Two EU funded research projects have both simultaneously produced millions of Tuna eggs after artificial induction of captive fish in sea cages in the Mediterranean.
In the SELFDOTT project (From capture based to SELF-sustained aquaculture and Domestication of bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus), daily spawnings consisting of more than 140 million eggs have been obtained at the project´s installations in Cartagena (Spain), which are managed by the Tuna Graso company, with a maximum of 34 million eggs on Friday 3rd July, a figure which has never been achieved in previous projects.
The second project ALLOTUNA based in Calabria and funded by the region Puglia at the Mare Nostrum facilities were able to produce up to a total of 46 million eggs over a number of days and reproduce for a second year running viable quantities of eggs for international hatcheries.
