Is a cooperative of researchers and technicians founded in Bari, Italy, in 1978
COISPA practices an interdisciplinary approach to carry out applied research to the study of living marine resources
The cooperative is running according to the no-profit principles of mutuality.
COISPA practices an interdisciplinary approach to carry out applied research to the study of living marine resources, marine environments, fisheries, aquaculture and production of eco-system services
The Stazione Sperimentale per lo Studio delle Risorse del Mare
It is located near the marina of Torre a Mare - Bari, via Dei Trulli 18/20. The Stazione Sperimentale houses: offices, laboratories and facilities for the experimental aquaculture.
- Laboratory of Ichthyology and Marine Ecology (LIME)
- Modelling Laboratory (MOL)
- Experimental Aquaculture Laboratory (EAL)
- Energetic Metabolism and Telemetry Laboratory (EMTEL)
Articles / Volumes / Software
Does fish growth respond to fishing restrictions within Marine Protected Areas? A case study of the striped red mullet in the south-west Adriatic Sea (central Mediterranean)
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32( 3), 417– 429 (2022)
Pierluigi Carbonara, Alessandro Ciccolella, Francesco De Franco, Michele Palmisano, Andrea Bellodi, Giuseppe Lembo, Cosmidano Neglia, Maria Teresa Spedicato, Walter Zupa, Paolo Guidetti
Mapping small-scale fisheries through a coordinated participatory strategy
Fish and Fisheries, 00, 1– 13 (2022)
Fabio Grati, Ernesto Azzurro, Martina Scanu, Anna Nora Tassetti, Luca Bolognini, Stefano Guicciardi, Sergio Vitale, Danilo Scannella, Pierluigi Carbonara, Branko Dragičević, Zdravko Ikica, Arian Palluqi, Bojan Marčeta, Hisham Ghmati, Akram Turki, Mourad Cherif, Marouene Bdioui, Othman Jarboui, Nader Benhadjhamida, Jurgen Mifsud, Nicoletta Milone, Luca Ceriola, Enrico Arneri
Effects of Social Hierarchy Establishment on Stress Response and Cell Phagocytosis in Gilt-Head Sea Bream (Sparus aurata)
Fishes. 2022; 7(2):75.
Dara M, Dioguardi M, Vazzana M, Vazzana I, Accardi D, Carbonara P, Alfonso S, Cammarata M.
From Coispa
Updates on laboratory activities and research projects
Selezione di personale con profilo tecnico-amministrativo
Selezione di personale con profilo tecnico-amministrativo
Today started the 51st SIBM congress on emerging forms of environmental pollution at sea. Coispa presented the characteristics of marine macrolitter in the southern Adriatic Sea using MEDITS data.
Plastic is the most abundant litter category on the seabed. There are about 35 bags and 27 bottles each square kilometer in the Southern Adriatic Sea! Today started the 51st SIBM congress on emerging forms of environmental pollution at sea. Coispa described the distribution and the composition of marine macrolitter in the GSA 18 using MEDITS data.
Blue Horizon: aquaculture
Martedì 1 febbraio torna l'ora blu dedicata all'Oceano e alla Blue Economy
Blue shark with a total length of 3 m was entrusted to our Laboratory.
Following local warnings, a record specimen of Blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) with a total length of 3 m and a body weight of about 100 kg was entrusted to our Laboratory.
