Acronym EIRCOD
Category
Aquaculture
Title Cod Broodstock and Breeding Programme for Ireland Programme National Programme
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 Coordinator Richard FitzGerald Coordinator email richard.fitzgerald@nuigalway.ie
Coordinator institution
NUI Galway - National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland)
Institutions involved
NA - Enterprise Ireland (Ireland) ,
UCC - University College Cork (Ireland) ,
UnaG - Údarás na Gaeltachta (Ireland) ,
Start year 2007 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 4,099,992 Website https://old.sjavarutvegur.is/Codfarm11/pdf/s2-%20Richard.pdf Summary The overall objective of the EIRCOD project is to design, establish and operate a Cod Broodstock and Breeding programme, customized for the Irish environment and underpinning the native fish farming industry, which will draw on the potential genetic reservoir of local cod populations and utilize the best available technologies, with necessary and appropriate International links, such that the emerging Industry can gain maximum competitive advantage from using a customized cod farming stock that has enhanced performance capacity, including, higher growth rates to increase production & yield, shorter life span at sea/to market reducing production costs, improved conversion efficiencies giving more efficient use of feeds, lowered stress, fewer health issues and less mortalities and improved flesh quality. The overall work programme over the 7 year period has a number of integrated work packages including • Characterization & Profiling of native Irish Cod Stocks (WP1), • Enhanced Technical Performance for Eggs & Larvae (WP2), • Broodstock Production & Selection (WP3), • Economic Assessment of Cod Production in Ireland (WP4), • Technology transfer & Dissemination Activities to the national industry (WP5) and • Project Management (WP6).
Keywords
Economy;
Cod;
Selective breeding;
Broodstocks;
Fish;
Engineering;
Genetic;
Marine Region
10
Celtic Sea North (27.VIIg)
31
Southwest of Ireland-East (27.VIIj)
7
Irish Sea (27.VIIa)
3
Marine Region Map
