P2M - 1990-1992

Monaco.

Production Manager Assistant.

In charge of sea bass and sea bream ongrowing in cage for an Offshore pilot project.

Staff training (merchant navy divers and seamen).

P2M Ltd- 1992-1993

Malta.

Production Manager.

Cage production of 550 tons per year of sea bass and sea bream. Sea site and packing plant management.

Training of packing plant staff.

ACQUA AZZURRA- 1995-1998

Sicily - Italy.

Production manager.

Production in cages of sea bass and sea bream, 470 tons per year. Production in raceway of sea bass and sea bream, 230 tons per year . Management of the offshore and land sites, and packing plant.

FMP - 1998-2001

Corsica - France.

Production Manager.

Production of sea bass and sea bream in cages. Sea site and packing plant management.

The experiences that have marked my professional background in fish farming.

INRA - FRANCE,(September 1986 to July 1988)

Experimental fish farm on KERGUELEN Islands, T.A.A.F. (French Southern and Antarctic Territories). “Sea ranching” production of Coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and Chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha).

I have been managing for 15 months an experimental fish farm on Kerguelen Island under the direction of INRA (the french National Institute for Agricultural Research). This farm, located in the south of Indian Ocean, was probably the more remote fish farm in the world (50° South, 70° East). I insured the production of smolts, and was responsible for logistics coordination of the project. I also participated in the assessment of salmon populations in the rivers of the island. Finally I attended to the first returns of salmons, which allowed me carry out the first artificial fertilisation on site.

CULMAREX GROUP - 2004-2009

Águilas - Spain.

Group production manager.

Production in cages of sea bass and sea bream, 7,250 tons per year. Management of 8 concessions (most of them in offshore conditions), a nets maintenance station (300 units) and a general maintenance workshop.

190 employees.

Turnover 2008 : 27 M€. Projection 2009 : 40 M€.

The group's expansion:

• Technical due diligence of 9 fishfarms.
• Integration of 3 acquired fishfarms.
• Installation of 2 new fishfarms.
• Extension of 2 existing fishfarms.
• Recruitement, supervision and coordination of a team in charge of technical support to production sites of the group (animal health, planification, feeding and moorings, nets and boats maintenance).
• Standardization of production processes and training of new teams.
  
• Implementation of quality standards for the group.

TINAMENOR GROUP - 2010-2011

Gran Canaria - Spain

Group Chief Operating Officer for Canary Islands.

Production in cages  of sea bass and sea bream, 2,800 tons per year. Management of 2 concessions and a packing plant. 55 employees.

Significant achievements:

1- Risk assessment of the group's grow-out activity (production facilities, environment, production strategy, animal health, staff security, theft or vandalism, legal aspects).

• Propositions of solutions.
• Preparation of an action plan.
• Implementation of the selected solutions

2- Setting up of a tool for the evaluation of the production strategy with the aim of increasing margin and productivity per cage. The developped tool allowed comparing distinct production scenarios.

TINAMENOR GROUP- 2012

Gran Canaria - Spain.

Optimization of production tools for a sea bass and sea bream fishfarm leading to feeding mechanization.

• Manufacturing of 2 hydraulic feed blowers.
  

CULTIMAR - 2012

Ré island - France.

In the context of restructuration of a sea bass and sea bream fish farm into a pre-fattening oyster (Crassostrea gigas) farm:

• Technical and economical evaluation of several rearing units.
  
• Ergonomic and economic analysis for different systems of shellfish culture in lantern nets.
• Site survey (17 ha of seawater ponds). Data recording:
  
• Topography.
• Bathymétry.
• Tides.

LES POISSONS DU SOLEIL - 2013

Balaruc les Bains - France.

Technical evaluation of the deployment of a cage fishfarm. Production target of 1000 Tons of sea bass and sea bream per year. Province of Ain Temouchent – Algeria.

• Pre-survey of sea site.
• Rearing scenario and production plan.
  
• Definition of equipment requirements for both the seasite and landbase.
  
• Detailed evaluation of staff requirement.
• Detailed evaluation of needed investments.

AGROPARISTECH - 2014

Paris - France.

Participation in the teatching unit for the second year of the engineering course of AgroParisTech:

"Sea products sector: from production to world markets".

SINAPS Consult is particularly involved in:

• Fish farming in cages worldwide and his evolution.
• Offshore technology.
• Sea bass and sea bream markets and trade flows.
• Parameterization of production costs.
• Economic analysis of 2 production strategies.
  

AQUALHO - 2014

Bay of Al-Hoceima – Marocco.

Technical assessment of fishfarm's implantation with production target of 1500T of sea bass and sea bream per year:

• Pre-assessment of the seasite.
• Preparation of the rearing scenario and production plan.
• Definition of the production strategy.
• Pre-sizing of the production tools.
• Definition of equipment requirements for the selected seasite.
• Detailed evaluation of the needed investments.

AGROPARISTECH - 2016

Paris - France.

Participation in the teatching unit for the second year of the engineering course of AgroParisTech:

"Sea products sector: from production to world markets".

SINAPS Consult is particularly involved in:

• Fish farming in cages worldwide and his evolution.
• Offshore technology.
• Sea bass and sea bream markets and trade flows.
• Parameterization of production costs.
• Economic analysis of 2 production strategies.

LES POISSONS DU SOLEIL - 2016

Balaruc – France.

Study concerning the selection of fish farm sites along the French Mediterranean coastline. This study is based on: risk of storm, potential growth performance and suitable bathymetry.

Comparison of the economical impact of the relative growth between the selected site and the competing sites.

Proposals preparation for different configurations of a fish farm with a production capacity of 2000T per year. Comparison of the needed area for various bathymetries.

AGROPARISTECH - 2017

Paris - France.

Participation in the teatching unit for the second year of the engineering course of AgroParisTech:

"Sea products sector: from production to world markets".

SINAPS Consult is particularly involved in:

• Fish farming in cages worldwide and his evolution.
• Offshore technology.
• Sea bass and sea bream markets and trade flows.
• Parameterization of production costs.
• Economic analysis of 2 production strategies.

We have developed our skills and expertise within exposed sites, mostly in sea bass and sea bream producing farms in offshore conditions.

SINAPS Consult capacities cover 3 main areas: Farm management, fish husbandry, rearing systems & equipments.

Farm management

Due to a long experience in multi-site management, we have gained strong capacities in planification and coordination. The development of production strategies, their economic analysis and the implementation of improvement plans has given us a perfect control and knowledge of all the production stages

SINAPS Consult will advise in order to optimise your results.

Fish husbandry

Mediterranean aquaculture is mainly based in the rearing of 2 species (sea bass and sea bream), which is usually carried out within the same company, often even in the same production site. The specific management of the needs required by each species (feeding regime, health control, biological requirements, behaviour…) is a perfect background for the development of rearing technologies for other species.

SINAPS Consult can provide expertise on any species.

Rearing systems and equipments

Looking for the best trade-off between resistance, animal welfare, ergonomy and cost, requires a constant will of improvement. This requires a perfect knowledge of the selected materials and of their behaviour under the conditions of use.

The strong operational knowledge of SINAPS Consult allows us to provide you with the most relevant solutions.