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Cristóbal Aguilera

POSITION: Innovation Manager at Animal Production area

PHONE / EXTENSION: 977 74 54 27 / 1837

CENTER: IRTA la Ràpita

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Professional information:

Innovation Manager – Aquaculture
Innovation & Business Development Office
Professional experience: 20 years of top management experience with leading Spanish aquaculture companies in the production of a variety of marine fish species.
Educational Background: BSc in Biology from the University of Barcelona, 1989
Specialty Areas/Subjects: Marine fish hatcheries, IT applications for production management, Genetics and breeding, Sanitary programs, Fish health, Water recirculation systems (in both hatchery and grow-out phases), ISO aquaculture application à Participation in the design, implementation and maintenance of ISO 9001 and 14001 in aquaculture.
Blog: spotlightonaquaculture.blogspot.com.es
Blog: www.cristobalaguilera.com

Featured projects:

ITACA (“Improving Tilapia AquaCulture in Africa”, EU funded AURG/2/139/2012-FED/2012/6305-908 2012-2015) (http://www.itaca-project.com/)
Clúster Aqüícola de Catalunya (AqüiCAT). Resolució IUE/1242/2010. STI110-2-0005. Coordinador: Cristóbal Aguilera (http://www.aquicat.cat/)
The INTRANNEMA Project. EU Lifelong Learning Programme Agreement no 2010-1-GR1-LEO05-03986. Coordinator: Panos Christofilogiannis http://www.intranemma.eu/
Investigación en tecnologías avanzadas para la valorización integral de algas. CENIT VIDA. 2011-2013. Coordinador: Andrés Pintaluba,S.A. http://www.cenitvida.es/index/index.asp
Módulo Autónomo IRTA de recirculación de agua para la acuicultura. VALTEC09-2-001.2009-2010 Cristóbal Aguilera
Reproduction protocols and molecular tools for MASS spawning and communal rearing resemble family-based SELECTion, applied to asynchronous, multiple-spawning marine fishes”. FP7-SME-2008-1, 232471 MASSELECT. Coordinator: Hervé Chavanne, ISILS http://www.reprosel.eu/SitePages/Home.aspx
Hacia una Acuicultura Sostenible. CENIT ACUISOST.2008-2011. Coordinador DIBAQ S.A. http://www.dibaq.com/acuicultura/cas/acuisost.aspx
Optimización del engorde de pulpo (Octopus vulgaris). Plan Nacional de Cultivos Marinos, JACUMAR 2008-2010. Coordinador: Benjamín García, Murcia
Gestión sanitaria de la acuicultura. Adaptación a la nueva normativa (GESAC). Plan Nacional de Cultivos Marinos, JACUMAR 2007-2009. Coordinador: Dolores Furones.
Técnicas de minimización, tratamiento y aprovechamiento de residuos de la acuicultura. Plan Nacional de Cultivos Marinos, JACUMAR 2005-2008. Coordinador: Ramón Jordana
Caracterización de la acuicultura off-shore a Cataluña. Plan Nacional de Cultivos Marinos, JACUMAR 2005-2008. Coordinador: Comunidad de Andalucia
Improving sustainability of European fish aquaculture by control of malformations. “FINEFISH”. 6th FP number: 012451 2005-2008. Coordinator: Courtney Hough (FEAP)

Featured publications:

Recirculación eficiente, recirculación excelente. Ricard Carbó and Cristóbal Aguilera. 2013. Ruta Pesquera
Una aproximación a la acuicultura ecológica. Aguilera, C.; Estévez, A.; Gairin, J.I. Agruicultura ecológica 2012
Effect of spray-dried plasma in diets for juvenile atlantic salmon submitted to smoltification process. Gisbert, E.; Aguilera, C.; Skali, A.; Campbell, J.; Rodríguez, C.; Polo, J.2012 AQUA 2012 Prague
Growth of Octopus vulgaris (Cuvier, 1797) in tanks in the Ebro Delta (NE Spain): effects of temperature, salinity and culture density.Scientia Marina 75(1) March 2011, 53-59, Barcelona (Spain) Marina Delgado, Joan Ignasi Gairín, Ricard Carbó and Cristóbal Aguilera
Estimates of heritabilities and genetic correlations for body composition traits and G × E interactions, in gilthead seabream (Sparus auratus L.)Aquaculture, Volume 295, Issues 3-4, 16 October 2009, Pages 183-187Ana Navarro, María J. Zamorano, Silvia Hildebrandt, Rafael Ginés, Cristóbal Aguilera, Juan M. Afonso
Estimates of heritabilities and genetic correlations for growth and carcass traits in gilthead seabream (Sparus auratus L.), under industrial conditionsAquaculture, Volume 289, Issues 3-4, 16 April 2009, Pages 225-230Ana Navarro, María J. Zamorano, Silvia Hildebrandt, Rafael Ginés, Cristóbal Aguilera, Juan M. Afonso
(Navarro, A. A.)¹, (Zamorano, M. J.)¹, (Perez-Cabal, M. A.)², (Gonzalez, O.)², (Aguilera, C.)³, (Gines, R.)¹, (Afonso, J. M.)¹Preliminary estimates of heritabilities for body traits in gilthead seabream (Sparus auratus L.) Abstracts / Aquaculture 272S1 (2007) S238–S321
M. Delgado, J.I. Gairin, R. Carbo y C. Aguilera. “Determinación de periodos de engorde de Octopus vulgaris ene el Delta del Ebro: Rango térmico óptimo”. Actas del XI Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura. Sesión Temática: Diversificación. Paneles: 647-650. Vigo, 24-28 Septiembre 2007.
C. Aguilera. “Aplicación de programas de gestión sanitaria en criaderos marinos”. Actas del XI Congreso Nacional de Acuicultura. Sesión Temática: Salud y bienestar animal. Ponencia: 975-980. Vigo, 24-28 Septiembre 2007.
Duncan Neil, Padros Francesc, Aguilera Cristóbal, Montero Francisco Esteban, Norambuena Fernando, Carazo Ignacio, Carbo Ricard, Estevez Alicia. “Domestication and GnRHa induced-spawning of meagre (Agyrosomus regius)”. 8th International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish. June 3-8 2007, Saint Malo, France
A. Sitjà-Bobadilla, F. Padrós, C. Aguilera, P. Álvarez-Pellitero. “Epidemiology of Cryptosporidium molnari in Spanish Gilthead Sea bream (Sparus aurata L.) and european Sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) cultures: from hatchery to market size”. App. And Env. Microbiology, Jan. 2005, p. 131-139
M. Rye, R. Aleandri, A. Galli, and C. Aguilera. “Genetic parameters for growth rate and spinal deformity in sea bream Sparus aurata”, (AQUA 2006).
K. Parati, S. Ben Jemaa, G. Bongioni, C. Aguilera, A. Galli. “Genetic characterization of an hatchery-reared broodstock of seabream (Sparus aurata)”. XIX International Congress of Genetics , Melbourne, Australia, 2003.