Acronym AQUATRACE
Category
Fisheries
Title The development of tools for tracing and evaluating the genetic impact of fish from aquaculture Programme FP7
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP7 - Collaborative Project targeted to a Special Group (such as SMEs)
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
KBBE – Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Specific Programme (FP7)
Cooperation
Funding source European Coordinator Einar Eg Nielsen Coordinator email een@aqua.dtu.dk
Coordinator institution
DTU - Technical University of Denmark (Denmark)
Institutions involved
NA - Ardag Agricultural Cooperative Society Ltd (Israel) ,
AUTh - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) ,
NA - Bangor University (United Kingdom) ,
NA - Biomolecular Research Genomics Srl (Italy) ,
FMD - Ferme Marine du Douhet SAS (France) ,
NA - Fios Genomics Ltd (United Kingdom) ,
INRA - French National Institute for Agricultural Research (France) ,
SYSAAF - French Poultry and Aquaculture Breeders Association (France) ,
CETGA - Galician Aquaculture Cluster (Spain) ,
LABOGENA - Genetic Analysis Laboratory for Animal Species (France) ,
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway) ,
ISPRA - Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (Italy) ,
JRC - Joint Research Centre (Belgium) ,
MKU - Mustafa Kemal University (Turkey) ,
NA - Plagton A.E. (Greece) ,
NA - Scottish Government (United Kingdom) ,
NA - Trace Wildlife Forensics Network Ltd (United Kingdom) ,
UNIPD - University of Padua (Italy) ,
USC - University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) ,
UoS - University of Stirling (United Kingdom) ,
UCLouvain - Université catholique de Louvain (Belgium) ,
Start year 2012 End year 2016 Funding (€) € 3,927,338 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/311920 Summary The genetic changes associated with domestication in aquaculture pose an increasing threat to the integrity of native fish gene pools. Consequently, there is a bourgeoning need for the development of molecular tools to assess and monitor the genetic impact of escaped or released farmed fish. In addition, exploration of basic links between genetic differences among farmed and wild fish and differences in important life-history traits with fitness consequences are crucial prerequisites for designing biologically informed management strategies. The project AquaTrace will establish an overview of current knowledge on aquaculture breeding, genomic resources and previous research projects for the marine species seabass, seabream and turbot. The project will apply cutting-edge genomic methods for the development of high-powered, cost-efficient, forensically validated and transferable DNA based tools for identifying and tracing the impact of farmed fish in the wild. Controlled experiments with wild and farmed fish and their hybrids will be conducted with salmon and brown trout as model organisms using advanced common garden facilities. These experiments will elucidate the fundamental consequences of introgression by pinpointing and assessing the effects on fitness of specific genomic regions. Generated insights will form the basis of a risk assessment and management recommendations including suggestions for mitigation and associated costs. This information and the developed molecular tools will be available as open-access support to project participants and external stakeholders including the aquaculture industry. The project is expected to facilitate technology transfer to the aquaculture sector by promoting better tailored breeding practices and traceability throughout production chain. Overall this initiative will support the development of sustainable European aquaculture and provide Good Environmental Status in line with the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
Keywords
Genetic;
Seabass;
Escapes;
Open sea aquaculture;
Flatfish;
Cage aquaculture;
Risk assessment;
Seabream;
Fish;
Traceability;
Monitoring;
Environmental impact;
Wild animals;
Turbot;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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