FISH

Activities and purpose

The project

As part of the cross-border Interreg project, the company SOLOS has teamed up with two qualified research partners from Tyrol and Padua. The company started researching aquaponic systems in South Tyrol back in 2022; the lettuce grows excellently and is available throughout South Tyrol. Now the focus is on fish and the expansion of fish farming: together with Alpenaquafarm Tyrol, which is currently dedicated to the sustainable breeding of shrimp and catfish in a closed cycle, they aim to develop fish farming (African catfish & largemouth bass).

The project is being scientifically supported and monitored by the Institute for Animal Disease Control Veneto (IZSVe) in Padua. In addition to the successful establishment of a fish farm, research activities will also focus on ecological aspects, animal welfare, and the careful use of valuable resources. Research into an alternative insect-based fish feed plays a central role, as the conventional feeding of fishmeal is neither sustainable nor viable from an ecological and social perspective. As the closed-cycle cultivation method enables year-round production in a confined space, it can play a key role in local and sustainably organized food sovereignty. The creation and promotion of biodiversity areas also form a valuable part of the research work of this project in cooperation with the Laimburg Experimental Center.