Objective
Objectives:
To hold a 5 day "conference/workshop" on the topic of artificial reef research in the EU. This will take place in Ancona within 12 months of the start of the project. The conference will be followed by four, 3 day, working group meetings within the next 18 months held in laboratories within the EU. The conference and workshops, have the following objectives:
(a) To promote increased collaboration between current artificial reef programmes throughout Europe (EU), both marine and freshwater.
(b) To summarise results made within European (EU) artificial reef research undertaken to date and reach a consensus of opinion on given issues.
(c) To promote awareness of issues (socioeconomic and management) within the artificial reef scientific community, and encourage consideration of these aspects in developing future research proposals.
(d) To produce a detailed programme of coordinated research for future artificial reef research in the EU and to identify the research groups best suited to carry-out work in a given area of interest.
(e) To report these findings and recommendations fully to the EC.
(f) To initiate a reference library of European publications on artificial reef research. The concerted action will provide a focus for (1) collaboration with other existing working groups interested in artificial reefs within geographic Europe and (2) communication with reef workers in other parts of the world, such as USA, Japan, Taiwan and SE Asia.
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SO9 5NH Southampton
United Kingdom
Participants (37)
Almeria
Santiago De Compostela
Mazara Del Vallo
91026 Mazara Del Vallo Trapani
54100 Massa
Funchal
Aix-en-provence
13288 Marseille
KW16 3AW Stromness
San Pedro Del Pinatar Murcia
Lisboa
Olhao
Turku
Athens
Bilthoven
60125 Ancona
Rijswijk
AB11 9DB Aberdeen
SN1 Swindon
Madrid
El Campello
Las Palmas De Gran Canaria
Santiago De Compostela
Palma De Mallorca
22765 Hamburg
Turku
34100 Trieste
AB2 1RY Aberdeen
PO1 3DJ Portsmouth
KY16 8LB St Andrews
16126 Genova
90123 Palermo
00161 Roma
13288 Marseille
34200 Sète
34095 Montpellier
66025 Perpignan