Ecosystem Approach for Sustainable Aquaculture

Project Information

ECASA

Grant agreement ID: 6540

Start date 1 December 2004

End date 30 November 2007

Funded under

• Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 3 142 046,00

EU contribution € 2 486 256,00

Coordinated by

SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MARINE SCIENCE
United Kingdom

Objective

We propose an ecosystem approach to the aquaculture sector. We will address this by 1) identifying plausible quantitative indicators of the effects of aquaculture on ecosystems through a process of expert working groups, workshops and meetings, 2) similarly, identifying indicators of the main drivers of ecosystem change affecting aquaculture, including natural and environmental pressures, 3) assessing both sets of indicators using existing datasets (the partners collectively have extensive data archives), considering each in the context of appropriate selection criteria, 4) developing a range of tools, particularly models, that encapsulate best process understanding at a wide range of scales, 5) testing these models and indicators in a wide variety of field locations across Europe (~10) encompassing major culture species and technologies, and covering a wide spectrum of environment types, selected according to criteria developed during the project, and 6) using this data to test and select the final "toolpack" of models and indicators, including appropriate decision support tools to guide users to effective implementation. National annual meetings with stakeholders will be held to allow 2-way interaction ensuring the practical relevance of the work and that the user community achieves ownership of the project's outputs. We will organise a final international conference and workshop where the "toolpack" of indicators and tools for effective environmental impact assessment and site selection will be demonstrated.

Fields of science

• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › fisheries
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › internet
• natural sciences › biological sciences › ecology › ecosystems

Keywords

• Aquaculture
• coastal zone management
• economics
• environment
• impact assessment
• indicators
• models
• society
• sustainable

Programme(s)

• FP6-POLICIES - Policy support: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• POLICIES-1.3 - The modernisation and sustainability of fisheries policies

Call for proposal

FP6-2003-SSP-3
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Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MARINE SCIENCE

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory ; OBAN ; United Kingdom
• Total cost: No data

Participants (15)

UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: University House, Winston Churchill Avenue ; PORTSMOUTH
• Total cost: No data

NAPIER UNIVERSITY

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 219 Colinton Road ; EDINBURGH
• Total cost: No data

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY

Slovenia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Vecna pot 111 ; 1541 LJUBLJANA
• Total cost: No data

LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FÜR MEERESWISSENSCHAFTEN

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Wischhofstr. 1-3 ; KIEL
• Total cost: No data

AKVAPLAN-NIVA AS

Norway

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Polar Environmental Centre ; TROMSOE
• Total cost: No data

HAIFA UNIVERSITY

Israel

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Mount Carmel ; HAIFA
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF CRETE

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Knossou Av. ; 2208 HERAKLION
• Total cost: No data

PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Prospect Place, The Hoe ; PLYMOUTH
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTO DO MAR

Portugal

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Universidade de Coimbra, a/c departamento de zoologia ; COIMBRA
• Total cost: No data

CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MARINE RESEARCH

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via di Casalotti, 300 ; ROMA
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 155, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX
• Total cost: No data

FUNDACIÓN AZTI - AZTI FUNDAZIOA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Txatxarramendi ugartea, z/g ; SUKARRIETA
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITÀ CA' FOSCARI DI VENEZIA

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Dorsoduro 3246 ; VENICE
• Total cost: No data

RUDJER BOSKOVIC INSTITUTE

Croatia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Bijenicka 54 ; 180 ZAGREB
• Total cost: No data

GÖTEBORGS UNIVERSITET

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 100 GÖTEBORG
• Total cost: No data