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Technical Leaflets in Aquaculture

This page contains summaries (Technical Leaflets) of Aquaculture research projects that have been made under the 5th and 6th Framework programmes. The subjects of the summaries are related to the workshops of Bergen (Coldwater Marine Aquaculture), Athens (Mediterranean Aquaculture), Warsaw (Continental Freshwater Aquaculture),Treviso (Southern Freshwater Aquaculture) and Vigo (Integrating Fisheries & Aquaculture with Marine Environment Protection). European Policies and Aquaculture     • Are aquaculture and coastal fishing sustainable?    AQCESS • Bridging the gap between Science and Industry   AQUAFLOW • Reforming environmental management for improved sustainability    AQUAGRIS • A Code of Good Practice for farm animal breeding and reproduction    CODE EFABAR • Towards the sustainable development of European aquaculture   CONSENSUS • A network to support innovation in European aquaculture    CSN-INTRAN • An ecosystem approach for sustainable aquaculture    ECASA • European research for Mediterranean seafood    ERMES • A European network of excellence for ocean ecosystems analysis    EUR-OCEANS • The future of European fisheries and aquaculture research    FEUFAR • Investigating the genetic co-existence of fishing and aquaculture activities    GENIMPACT • Maximising the value of EU-funded research in fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing   IMPACTFISH • Reducing the impact of alien fish species    IMPASSE • In search of sustainable shellfish production areas    KEYZONES • A technology platform for the promotion of offshore aquaculture    OATP  • A permanent advisory network for diseases in aquaculture   PANDA • Contributing to biodiversity conservation: new opportunities for SME's    PROBIOPRISE • European Workshops on RTD Requirements for Professional Aquaculture   PROFET • Promoting extensive and semi-intensive aquaculture in southern Europe    SEACASE • Seafood for a better life   SEAFOODPLUS • Sustainable farm animal breeding in Europe    SEFABAR • Focussing on sustainable and healthy freshwater aquaculture    SUSTAINAQUA           Research in Fisheries and Aquaculture     • European research for Mediterranean seafood    ERMES • The future of European fisheries and aquaculture research    FEUFAR • Bringing together European fisheries and aquaculture research institutes    MUTFISHARE         Policy background of New technologies/Infrastructure     • Farming out waste to help the environment   AQUAETREAT • Towards European Best Practice in marine aquaculture biofouling   CRAB • A network to support innovation in European aquaculture    CSN-INTRAN • Facing the unmet needs in European aquaculture   DESIGNACT • An escape-proof net for cod, bass and bream fish farming     ESCAPEPROOFNET • Improving water quality in recirculation systems by means of electro-coagulation   FISHTANKRECIRC • Development of an "intelligent fish tank" for cost-effective aquaculture production    INTELFISHTANK         Policy background of Sustainable feeds for fish farming     • Formulating fish diets to maximise human health benefits   AQUAMAX • Thematic network on fish meal and oil replacement   FORM • Gaining insights in the biology of fish lipid metabolism    FPPARS • Are appetite, intestinal structure and function of salmonids adversely affected by feeds containing vegetable lipids? GUTINTEGRITY • Fish meal replacement in feeds: effects on fish quality and the environment  PEPPA • Substituting fish oil with marine microalgae in fish feed production   PUFAFEED • Using vegetable oils as alternatives to fish oils in aquaculture   RAFOA • Optimising feeding efficiency by analysing the fish's need for macronutrients    SELFISH         Policy background of Control of infectious diseases     • Selective breeding to improve disease and stress resistance in fish and shellfish   AQUAFIRST • Learning more about the transfer of pathogens in the sea    DIPNET • Fighting epizootic diseases by improving excellence   EPIZONE • Increasing carp resistance to bacterial and viral infections    EUROCARP • Controlling infectious diseases by stimulating larval defence mechanisms   FISHAID • Zoo-sanitary risks associated with trade and transfer of fish eggs and sperm    FISHEGGTRADE • Oral vaccination of fish with plant-derived protein vaccines    FISHOV • Technological knowledge-platform for a future improved immunity to infectious diseases in aquaculture    IMAQUANIM  • Methods for the detection and the control of Infectious Salmon Anaemia   ISA • Controlling the dispersion of enteric myxosporosis in the Mediterranean    MYXFISHCONTROL • A permanent advisory network for diseases in aquaculture   PANDA • Identifying disease risk to native fish from ornamental fish species    RANA • How to avoid disease outbreaks: fight bacteria with bacteria    RMBC • Understanding the genetic basis for resistance to Gyrodactylus salaris in Atlantic salmon   SALMOGYRO • Sea lice resistance to chemotherapeutants   SEARCH • Sea lice: a salmonid's tale   SUMBAWS • Fighting streptococcal infections in rainbow trout    TROUT STREPTOCOCCOSE         Policy background of Aquaculture-environment interactions     • Are aquaculture and coastal fishing sustainable?   AQCESS • Farming out waste to help the environment    AQUAETREAT • Reforming environmental management for improved sustainability    AQUAGRIS • How effective are biological filters in reducing the environmental impact of finfish cages?   BIOFAQS • An ecosystem approach for sustainable aquaculture   ECASA • Marine Protected Areas as a tool for fisheries management and ecosystem conservation     EMPAFISH • Reconciling fishermen and fish-eating vertebrates    FRAP • Sustainable integrated marine multi-trophic aquaculture in Europe     GENESIS  • Investigating the genetic co-existence of fishing and aquaculture activities   GenImpact • Why local people should get involved in wetland management    IMEW • Reducing the impact of alien species    IMPASSE • Do marine cages affect Mediterranean vegetation?    MEDVEG • A tool to monitor the environmental impact of marine fish cage farms in the Mediterranean    MERAMED • Reducing the conflict between Cormorants and fisheries on a pan-European Scale    REDCAFE • The impact of salmon farming on the genetic variation in wild populations of Atlantic salmon and brown trout through disease transmission SALIMPACT • Trawling aquaculture-environment research to enhance accessibility   SAMI         Policy background of Fish welfare     • Selective breeding to improve disease and stress resistance in fish and shellfish   AQUAFIRST • Evaluating the economic impact of maintaining the welfare of farmed fish    BENEFISH  • Identifying quantifiable indicators of stress in farmed fish   FASTFISH • Reduction of malformations of juvenile fish in hatcheries   FINEFISH • Eliminating lordosis and improving musculoskeletal growth in sea bass     ORCIS • Improving the health and welfare of farmed fish    WEALTH • A network on fish welfare in European aquaculture   WELLFISH         Policy background of Training and education/Lifelong learning     • Advanced laboratory training courses in aquaculture for early-stage researchers   AQUALABS • The aquaculture, fisheries and aquatic resources management thematic network in education and training   AquaTNet • Access to south European finfish aquaculture facilities   ASEFAF • Validation of all lifelong learning in aquaculture    VALLA • Validation of working experience in aquaculture   WAVE         Policy background of Diversification/Enhanced and Conservation concerning aquaculture     • Using hatchery techniques to guarantee blue mussel production    BLUE SEED • Making European oysters bonamiosis-free    BOLCI • Towards natural hue development in cultured red porgy population    COLORED  • Testing genetic selection strategies for sea bass to increase fish farmers' competitiveness    COMPETUS • Calcium, the backbone of fish culture    FISHCAL  • Improving sea bass quality by looking into its genetic profile    HERITABOLUM • Bio-economic feasibility of intensive pikeperch culture    LUCIOPERCA • Improving pikeperch larval quality and production    LUCIOPERCIMPROVE • Securing the production of Eurasian perch juveniles    PERCATECH • Intensive and sustainable culture of the freshwater fish species tench    PROTENCH • Reproduction of the Bluefin Tuna in captivity    REPRO-DOTT • Shedding light on crashes in mass rotifer cultures    ROTIGEN • A recirculation system for high-density rotifer production    ROTRECIRC • Doubling European production of the great scallop   SCALQUAL • Using seaweed to purify effluents from aquaculture farms - and lots more!    SEAPURA • Towards commercial sole farming    SOLEMATES • Addressing the constraints for commercial sea urchin aquaculture    SPIINES2 • Culturing sponges for human health    SPONGE • Tackling the persisting challenge of growing sponges in tanks    SPONGES • Improving productivity on turbot farms   TURPRO          Policy background of Food safety and quality/tracebility/marketing     • Towards an improved quality of smoked salmon for the European consumer   EUROSALM • Prices and margins along the European seafood value chain   SALMAR • Establishing standards for the traceability of seafood products   TRACEFISH           Harmful algal blooms (HABs)     • A new tool in the war against harmful toxin-producing algae     ALGADEC • Alternative methods for biotoxin detection and depuration in shellfish     BIOTOX • Socio-economic impacts of harmful algal blooms     ECOHARM • A Harmful Algal Blooms Expert System      HABES • Monitoring and modelling the occurence of Harmful Algal Blooms     HABILE • How natural and man-made phenomena affect HAB formation     SEED • An accelerated detoxification system for live marine shellfish contaminated by algal PSP toxins     SHELLFISH           Other contaminants     • Investigating the uptake of dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs by farmed salmon from feed     DAPAFF • Organotins in seafood: an issue for human health?     OT-SAFE         Policy background of Genetics and genomics   • Improving stock rearing in aquaculture through applied genetics knowledge  AQUABREEDING • Selective breeding to improve disease and stress resistance in fish and shellfish  AQUAFIRST • Integrated knowledge on functional genomics in sustainable aquaculture  AQUAFUNC • Genomics in fish and shellfish: from research to aquaculture  AQUAGENOME • Building a roadmap of the European sea bass's genes  BASSMAP • A European Animal Disease Genomics Network  EADGENE • Understanding and communicating fish reproduction research  REPROFISH          Policy background of Restocking: the eel case   •  Estimating the chance of recovery for the eel population  EELREP  •  The impact of fisheries and hydroturbines on the European eel population  SILVEREEL  •  A study leading to informed management of eels  SLIME

Last Updated ( Monday, 15 December 2008 )