquaEdu 2nd Summer School in Portugal
Welcome to the
Summer School of
Aquaculture!
Gain a foundational understanding of the RAS.
Dates
8-12 September 2025
Location
Peniche, Portugal
Organizers
BlueAquaEdu European Program
Summer School Objectives
By completing this summer school, students will:
- Aquaculture Systems & Trends: Understand global trends, the importance of aquaculture, and various systems (extensive, semi-intensive, intensive, IMTA). Learn site selection, infrastructure design, and sustainable management practices.
- Fish Welfare & Disease Prevention: Maintain high fish welfare standards, manage biosafety in cage farming, and implement protocols for spawning, larval rearing, and disease prevention, especially in RAS systems.
- RAS Technology & Design: Understand Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) principles, including water treatment, nutrition, off-flavour mitigation, habitat design, and facility cost analysis.
- Post-Harvest Management: Gain expertise in handling, processing, and preserving aquatic products. Learn cold chain logistics, packaging, and strategies to ensure product quality, safety, and extended shelf life
- By-Product Utilization & Sustainability: Explore innovative extraction methods, waste minimization, resource recovery, and sustainable practices to optimize by-product production and meet industry standards.
- Market Readiness & Product Development: Enhance skills in market preparation, raw material sourcing, and creating new products while gaining hands-on experience in RAS and other aquaculture operations.
Summer School Curicullum
DAY 1
21st July 2025
| 9h00 - 9h30 | Registration and Welcoming coffee | |
| 9h30 - 9h45 | ESTM Welcoming | Sérgio Leandro |
| 9h45h - 10h15 | Introduction to the BlueAquaEdu project | AUA 21st July 2025 |
| 10h15 - 10h45 | The BlueAquaEdu serious game | MINDS |
| 10h45 - 11h45 | Introduction to Aquaculture: Overview and Importance | AUA |
| 11h45 - 12h | Coffee break | |
| 12h - 12h30 | Site Selection and Preparation: Factors to Consider | AUA |
| 12h30 - 13h30 | Feeding Practices: Strategies for Nutrient Optimization | AUA |
| 13h30 - 15h | Lunch break |
| 15h - 16h | Health Management: Disease Prevention and Treatment | AUA |
| 16h - 16h30 | Introduction to aquaculture hatcheries. Broodstock Selection: Criteria and Considerations | AUA |
| 16h30 - 17h | Spawning Techniques: Induced Spawning and Natural Spawning | AUA |
| 17h - 17h30 | Larval Rearing: Feeding Strategies and Water Quality Management | AUA |
DAY 2
22nd July
| 9h -9h15 | Welcoming coffee | |
| 9h15 - 9h45h | Water Quality and Treatment in RAS | SEAentia |
| 9h45 - 10h30 | Off-flavours in fish aquaculture | Matteo Egiddi |
| 10h30 - 11h15 | Fish Health Management in RAS | SEAentia |
| 11h15 - 11h30 | Coffee break | |
| 11h30 - 12h30 | Fish Nutrition in RAS | SEAentia |
| 12h30 - 13h30 | Fish Welfare | SEAentia |
| 13h30 - 15h | Lunch break |
| 15h - 17h | RAS Engineering | Carlos Espinal |
| 17h - 18h | Economic Viability and Business Models in RAS | SEAentia |
DAY 3
23rd July
| 9h - 9h15 | Welcoming coffee | |
| 9h15 - 9h45 | Introduction to aquaculture post-harvest management | AUA |
| 9h45 - 10h15 | Handling and Processing of Aquatic Products | AUA |
| 10h15 - 10h45 | Quality control and assurance in aquaculture Post-Harvest | AUA |
| 10h45 - 11h15 | Handling and Processing of Aquatic Products | AUA |
| 11h15 - 11h30 | Coffee break | |
| 11h30 - 12h | Packaging and cold chain management | AUA |
| 12h - 13h | Key by-products in various industries | ULCO |
| 13h - 13h15 | Environmental considerations | ULCO |
| 13h15 - 14h45 | Lunch Break |
| 14h45 - 15h15 | Industry trends and challenges | ULCO |
| 15h15 - 15h45 | Extraction methods and technologies | ULCO |
| 15h45 - 16h15 | Maintenance and quality control | ULCO |
| 16h15 - 17h15 | From origin to market - product life cycle | ULCO |
DAY 4
24th July
| 9h - 18h | Practical aspects of fish RAS. Visiting the SEAentia RAS installations | SEAentia |
| The serious game | MINDS |
BREAK
Evening Session
To be announced ...
Summer School Courses
DAY 1
Title Course
Duration
Delivered by
Introduction to the BlueAquaEdu project
30 min
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens) and/or AQUIMER
The BlueAquaEdu serious game
30 min
MINDS
Introduction to Aquaculture: Overview and Importance
1 h
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
Site Selection and Preparation: Factors to Consider
30 min
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
Feeding Practices: Strategies for Nutrient Optimization
1 h
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
Health Management: Disease Prevention and Treatment
1 h
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
Introduction to aquaculture hatcheries. Broodstock Selection: Criteria and Considerations
30 min
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
Spawning Techniques: Induced Spawning and Natural Spawning
30 min
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
Larval Rearing: Feeding Strategies and Water Quality Management
30 min
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
DAY 2
Title Course
Duration
Delivered by
Water Quality and Treatment in RAS
30 min
SEAentia
Off-flavours in fish aquaculture
45 min
Matteo Egiddi
Fish Health Management in RAS
45 min
SEAentia
Fish Nutrition in RAS Professional
1 h
SEAentia
Fish Welfare
1 h
SEAentia
RAS Engineering
2 h
Carlos Espinal
Economic Viability and Business Models in RAS
1 h
SEAentia
DAY 3
Title Course
Duration
Delivered by
Introduction to aquaculture post-harvest management
30 min
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
Handling and Processing of Aquatic Products
30 min
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
Quality control and assurance in aquaculture Post-Harvest
30 min
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
Handling and Processing of Aquatic Products
30 min
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
Packaging and cold chain management
30 min
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
Key by-products in various industries
1 h
ULCO (University of the Littoral Opal Coast)
Environmental considerations
30 min
ULCO (University of the Littoral Opal Coast)
Industry trends and challenges
30 min
ULCO (University of the Littoral Opal Coast)
Extraction methods and technologies
30 min
ULCO (University of the Littoral Opal Coast)
Maintenance and quality control
30 min
ULCO (University of the Littoral Opal Coast)
From origin to market - product life cycle
1 h
ULCO (University of the Littoral Opal Coast)
DAY 4
Title Course
Duration
Delivered by
Practical aspects of fish RAS. Visiting the SeaEntia RAS installations
6 h
SeaEntia
The serious game
3 h
MINDS
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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