Final Issue of SEAFARE Project News Now Available
SEAFARE is an Atlantic Area Transnational Programme project which aims to promote the diversification of the aquaculture industry by providing a greater range of species and alternative environmentally-friendly production systems. All the initiatives developed by the project are assessed for their commercial applicability through close collaboration with stakeholders and SMEs.
This issue of SEAFARE Project News features a summary of the SEAFARE project’s objectives, and interviews with: Jon King, a researcher from Bangor University in Wales; Sylvie Lapègue, head of the Laboratory of Genetics and Pathology of Marine Molluscs at the French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea (Ifremer); and Delphine Sophie-Jeannin Lallias, postdoctoral research officer at Bangor University. The highlights of the project are also outlined, including key meetings, workshops and publications.
Note for Editors
SEAFARE 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. The project is co-funded by the European Union Atlantic Area Transnational Programme (2007-2013).
The Centre for Applied Marine Sciences (CAMS) takes a multidisciplinary and integrated approach to the investigation of coastal seas through the interface between biology, physics, chemistry and geology. It has extensive experience in the application of science to natural resource management, environmental planning, impact assessment, education and training.
AquaTT is the project dissemination partner. Detailed partner profiles are available on request.
For press queries, please contact the project communication officer:
Federico Cardona Pons, AquaTT (email: federico@aquatt.ie Tel: +353 1 644 9008)
AquaTT staff are available to respond to queries in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Dutch.