CENTER of Playback of Fish Species Marine Panittica Italia reproduces and breeds bass and sea bream fry. The company was born on the initiative of a group of entrepreneurs who, strong of over thirty years of experience acquired in the industry, guided by the agronomist Andrea Novelli yes aggregate to take over the management of one of the most important plants in Italy and Europe, in terms of size and capacity productive, located in Puglia in Torre Canne di Fasano. WHO WE ARE Panittica Italia was born on the initiative of a group of entrepreneurs who, strong of over thirty years of experience acquired in the sector, led by the agronomist Andrea Novelli join forces to take over management of one of the most important plants in Italy e of Europe, in terms of size and capacity productive, located in Puglia in Torre Canne of Fasano. The site extends for about 78,000 square meters on an area particularly suitable for activity of aquaculture due to its proximity to the sea, the morphology of the land, the conditions environmental, geographical location and, above all, due to the presence of groundwater marina - taken from 240 meters deep - coming from n. 7 wells; the water, captured by means of immersion pumps, it comes out a almost constant temperature of 19 ° C and ha a salinity equal to 37.5 per thousand. These features, combined with the fact that it is bacteriologically pure, they allow raise sea bass and sea bream with a high hygienic and sanitary quality standards. The company also has a sea cock with a flow rate of 45 l / s, which comes used, after disinfection with ozone and UV rays, to mix groundwater in in order to make it more suitable for spawning and species breeding fish in the early larval stages. The techniques used are constantly updated and improved thanks to profitable collaborations between production and research. Panittica Italia is present throughout the Mediterranean market with sea bass fry and sea bream - also organic, in compliance with EC regulation 834/2007 - of various dimensions (starting from 2 grams) and available in all months of the year. The company provides the customer with integrated technical, scientific and veterinary assistance during all stages of breeding, from sowing to commercial size. The quality of the product is entrusted to a staff of highly specialized technicians. The fry are vaccinated and carefully selected to ensure absence of malformations and homogeneity of size. The internal traceability system allows you to follow the various production batches in all stages of breeding (reproduction, feeding, selection). PRODUCTION PANITTICA ITALIA has a very modern system of hatchery and pre-fattening of fish species marine. The activity is aimed at the production of fish species marine species that have already been reproduced for some time, such as sea bream and sea bass with particular attention to improvement e improvement of the quality and performance of growth. The techniques that inspired such construction are the result of fruitful collaborations between production and research and precisely in this plant, united the excellent climatic-environmental resources of the place, they found an excellent expression. PANITTICA ITALIA is dedicated to constant activity research and study on the improvement of production and makes use of the collaboration for this of well-known research institutes such as the Genetic Station of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Padua, the Department of Animal Production Sciences of the University of Udine, the Faculties of Medicine Veterinary at the University of Bari and Bologna. Beyond to the production of sea bream and sea bass, in the plant of Torre Canne research has been carried out on the breeding and farming of bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus ) and amberjack ( Seriola Dumerilii ), e on the breeding of Mediterranean sole (Solea solea). PANITTICA ITALIA currently produces more than 30 million fry per season, and is in able to offer the product in different sizes, ranging from 2 to about 40 grams according to customer needs. In addition to operating commercially with over 70% of the plants Italians Panittica Italia exports successfully, confirmed every year, significant quantities of fry in Tunisia and other countries, such as Croatia, Montenegro, Albania Spain, Greece, Slovenia, Algeria and Malta. The production complex, capable of completing the entire life cycle of the fish, from birth to commercial size, it consists of the following 2 main units: • hatchery or egg production and incubation or phytoplankton production or zooplankton production or larval breeding • pre-fattening INCUBATORY Internal egg production and incubation sector to the building, has dimensions m 27.50 x 15.60 and contains to his internal n. 9 cylindrical tanks with conical bottom of the volume unitary of 18 m 3 . Inside these tanks they are stored at loads of about 4-6 kg / mc as many lots of reproducers, sea bass and sea bream, males and females in appropriate proportion, all equipped with microchips identifier, which scalarly conditioned by variation of the thermo and photo period, lead to maturation i gametes. The need for many batches of breeders arises from the need for fertile eggs by the plant that needs throughout the year and cannot be subject to laying periods of animals which, if not when properly conditioned, they emit large quantities of eggs in very short periods. The eggs laid are pelagic, have a diameter of about 800/1000 microns according to the species, and weigh a little less than one mg. Harvesting is done by channeling the flow surface waste water inside a basket whose walls are shielded by a mesh screen equal to 500 microns which lets the water pass and holds the eggs. As soon as the eggs are recovered they are disinfected with iodine-based products and immediately placed to incubate in rate of 800-1000 / l in the special truncated cone tanks of the volume of 1800 l, which are arranged in number of 12 in incubation department. The time required for hatching varies according to the species e of the water temperature, and is in any case between 36 and 86 hours. When all the eggs have hatched, we proceed to transfer of the larvae to the larval breeding unit: in this way space is left for batches of eggs following. FRUIT The hatchery, fed a open circuit and developed on 3,200 covered square meters, is the heart of the company, is made up of departments indicated below: • egg production and incubation • phytoplankton production • zooplankton production • larval breeding The management of the entire supply chain, conjugated with the utmost attention to the quality of the breeders, allows you to get levels of manufacturing excellence. FITOPLANCTON In the Phytoplankton department currently in function at the factory, they come cultivated unicellular algae used for both the feeding of the Rotifers that for the direct introduction of sea bream into the tanks. The crops follow each other in a sequence of volumes from time to time greater than suitably fertilized and inoculated with microalgae (of the genus Nannochloropsis ), damage originating suspensions containing a number very high of cells. The crops, according to the volume they occupy are almost pure; the most they are also those kept in small volumes (flasks up to 250 cc) while proceeding towards i volumes of 2, 10, 250, 2000 liters the same they gradually tend to become polluted. This is the reason why we tend to always start from small replicated volumes carefully in sterility. As the algal concentration the cells tend to shade each other and further developments are reached only if you have large amounts of light. Cultures with a volume of less than 10 l are kept in the phytoplankton laboratory with the help of neon lamps they emit light radiation very similar to that of solar spectrum, while the largest volumes are placed in the local phytoplankton whose peculiarity is to have coverage in alveolar polycarbonate that allows the passage of a large part of the radiation solar; these make up for it, at least in the hours diurnal, to the lux needs of the algae. ZOOPLANCTON Live foods are produced in the Zooplankton premises necessary for the sustenance of the young larvae, therefore Rotifers and Artemie. Rotifer crops in the local zooplankton they start from the inoculation of the algae balloons; in these balloons the Rotifers, feeding on algae they grow and yes they multiply up to often higher concentrations to 1200 animals / cc. With the 10 l flasks i are primed bags of 250 l which in turn serve as an inoculum for the 1 mc tanks. The feeding of the Rotifers is carried out with only algae up to 250 l after this food yes replaces a specially formulated artificial food. The maturation time of the different volumes is a function of multiple factors and in any case it is between 3 and 4 days. A once the desired concentrations are reached, the Rotifers are transferred to a tank of about 4 cubic meters, and fed with microencapsulated products with a high content of fatty acids polyunsaturated, which have the function of improving the quality nutritional values of the rotifer itself. Simpler is the production of nauplii and metanuplii than a anostraco crustacean of the genus Artemia (sp Artemia salina) , le whose dehydrated cysts are bought vacuum-packed and, a once rehydrated, left to hatch in dependent quantities the needs of the plant. Hatching takes place at temperature about 28 ° C in the presence of light and abundant supply of air. The yield and the time needed for hatching are dependent on the type of Artemia, the age of the cysts and the state of conservation of the same. Not just large part of the cysts are hatched, we proceed to the cleaning of the nauplii, which, depending on the type, are intended directly to the larvae or, after appropriate feeding, they are distributed 24 hours later. LARVAL The hatchery-larval breeding department includes 36 circular bottom tanks slightly conical of 10 cubic meters, 6 circular tanks with a slightly conical bottom of 20 cubic meters, 20 cylindrical tanks of 4 cubic meters and 20 of 2 cubic meters. The larvae from the hatcheries arrive in this department with the yolk sac not completely resorbed; sea bass larvae are placed in 2 / 4m3 tanks, while those of sea bream occupy the tanks of 10 and 20 cubic meters. The storage densities of the larvae for sea bass are 120 larvae / liter, while for the sea bream generally 150 larvae / liter are sown. In these tanks the larvae, having exhausted their endogenous reserves, switch to exogenous feeding. The feeding of the young larvae is based on living organisms, since, being bream and sea bass voracious predators, disdain at least in the early stages food, any inert food that is offered to him. For this reason inside the building, as we have said, they are raised in considerable quantities i Rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) which, together with unicellular algae, come administered to the larvae as early as the fourth fifth day after hatching, in reason of 10 organisms / ml. The diet based on Rotifers has a short duration in the case of sea bass, while yes it lasts for about 30 days in the case of sea bream; subsequently and gradually, the rotifer is replaced by Artemia nauplii. When the post-larvae reach thirty days of age, weaning begins with feed found on the market and specially formulated by specialized companies. In about thirty days weaning is completed, and the post-larvae can be transferred outside to larger tanks. PRE-GREASE The fry pre-fattening department, located under iron canopies outside of the hatchery building, consists of 52 race-way tanks of 40 cubic meters, in which the post-larvae from the indoor plant are transferred. Within these tanks the growth of the post larvae takes place until reaching of the minimum sales size (about 2 grams). During this growth, the lasting about 60 days, the small fish are vaccinated against diseases typical bacteria, and selected by size, in order to limit cannibalism phenomena. The tanks are fed with water from the wells already mentioned, which ensure a daily change of about 700%. To keep oxygen levels close or equal when saturated, each tank is equipped with a porous tube that emits small bubbles of pure oxygen; the dissolved oxygen level is continuously monitored by a computerized system. CONTACTS PANITTICA ITALY Agricultural Company SRL Strada del Procaccio snc 72016 Torre Canne di Fasano (BR) tel. +39 080 4829966 fax +39 080 4828063 info@panitticaitalia.it 2020  PANITTICA ITALIA Soc. Agricola srl VAT number 02403300748