INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF RED SWAMP CRAYFISH POPULATIONS IN RICE FIELDS - AN APPLICATION OF CLEANER TECHNOLOGIES AND ECOTECHNOLOGY

Objective

The objectives of the project are the following ones:

a) To develop a model for crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) populations management and production in rice fields, assuming that crayfish populations size will be controlled by their use as a resource and by the use of a non harmful chemical procedure (see b). The model will be applied on data available from two sites in the Iberian Peninsula.
b) To develop a non harmful chemical procedure for controlling the size and the physiological activity of crayfish populations, in order to assist the rice farming, and simultaneously to allow crayfish production in rice fields, making both activities profitable. The pilot assays of this no harmful chemical procedure will be carried out in the laboratory, followed by field extension in study sites in Portugal and Spain.
c) To develop a "best possible strategy" on the basis of the model results using a combination of crayfish harvest and the non harmful chemical procedure mentioned in b.

Programme(s)

• FP3-AIR - Specific research and technological development and demonstration programme (EEC) in the field of agriculture and agro-industry, including fisheries, 1990-1994

Topic(s)

• 253 - Interaction between aquaculture and the environment

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

UNIVERSIDADE DE COIMBRA DPT DE ZOOLOGIA INSTITUTO DO MAR

Address

Largo Marques De Pombal
3049 Coimbra Cedex
Portugal

 

Participants (3)

HOECHST PORTUGUESA S.A.

Portugal

Address

Apartado
2726 Mem Martins

 

ROYAL SCHOOL OF PHARMACY

Denmark

Address

Universitersparken
2100 Copenhagen

 

UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA

Spain

Address

San Fernando
41004 Sevilla