The aquaculture was strongly developed in Spain from the 90s, with the introduction of new species and technological progress in the processes. Consumers increased their demand, and the captures were kept in the same level. Also, new conservation consciousness of preserving the natural environment against massive fishing appeared.;)
Nowadays, the aquaculture business represents on a global scale half of the production of fish that is consumed. In Europe it reaches almost 20 % of the production of fish, and in Spain the income places about 220 million €. The community of Galicia agglutinates 70 % of the national production, especially for the farming of the mussel.
The first steps of Ingesom in the sector of the aquaculture happened in 2009, with the design and starting up of a water recirculation module, developed jointly with IRTA (Institut of Research and Technology for Food and Agriculture), placed in Tarragona (Spain).
Thus, Ingesom began to contribute with innovative, sustainable and effective solutions to the aquaculture sector. Automation and control projects for industrial processes were developed in a close relationship with aquaculture centers, obtaining economic, energy and natural resources savings.
