MOLEVAR Project

Programme: Fep Puglia 2007-2013 “Progetti pilota” (art. 41 reg. CE 1198/2006)

Project Title: “Progetto pilota per la produzione di moleche da Carcinus aestuarii”

Acronym: MOLEVAR

Duration: 2012-2013

Total Budget: € 304.774,00

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Summary: The MOLEVAR project was born from the need to create a new fishing activities in Varano lagoon by diversifying the current production : the molechicoltura . This study analyses some aspects of Carcinus aestuarii biology within the project MOLEVAR funded by FEP (European Funds for Fishing) in order to evaluate the crabs, Carcinus aestuarii, as a new economic resource for Varano Lagoon (S Italy). The population structure and reproductive biology of this species will be studed in three different sites of the lagoon. Length (CL) and width (CW) of the carapace and total weight (TW), were determined sex and development stage. At the same time, water temperature, salinity, oxygen concentration and pH were measured with a multiparametric probe. The reproductive biology of C. aestuarii will be performed through the histological study of the reproductive cycle of the female and will be calculated the sex ratio.

Contact person in ISMAR:

Lucrezia Cilenti lucrezia.cilenti@fg.ismar.cnr.it

Partnership:

Società Agricola “Gargamelle srl” (Lead Partner)

CNR-ISMAR Lesina