The goal of ProRMAS project is to develop a recirculating multitrophic aquaponic system (RMAS) as an innovative food production system that will close the circle, produce highest quality protein, and maximize water and nutrient use efficiency.

Shrimp will be cultivated as the high-value food; polychaetes will be produced as an alternative to fishmeal in feeds, while recovering nutrients and reducing organic wastes via remineralization. The halophyte plants and the macroalgae will absorb dissolved nutrients and produce food and feed.

Any organic solid residue remaining in the system will be valorized as bio-fertilizers in testing on soil and soil-less vegetable species, reducing waste and nutrient loss to zero.

This way, the ProRMAS system will use otherwise unusable saline water resources to produce high-value protein in a closed nutrient cycle.