GENERAL INFORMATION COMPANY
Wangüemert Fisheries Management and Aquaculture SLU is founded by Dr. Mercedes Wangüemert to offer services on Fisheries Management and Aquaculture, focused on marine invertebrates and integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA), including consultancy and training actions.
This company is the result of 18 years of experience working on sea cucumber fisheries and aquaculture, mainly linked with Mediterranean and NE Atlantic species. This experience has been acquired through several job positions on international research centers, deep collaborations with companies from different continents, travelling, and using a wide network of contacts from different sectors and institutions.
Wangüemert Fisheries Management and Aquaculture SLU arises to fill an empty niche linked to sea cucumber as new fishery and aquaculture resource, which shows scarce knowledge and specialists on Mediterranean and NE Atlantic regions. This company want to promote the sustainable exploitation of new marine resources and their use on aquaculture (production and IMTA systems), diversifying the target species, and offering new opportunities for investment on this sector.
WORK LINES
- Sea cucumber fisheries and aquaculture.
- Cryptic biodiversity in the genera Holothuria from the Mediterranean and Atlantic populations.
- Assessment of sea cucumber restocking in marine ecosystems.
MAIN PROJECTS
- Sea cucumber identification of commercial species inhabiting Murcia’ coast and preliminary assessment of their stocks. Funded by FARM, GALPEMUR, EU. (Spain)
- Sea cucumber aquaculture in Guatizamar S.L. Funded by CDTI (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial), European Union Funds. PIAPM. (Spain)
- Sea cucumber aquaculture and fisheries management training. Funded by ARAP, SENACYT, (Panamá)
- CUMARSUR: Sea CUcumber as new MARine reSoURce: potential for aquaculture. Funded by FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) & EU. PTDC/MAR-BIO/5948/2014. (Spain, China, French Polynesia, Australia)
- Sea cucumbers: the new resource for a hungry fishery. Funded by FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) & EU. PTDC/MAR/119363/2010. (Spain, French Polynesia, Australlia, Turkey)
- HOLREMAR I & II: Holothuria arguinensis as new marine resource in Europe: potential for aquaculture. Funded by Sayanes Mar S.L & CCMAR. (Spain & Portugal)
- OKALUNGA: Assessment of potential areas for sea cucumber aquaculture in Angola. Funded by The 13th Door Sociedade Unipessoal LDA and Marine Atlantic SL. (Angola)
- Holothuria arguinensis a new resource for aquaculture: induction to reproduction, natural diets development and optimal densities for culture. Funded by Piscifactorías Albadalejo S.A , Taxón Estudios Ambientales SL & CCMAR. (Spain & Portugal)
- GENPHYSOS: Genetic and physiological variability of sea sea cucumber (Isostichopus fuscus, Ludwig 1875) in the Pacific (Panamá). COL12IP036. Funded by SENACYT (Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Inovación) (Panamá)
- Genetic variability of cultivated and wild populations of white sea bream (Diplodus sargus) in Sicilia. Funded by Acqua Azzurra SL. (Spain & Italy)
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Potential of the sea cucumber aquaculture in the Canary Islands (SW Spain). Funded by Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pescas y Agua, Gobierno de Canarias (Spain).
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