AVRAMAR AQUACULTURE SOCIETE ANONYME

Their core work

Avramar (formerly Selonda) is one of Greece's major aquaculture companies, specializing in Mediterranean fish farming — particularly gilthead sea bream and European sea bass. In H2020 projects, they contribute as an industry partner providing real-world aquaculture production data, fish samples, and farming expertise for research on sustainable breeding, feeding, genomics, and seafood quality. Their participation spans the full aquaculture value chain from genetics and feed innovation to environmental monitoring and post-harvest processing.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Early projects (2017-2018) focused on core aquaculture production challenges: consolidating sea bream and sea bass farming performance, and exploring legume-based feed alternatives to reduce soybean dependence. From 2019 onward, the focus shifted toward digital and data-driven aquaculture — satellite-based water quality monitoring, fish genome annotation, and advanced seafood traceability using molecular methods and biosensors. The trajectory shows a company moving from traditional production optimization toward precision aquaculture and value chain digitization.

Avramar is moving toward data-driven, precision aquaculture — expect future interest in IoT, genomics-informed breeding, and smart traceability systems.

How they like to work

Avramar exclusively participates as a partner or third party — never as coordinator — which is typical for a large industry player contributing production facilities, fish samples, and real-world testing environments to research consortia. With 127 unique partners across 22 countries, they work in large, diverse consortia (averaging 20+ partners per project). This makes them an accessible and experienced consortium partner, comfortable operating in multi-national research environments without needing to lead.

Avramar has built a broad European network of 127 partners across 22 countries, reflecting the pan-European nature of aquaculture research. As a Greek industry player, they connect Mediterranean production expertise with Northern European research institutions and technology developers.

What sets them apart

Avramar is one of the largest Mediterranean aquaculture producers participating in H2020 research, giving them a rare combination of industrial-scale fish farming operations and active engagement in EU-funded innovation. For consortium builders, they offer what most academic partners cannot: access to real production environments, commercial fish stocks, and industry-validated data. Their recent shift toward genomics and digital monitoring makes them especially valuable for projects bridging lab research and commercial aquaculture.

Highlights from their portfolio

• FutureEUAqua
  Their largest funded project (EUR 221,000), addressing the full spectrum of sustainable aquaculture from breeding and feeding to IoT and market systems.
• ICHTHYS
  Most recent project (2020-2025) representing their shift into advanced seafood quality methods including omics, biosensors, and intelligent packaging.
• PerformFISH
  Their entry into H2020 as a third party, focused specifically on consolidating the Mediterranean sea bream and sea bass industry — their core business.