LUSO-HISPANA (Spain, SME)
Luso-Hispana de Acuicultura, S. L. is an aquaculture company,
of which the majority owned by Isidro de la Cal Group, where
the R&D Department of the Group is based. Isidro de
la Cal Group is a fresh and frozen fish trading company,
involved also in aquaculture production. The Aquaculture
Division, has several fish farms, producing 3.000 Tn/year
of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), covering the whole
cycle, from broodstock, eggs and fry production, ongrowing,
slaughtering, processing and marketing. Isidro de la Cal
Group owns also 4 cage farms for blackspot seabream (Pagellus
bogaraveo) ongrowing. The Group owns two hatcheries (blackspot
seabream and turbot) and on-growing facilities, where turbot
(Scophthalmus maximus) (350Tn/year) is produced.
The R&D Department has expertise in new species for
aquaculture, being already working in the development of
the culture of local species as wreckfish (Polyprion americanus),
pollack (Pollachius pollachius) and red mullet (Mullus surmuletus).
LUSO-HISPANA has wide experience in fish production, from
broodstock to commercialization, with skilled technicians
and modern facilities.
CV's of leading personnel
Dr. Javier Aran will direct the tasks
of the company in the project. He is actually the director
of the R&D Department of the group. He has wide experience
in fish culture, aquaculture research, and quality control,
being involved actually as coordinator in several national
and international projects related with new species for
aquaculture (blackspot seabream, turbot and wreckfish).
The R&D department is composed by 3 researchers, co-ordinating
the development of the research projects by 10 skilled technicians
with wide experience in hatchery, nursery and on-growing
techniques and 1 pathologist specialized in fish diseases.
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