Reclaiming Wetlands for Aquaculture: Upcoming Stakeholder Event in Seville
24 September 2013
Austria
The event will focus on the potential benefits of implementing wetland aquaculture in the Gulf of Cadiz area and aims to address policy makers, environmental managers and fish producers from Spain and Portugal.
The morning session will include a series of presentations outlining the work carried out by the SEAFARE project and its main outputs relating to integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) systems, fish polyculture and the ecosystem services that this type of aquaculture can offer to society. The morning session will finish with a round table discussion during which policy makers and environmental managers will have the opportunity to ask more detailed questions about the specifics of wetlands aquaculture systems.
The event will include a visit to the facilities of Veta la Palma in the afternoon. Veta la Palma is an aquaculture farm located on an island in the Guadalquivir River, 10 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean, and is a good example of how aquaculture can be used as a driver for wetland reconstruction. The attendees will have the opportunity to see for themselves how beneficial the implementation of wetlands aquaculture in the region can be from both economic and ecological perspectives.
For more information about this event or the SEAFARE project, please contact Federico Cardona Pons, AquaTT (email: federico@aquatt.ie Tel: +353 1 644 9008) or visit www.seafareproject.eu
Note for Editors
The Instituto de Investigacion y Formacion Agraria y Pesquera (IFAPA) “El Toruño” is a research institute of the Regional Government of Andalucía, which is responsible for the planning and execution of research projects related to agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture. They focus on the development of new aquaculture activities that can lead to regeneration of marshy areas, which are abundant in the local region.
SEAFARE is designed to provide small-to-medium enterprises and public authorities with tools for sustainable and environmentally friendly aquaculture. The project is co-funded by the European Union Atlantic Area Transnational Programme (2007-2013) and is coordinated by specialists from the Centre for Applied Marine Sciences (www.cams.bangor.ac.uk) a division of Bangor University with extensive experience in the management of marine R&D projects.
AquaTT is the project dissemination partner. Detailed partner profiles are available on request.
AquaTT staff members are available to respond to queries in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Dutch.
The morning session will include a series of presentations outlining the work carried out by the SEAFARE project and its main outputs relating to integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) systems, fish polyculture and the ecosystem services that this type of aquaculture can offer to society. The morning session will finish with a round table discussion during which policy makers and environmental managers will have the opportunity to ask more detailed questions about the specifics of wetlands aquaculture systems.
The event will include a visit to the facilities of Veta la Palma in the afternoon. Veta la Palma is an aquaculture farm located on an island in the Guadalquivir River, 10 miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean, and is a good example of how aquaculture can be used as a driver for wetland reconstruction. The attendees will have the opportunity to see for themselves how beneficial the implementation of wetlands aquaculture in the region can be from both economic and ecological perspectives.
For more information about this event or the SEAFARE project, please contact Federico Cardona Pons, AquaTT (email: federico@aquatt.ie Tel: +353 1 644 9008) or visit www.seafareproject.eu
Note for Editors
The Instituto de Investigacion y Formacion Agraria y Pesquera (IFAPA) “El Toruño” is a research institute of the Regional Government of Andalucía, which is responsible for the planning and execution of research projects related to agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture. They focus on the development of new aquaculture activities that can lead to regeneration of marshy areas, which are abundant in the local region.
SEAFARE is designed to provide small-to-medium enterprises and public authorities with tools for sustainable and environmentally friendly aquaculture. The project is co-funded by the European Union Atlantic Area Transnational Programme (2007-2013) and is coordinated by specialists from the Centre for Applied Marine Sciences (www.cams.bangor.ac.uk) a division of Bangor University with extensive experience in the management of marine R&D projects.
AquaTT is the project dissemination partner. Detailed partner profiles are available on request.
AquaTT staff members are available to respond to queries in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Dutch.