MARE

Mapping Aquatic Resource Enterprise

(I/97/1/29378/pI/I.1.1.a/FPI)

Mare Meeting,Dublin, March 2001. Brian Ottway, Matilde Tommassini, F. Zucharini, Leonardo Optiz, Rachel Fee, Alfredo Lopez, Antonio Nogueira

AquaTT is a partner in this LEONARDO pilot project led by I.P.S.I.A. 'Dino Ugo di Marzio', Pescara, Italy, in conjunction with Profi Forma in Portugal.

The central objective is to develop teaching materials on aquaculture for use in Italian secondary schools (lycees) with students aged 15-20 years old.

AquaTT is specifically responsible for the completion of a 9-chapter manual on aquaculture , and has commissioned writers to complete the following chapters:

Introduction to Aquaculture
Fish Biology
Farming Rainbow Trout
Farming Sea Bass and Sea Bream
Eels and Eel Farming
Biology of Bivalve Molluscs
Farming Clams and Clam Fisheries
Farming Mussels
Producing Live Food; Micro-algae, rotifers, artemia
Bivalve Molluscs: Quality, purification and public health
Simple Husbandry Projects for Students

The students will be studying aquaculture as a subject along with normal academic subjects (e.g. Italian, English, Mathematics, Science etc.). This course to be offered by IPSIA Dino Ugo di Marzio will be the first technical level aquaculture course in Italy and will be delivered by non-specialist teachers.

The project finished in April 2001.

Contact:

Matilde Tommassini
IPSIA "DI Marzio"
Via Arapietra, 112-65124
Pescara, Italy
Fax: +39 085 414641
Tel: +39 085 412087
matildet@tin.it