Project description
Solving stagnation in Mediterranean marine fish aquaculture
Mediterranean marine fish aquaculture, specifically seabass and seabream, faces a critical challenge in terms of production. Specifically, productivity is stagnating or growing at a sluggish pace due to multiple interconnected causes. With this in mind, the EU-funded MedAID project aims to assess technical, environmental, market, socio-economic and governance weaknesses in the industry. By exploring innovative solutions and providing comprehensive toolboxes, the project strives to enhance the sector’s competitiveness and sustainability holistically. By consulting diverse stakeholders, the project will design practical orientations. Through collaboration between Mediterranean countries and northern European R&D institutions, MedAID promises to revolutionise the sector with innovative tools, integrated plans and improved governance, leading Mediterranean marine fish aquaculture into a transformative future.
Objective
Production and productivity of Mediterranean marine fish aquaculture, mainly seabass and seabream, are stagnating or growing slowly as a result of multiple and interrelated causes. To accomplish the objective of improving its competitiveness and sustainability, MedAID is structured in a first interdisciplinary WP to assess technical, environmental, market, socioeconomic and governance weaknesses, and in several specialized WPs exploring innovative solutions, followed by an integrating WP, which will provide codes of practice and innovative tool-boxes throughout the value chain to enhance the sector performance holistically. Various stakeholders will interact in the consultation, communication, dissemination and training WPs ensuring practical orientation of the project and results implementation. Biological performance (nutrition, health and genetics) will be scrutinized to identify and quantify the relevant components to improve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs: growth rates, mortality and feed efficiency), thus contributing to increase production efficiency. Economic, business, marketing, environmental, social, administrative and legal factors will be addressed to obtain integrated solutions to shift towards a market-oriented and consumer-responsible business and to face the multiple administrative, environmental and social issues constraining competitiveness and public acceptance. An interdisciplinary consortium of research and industrial partners will carry out R&D and case study activities to close the existing gaps. Mediterranean countries (EU and non-EU) with significant aquaculture production are represented. Northern European R&D institutions will participate by bringing successful technological tools and integrated approaches that Mediterranean aquaculture is missing today. MedAID will impact the sector positively by providing innovative tools, integrated marketing and business plans and by improving the sector image, sustainability and governance.
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50059 Zaragoza
Spain
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Participants (34)
08140 Caldes De Montbui Barcelona
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9291 Tromso
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1433 AS
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39005 Santander
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29280 Plouzane
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48395 Sukarrieta
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19013 Attikia Anavissos
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10000 Zagreb
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2800 Kongens Lyngby
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8000 Aarhus C
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1165 Kobenhavn
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Cairo
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34540 Balaruc Les Bains
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31330 Grenade
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35020 Legnaro
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40126 Bologna
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84135 Salerno
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6708 PB Wageningen
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5045 Bergen
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8005-139 FARO
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40260 Fuentepelayo Segovia
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28006 Madrid
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2025 Tunis
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35100 İzmir
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332 00 GALAXIDI
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6708 PB Wageningen
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30003 Murcia
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29238 BREST
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04026 Scauri Minturno
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07020 GOLFO ARANCI SS
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00153 Roma
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EH8 9YL Edinburgh
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15650 Cambre
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