BlueAquaEdu Escola de Verão em França
Welcome to the
Summer School of
Aquaculture!
Gain a foundational understanding of post-harvest management in aquaculture, including key stages from harvest to market, challenges and opportunities.
Datas
de 8 a 11 de julho de 2025
Localização
Boulogne sur Mer, França
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 like extensive, semi-intensive, intensive, and IMTA.
- Breeding & Farming Practices: Learn breeding, rearing, and farming techniques for European species while ensuring welfare and biosafety standards.
- Fish Health & Welfare: Monitor health, identify diseases, and maintain high welfare standards through habitat design, handling, and enrichment across systems like RAS and cage farming.
- RAS Technology & Water Management: Master Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) principles, including water quality, chemistry, and treatment technologies.
- Post-Harvest Management & Sustainability: Ensure product quality, safety, and compliance with food safety standards while adopting sustainable practices like resource recovery, waste minimization, and by-product valorization.
- Market Readiness & Innovation: Develop market-ready products, explore innovative extraction methods, and gain hands-on experience in fish valorization and product preparation.
Summer School Curicullum
DAY 1
8 July
| 9h00 - 9h30 | Registration and Welcoming coffee | |
| 9h30 - 9h45 | Welcoming | Aquimer |
| 9h45h - 10h15 | Introduction to the BlueAquaEdu project | AUA (Agricultural University of Athens) /Aquimer |
| 10h15 - 10h45 | The BlueAquaEdu serious game | MINDS |
| 10h45 - 11h45 | Introduction to Aquaculture: Overview and Importance | AUA (Agricultural University of Athens) |
| 11h45 - 12h | Coffee break | |
| 12h - 12h30 | Site Selection and Preparation: Factors to Consider | AUA (Agricultural University of Athens) |
| 12h30 - 13h30 | Feeding Practices: Strategies for Nutrient Optimization | AUA (Agricultural University of Athens) |
| 13h30 - 15h | Lunch break |
| 15h - 16h | Health Management: Disease Prevention and Treatment | AUA (Agricultural University of Athens) |
| 16h - 16h30 | Introduction to aquaculture hatcheries. Broodstock Selection: Criteria and Considerations | LAMAR |
| 16h30 - 17h | Spawning Techniques: Induced Spawning and Natural Spawning | LAMAR |
| 17h - 17h30 | Larval Rearing: Feeding Strategies and Water Quality Management | AUA (Agricultural University of Athens) |
DAY 2
9 July
| Day 2 | 9h -9h15 | Welcoming coffee | |
| 09th July | 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
10 July
| 9h - 9h15 | Welcoming coffee | |
| 9h15 - 9h45 | Introduction to aquaculture post-harvest management | AUA (Agricultural University of Athens) |
| 9h45 - 10h15 | Handling and Processing of Aquatic Products | AUA (Agricultural University of Athens) |
| 10h15 - 10h45 | Quality control and assurance in aquaculture Post-Harvest | AUA (Agricultural University of Athens) |
| 10h45 - 11h15 | Packaging and cold chain management | AUA (Agricultural University of Athens) |
| 11h15 - 11h30 | Coffee break | |
| 11h30 - 12h30 | Key by-products in various industries | AQUIMER |
| 12h30 - 12h45 | Environmental considerations | AQUIMER |
| 13h15 - 14h45 | Lunch Break |
| 14h15 - 14h45 | Industry trends and challenges | Caen University |
| 14h45 - 15h15 | Extraction methods and technologies | Caen University |
| 15h15 - 15h45 | Maintenance and quality control | Caen University |
| 15h45 - 16h30 | From origin to market - product life cycle | Caen University |
DAY 4
11 July
| 9h - 18h | Visit of Copalis installations | Aquimer |
| The serious game | MINDS |
Summer School Courses
DAY 1
Title Course
Duração
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 Cage Farming: 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
1h
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
Introduction to aquaculture hatcheries. Broodstock Selection: Criteria and Considerations
30 min
LAMAR
Spawning Techniques: Induced Spawning and Natural Spawning
30 min
LAMAR
Larval Rearing: Feeding Strategies and Water Quality Management
30 min
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
DAY 2
Title Course
Duração
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
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
Duração
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)
Packaging and cold chain management
30 min
AUA (Agricultural University of Athens)
Key by-products in various industries
1 h
AQUIMER
Environmental considerations
15 min
AQUIMER
Industry trends and challenges
30 min
Caen University
Extraction methods and technologies
30 min
Caen University
Maintenance and quality control
30 min
Caen University
From origin to market - product life cycle
45 min
Caen University
DAY 4
Title Course
Duração
Delivered by
Visit of Copalis installations
6 h
AQUIMER
The serious game
3 h
MINDS