Choco should reach the aquaculture within five years (with video)
With about 200 employees, of whom 80 doctorates, the Marine Science Center is a major research and development laboratories in the area of marine sciences in Portugal.In 2000, the Center began investigating the cuttlefish as new species for aquaculture. "Choco is an animal hiper-inteligente. And try an animal like this eat something that isn't natural is very complicated, "explained to the green economy Antony Sykes, researcher of the project.The day the green economy visited Marine Science Center, two Spanish researchers noticed how, in the Algarve, the aquaculture of choco. "I am sure the presence [of strangers makes the cuttlefish apprehensive]," joked the investigator, as if proving the animal's intelligence.The study of Antony Sykes wants to understand more about reproduction, stress levels and feeding of cuttlefish. "Without controlling the entire lifecycle and achieve minimally viable results, we cannot say that we have the technology ready to pass to the industry," he explained.The project has gone through several phases, in recent years, and the best experiences were related to the production of specific ration for the species, which leads the choco to accept food as if you were in their natural habitat."If we continue with this level of success, probably over the next five years we will see cuttlefish in aquaculture", explained the responsible.Learn how this project, which has cost € 1 million, it is important for the conservation of the species in episode 113 of the green economy.Foto: William Warby / Creative Commons
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