Graduate Program in Aquaculture (CAPES Grade 6)

The Postgraduate Program in Aquaculture (PPGAq), currently rated by CAPES as a concept 6, started its activities in 2002 driven by the expansion of national aquaculture. After 20 years of operation, the PPGAq can be considered a consolidated program and is characterized by developing its activities in line with the Institutional Development Program and the very vocation of FURG - a university focused on coastal and oceanic ecosystems. With this in mind, PPGAq teachers and students actively participate in numerous R, D & I projects with great interaction with Brazilian and foreign partners.

 

  • The projects developed under the PPGAq are directed to the area of ​​concentration of the program - Aquaculture, in its three lines of research:

    - Production of Vertebrate Aquatic Organisms: with studies aimed at the development of technologies for the production of freshwater and marine fish;

    - Production of Invertebrate Aquatic Organisms and Primary Producers: with the development of technologies for the production of shrimp, molluscs, micro and macro algae, as well as halophyte plants;

    - Biotechnology Applied to Aquaculture: studies related to genetic engineering, production of aquatic organisms in a multitrophic system, evaluation of the use of antioxidant compounds in aquaculture, processing and bioproducts extracted from aquatic organisms.

In many cases, these lines act in an integrated manner in the development of innovative production systems, such as the bioflocations system (BFT), water recirculation systems (RAS) and integrated multitrophic system (IMTA), where the teams of PPGAq research are at the forefront of knowledge in Brazil and worldwide.

 

The infrastructure available to PPGAq researchers allows the carrying out of the most diverse studies, with high technological development, interdisciplinarity, and, in many cases, combined with the productive sector. These characteristics provide graduates with many possibilities in the labor market, whether in the academic and / or business world, both nationally and internationally. With these differentials, the PPGAq provides subsidies and collaborates with the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by the UN. Through its lines of research, the PPGAq fits directly into at least 7 of the 17 SDGs, in particular SDG 2 - Zero Hunger (Ensuring sustainable food production systems and implementing resilient practices that increase the productivity and production, and that help to maintain ecosystems), and SDG 14 - Life Below Water (Increase economic benefits for developing and least developed countries, from the sustainable use of marine resources, including through sustainable management of fisheries, aquaculture and tourism).

 

The PPGAq student background can be assessed by the insertion of its graduates in the labor market as well as by the quality of their dissertations and theses. In recent years, three PPGAq theses received Honorable Mention nominations in the CAPES Thesis Award (2013, 2015 and 2020), in addition to the first place in the VALE-CAPES Science and Sustainability Award (2013).

 

Estuarine and Marine Fish Farming Laboratory

Estuarine and Marine Fish Farming Laboratory

Responsible: Dr Luís André Nassr de Sampaio

Maturation: It consists of eight tanks of 2.5 thousand liters, distributed in two rooms equipped with air conditioning. The tanks can be operated in a continuous water flow or recirculation system. These also have individual temperature control.

Incubation: 20 50-liter cylinder-conical incubators are available.

Larviculture and juvenile production: there are six tanks of 1,500 liters, eight tanks of 1,000 liters and 15 tanks of 300 L. Like maturation tanks, they can operate with continuous flow or with water recirculation and also have control individual temperature.

Bioassays: The fish farming sector has three laboratories equipped for experiments with small tanks. The first laboratory has four germinating greenhouses with temperature control and photoperiod, the second laboratory has four water recirculation systems with four 50-liter tanks in each. The third laboratory has two thermostatic baths with 10 tanks of 15 liters each.

The marine fish farming sector also has two water recirculation systems with 12 aquariums of 100 L for carrying out experiments with ornamental marine fish.
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