Acronym VIAMA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Maricoltura in gabbia: validazione di protocolli sperimentali per lo studio e minimizzazione dell'impatto ambientale - Mariculture in cages: validation of experimental protocols for the study and the minimization of environmental impact Programme Nat. Programme (supported by ESIF)
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National-European Coordinator Salvatore Porrello Coordinator email salvatore.porrello@isprambiente.it
Coordinator institution
ISPRA - Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (Italy)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2006 End year 2008 Funding (€) € 249,000 Website NA Summary Mariculture is sometimes perceived by the public as an activity "not clean", with a quality inferior to that of natural fish production and capable of producing a conflict of interest with the many activities that take place at sea. This perception is wrong because it does not take into due consideration to a number of positive effects that the activity has on the surrounding ecosystem. Priority is acting in a logic of sustainable development and it now seems obvious that all companies have adopted this approach for eco-friendly access to a market that is increasingly attentive to the specific procedures for the certification of production processes and products. Research has also provided an evaluation of the health of rare fish species.
The research conducted by ISPRA has addressed the environmental impact study produced by a plant breeding in cages in terms of chemical, physical and biological environment, both on the water on both the sediment matrix. Often, this approach is not dealt with chemical and biological simultaneously to the high analytic costs. Research has considered jointly evaluate two aspects, providing a key to understanding systemic applicable to the area of the western Mediterranean, for which there are currently no data available in the literature.
Keywords
Environmental impact;
Fish;
Open sea aquaculture;
Cage aquaculture;
Protocol;
Marine Region
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Southern Adriatic Sea (GSA 18)
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