Acronym HERPEMOL
Category
Aquaculture
Title Caracterización de la situación sanitaria del litoral español relativa a la infección por virus herpes en moluscos bivalvos y evaluación del impacto de la enfermedad - Characterization of the health situation of the Spanish coastline related to herpes virus infection in bivalve molluscs and evaluation of the impact of the disease 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 Elvira Abollo Coordinator email eabollo@cetmar.org
Coordinator institution
CETMAR - Centro Tecnológico del Mar - Fundación CETMAR (Spain)
Institutions involved
CIMA - Center for Marine Research (Spain) ,
CETMAR - Centro Tecnológico del Mar - Fundación CETMAR (Spain) ,
CEP - Fishing Experimentation Center (Spain) ,
NA - Gobierno del Principado de Asturias; Dirección General de Pesca Marítima; Consejería de Agroganadería y Recursos Autóctonos (Spain) ,
IRTA - Institute of Food and Agricultural Research and Technology (Spain) ,
MAGRAMA - Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (Spain) ,
OBIMASA - Obras, Infraestructuras y Medio Ambiente de Ceuta SAU (Spain) ,
NA - Regional Government of Galicia (Spain) ,
INTECMAR - Technological Institute for the Control of the Marine Environment (Spain) ,
Start year 2011 End year 2012 Funding (€) € 1,514,055 Website NA Summary During the years 2008 and 2009, an unusual mortality of Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas was observed in France, which has been increasing and affecting almost the whole coast. The European Commission has recently submitted to vote on a Rule - 19th January 2010 - with the aim to adopt measures which control and avoid mortality of C. gigas caused by herpesvirus OsHV-1. In Spain there's hardly any information about the presence and effect of herpesvirus in shellfish beds. However, imports of C. gigas from French coasts infected by OsHV-1 have been a usual practice in some regions, with the subsequent risk of introducing the pathogen. This proposal intends to identify the health situation of the coasts concerning herpesvirus infection in bivalve molluscs, and likewise, tries to assess the real potential impact of this disease on mollusc aquaculture.
Keywords
Mollusc;
Bivalve;
Oyster;
Disease;
Open sea aquaculture;
Shellfish;
Marine Region
38
Portuguese Waters (27.IXa,27.IXb)
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