The Aquaculture Laboratory is an established Research Unit of the Department of Agriculture, Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment since 2002.
In the context of ensuring the welfare of animals used for scientific and experimental purposes, in accordance with Directive 2010/63 / EU and its harmonization with Greek Legislation with Presidential Decree 56/2013, the installation is officially licensed by the competent department with the Code Registration Number: EL-43BIO / exp-01. The laboratory serves the educational and research needs in the wider subject of Aquaculture. With established research and educational collaborations and links with many leading academic institutions and industry partners in Greece and internationally, it offers consulting services aimed at developing and supporting innovative technologies and provides services to organizations, legal entities and individuals in accordance with applicable regulations.
The subjects in which the Laboratory is active and in which research is carried out relate on issues of aquaculture, physiology, well-being, protection, fish nutrition and fish feed technology in combination with innovative teaching methods at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
The education and training of young scientists capable of a successful professional career is one of our main goals. Closed-circuit living (RAS) living organisms and structures and equipped laboratory facilities cover research mainly on Mediterranean farmed fish species. Particular research interest is focused on aquaponics and flatfish.
There are synergies with other research teams and Laboratories of the Department, the School of Agricultural Sciences and the University of Thessaly, as well as with Universities and Research Institutions at home and abroad that cover a wide range of different aspects in aquaculture combined with new biomaterial techniques.
The Aquaculture Laboratory maintains a wide network of strategic partnerships with the private sector at National, European and International level as well as with the fish feed industry.
Research Interests
- Aquaculture of marine species
- Nutrition and physiology of nutrition of aquatic animal organisms
- Preparation of diets - fish feed technology
- Sustainable Aquaculture
- Aquaponics
- Evolution of size variability
- Compensation increase
- Well-being of farmed organisms
- Physiology of farmed aquatic organisms
- Generator management
- Generator selection programs
- Quality of eggs and juveniles.
- Health management and protection of aquatic populations
- Use of pesticides in aquaculture
- Ethology and behavior of farmed organisms
- Nutritional value of aquaculture products
- Interaction of aquaculture and environment
Laboratory Personnel
Dr. Eleni Mente (PhD)
Professor
Expertise: Nutrition Physiology of Aquatic Animal Organisms
emente@uth.gr
Dr. Panagiota Panagiotaki (MSc, PhD)
Associate Professor, Director
Expertise: Aquaculture
ppanag@uth.gr
Dr. Ioannis Karapanagiotidis (MSc, PhD)
Associate Professor
Expertise: Nutrition of Aquatic Animal Organisms
ikarapan@uth.gr
Dr. Eleni Gkolomazou (PhD)
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Fish Protection-Welfare
egolom@uth.gr
Post Doc Fellows
- Lolas
- E. Malandrakis
- H. Roumpos
- G. Fleris
PhD Candidates
Doctoral dissertations completed or in progress (under the supervision of faculty members of the Aquaculture Laboratory)
Psofakis P. (in progress). Processed non-ruminant animal proteins in the sea bream diet (Sparus aurata). Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH
Ntantali O. (in progress) Study of the phenomenon of increasing compensation in intensively farmed fish. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH
Tampou A. (in progress). Nutritional challenges and nutritional physiology of farmed aquatic organisms. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH.
Antoniou Z. (in progress). Investigation of quality characteristics of intensively farmed fish. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH.
Dedeloudis D. (in progress). Study of the lymphocyst virus in intensively farmed fish. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH.
Karatzinos Th. (in progress). Breeding management of intensively farmed fish. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH.
Antoniadou E. (in progress). Well-being management practices in intensive fish farming. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH.
Vlachos N. (2013). Biology and physiology of nutrition of ornamental fish in aquariums. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH.
Malandrakis E. (2014) Stress and well-being of intensively farmed fish. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH.
Doctoral dissertations completed or in progress (faculty members of the Aquaculture Laboratory participated or are participating in the three-member advisory committee)
Katsiki F. (2008) Study of the biology of the larvae and young individuals of the endemic shrimp Melicertus kerathurus in the wider area of the Thermaic Gulf in relation to biotic and abiotic factors. UTH.
Neofitou N. (2007) Investigation of the effects from the installation and operation of fish farms, with emphasis on the selection of indicators determining the degree of pollution caused in the marine environment. UTH.
Kavouras M. (in progress). Biology of farmed flatfish development. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH.
Meziti A. (2012). Variety and abundance of prokaryotic organisms of the crayfish digestive system (Nephrops norvegicus) in natural and farmed populations. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH.
Nikouli E. (2019). Composition, structure and ecophysiological role of microorganisms in the digestive tract of farmed fish. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH.
Tsertou, M.I. (in progress). Non-infectious diseases of the skull, Argyrosomus regius. Department of Zoology, Department of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, (AUTH).
Panteli N. (in progress). Nutritional challenges and digestive microbiome in farmed aquatic organisms. Department of Biology. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AUTh.
Mastoraki M. (in progress). Investigation of the biological dynamics of feeding farmed aquatic animal organisms with insect meal. Department of Biology. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AUTh.
Stathopoulou P. (in progress). Physiological responses of fish farmed in aquaculture systems. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH.
Tsoumalakou E. (in progress). Functional responses of plants growing under aquaponics conditions. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH.
Metsoviti M. (in progress). Influence of environmental factors on the production of microalgae in the greenhouse for fish feed supplement. Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, University of Thessaly UTH.
Doctoral dissertations in which the faculty members of the Aquaculture Laboratory participated in the examination committee
Jones M. (2008). The Impact of Disease and Diet on the Metabolic Rate, Swimming Performance and Recovery of Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar. University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
Watts A. (2012). Nutritional status and trophic dynamics of the Norway lobster of Nephrops norvegicus. University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Philip H. (2014). Using biology to improve the value of the Icelandic lobster Nephrops norvegicus fishery. Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Laconisi V. (2017). Diets containing insect meal as alternative protein sources and product features in fish species for Italian aquaculture. University of Florence, Italy.
Mpatzina A. (2013). Diversification of the living environment as a means of improving the controlled breeding of Sparus aurata sea bream. AUA.
Mpellos G. (2015). Epizootiological study and prevention of the most important bacterial and viral diseases of farmed Mediterranean fish in Greece. AUA.
Ganias K. (2003). Oceanographic and biological study of the production of sardina pilchardus (Walbaum, 1792) in the coastal central Greece. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH.
Abusdeg F. (2012) Development of a methodology for measuring in vitro digestibility of diets of Mediterranean fish species - Assessment of nutritional value and growth rate. Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology. University of Thessaly, UTH.
Giannakopoulou L. (2018). Accumulation of heavy metals in commercial aquatic organisms. Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment, UTH.
Specialized Teaching Staff
Panagou Asimo, Agronomist-Ichthyologist
Fellows
Vlachos N. Specialized Teaching Staff University of Patras (MSc, PhD)
Patsea E. Biologist (MSc)
Asimaki A. Ichthyologist (MSc)
Oikonomou G. Ichthyologist (MSc)