(ANSA) - TRIESTE, FEB 17 - Conserve and safeguard the biodiversity of the Adriatic Sea with marine drone monitoring. Innovate transboundary trout farming with digitized water recirculation systems, improving environmental sustainability and promoting circular blue economy models. Develop diversified and sustainable mariculture by focusing on biosecurity, artificial intelligence, monitoring and farm management. These are the goals of the three projects Brigantine, Circular Rainbow, and Marinet on Adriatic conservation and aquaculture that the University of Udine will present on Feb. 18 and 19 in Pordenone at the Aquafarm fair. These are Interreg projects, implemented with Croatia and Slovenia and coordinated by the Department of Agri-food, Environmental and Animal Sciences. The objective of Brigantine," the University explains, "is to contribute to conserving and safeguarding the biodiversity of the Adriatic Sea through the collection of images and chemical-physical data obtained by marine monitoring using surface drones developed by the University. Five partners are involved, including the University of Zagreb, for a budget of about 1 million 716 thousand euros. The Circular Rainbow project promotes sustainable circular cross-border trout farming to increase the sector's resilience to climate change and optimize production while reducing environmental impact through recovery and reuse of wastewater. The project has a budget of just over €1 million; involved among others University of Ljubljana. Finally, Marinet aims for diversified and sustainable aquaculture for the Adriatic Sea, based on AI and real-time monitoring and management of fish and flat oyster farms. The goal is to create a new biosecurity framework for disease prevention, improving resilience and productivity of the sector. The initiative has a budget of about 1 million 871 thousand euros and has six partners, including the University of Rijeka. (ANSA).