Acronym AQUAEXCEL2020
Category
Marine Biotechnology
Title AQUAculture infrastructures for EXCELlence in European fish research towards 2020 Programme H2020
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
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Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
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Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source European Coordinator Marc Vandeputte Coordinator email marc.vandeputte@jouy.inra.fr
Coordinator institution
INRA - French National Institute for Agricultural Research (France)
Institutions involved
AquaTT - AquaTT UETP Ltd (Ireland) ,
CCMAR - Centre for Marine Sciences (Portugal) ,
EATiP - European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform (Belgium) ,
IFREMER - French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (France) ,
UGent - Ghent University (Belgium) ,
IT - Inra Transfert SA (France) ,
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway) ,
NA - National Research Council - Institute of Marine Engineering (Italy) ,
NOFIMA - Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Norway) ,
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) ,
AKI - Research Institute of Agricultural Economics (Hungary) ,
NA - SINTEF Ocean (Norway) ,
IEO - Spanish Institute of Oceanography (Spain) ,
CSIC - Spanish National Research Council (Spain) ,
DTU - Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) ,
ULPGC - University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) ,
UL - University of Lorraine (France) ,
RIFCH - University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice; Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology (Czech Republic) ,
UoS - University of Stirling (United Kingdom) ,
WUR-IMARES - Wageningen University and Research; Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies (Netherlands) ,
Start year 2015 End year 2020 Funding (€) € 9,756,279 Website https://aquaexcel2020.eu/ Summary AQUAEXCEL2020 aims to integrate top class European aquaculture research facilities of very diverse nature, covering all relevant scientific fields for research and innovation in aquaculture, from genetics to technology through pathology, physiology and nutrition. It will put in place a user-friendly one-stop access to high-quality services and resources from 39 installations covering both established and new aquaculture species, all types of experimental systems as well as sequencing facilities. Giving a prominent place to EU aquaculture industry research needs through a strong involvement of the European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform, it will enable excellent research and sustainable innovation to both public and private sector. It will benefit from the support of the ESFRI infrastructures EMBRC (Marine Biology) and ELIXIR (Life Sciences data) and bring aquaculture research specificities to their agendas.\nAQUAEXCEL2020 will be a key vehicle in the improvement of aquaculture research practices to the benefit of industry through finalized research and innovation, and of excellent science through the development of highly innovative methods and approaches such as Virtual Laboratories, standardized experimental fish lines and nano-sensors. It will also benefit to society through the development of methods for sustainable aquaculture, such as the use of cleaner fish to control parasites or Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture, and also through a better management of animal experiments for research according to the 3 R\'s, Reduction (via e.g. capitalization of data and provision of stable experimental fish lines), Refinement (via a better control of experimental procedures) and Replacement (via e.g. Virtual Laboratories).\nAs a whole, AQUAEXCEL2020 will provide a world-class platform for all types of fish culture research, from biology to technology, in all types of rearing systems, with all major EU fish species, including the most promising new species.
Keywords
Algae;
Fish;
Technology;
Shellfish;
Aquaculture development;
Aquaculture diversification;
Biotechnology;
Marine Region
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