Acronym EIS
Category
Aquaculture
Title Validazione di indici chimico-biologici per la stima dell'impatto dell'allevamento in gabbie - Validation of chemical-biological indices for estimating the impact of cage farming 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 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 2004 End year 2006 Funding (€) € 20,000 Website NA Summary The development on a global scale aquaculture and its impact on the environment has long been the subject of studies by international organizations (FAO, 1995). In 2002 the European Commission sent the Council and the European Parliament ( COM-511/02 ) the need to assess and control "the negative environmental impact of aquaculture with a set of rules and / or voluntary agreements to prevent the degradation the environment". Within the European Community, some countries that have a significant presence in industrial aquaculture , have long since developed policies to address complex regulative tools to manage and control the environmental impact of aquaculture. The conclusions of some of them indicate that the potential impacts of aquaculture invest many aspects ranging from the impact of direct aesthetic problems in water pollution and seabed. Only the adoption of systems of environmental protection such as regulation , control and monitoring procedures and the application of good farming practices (Best Environmental Practices ; BEP) can minimize or cancel these drawbacks. In Italy, the development process has been slower than in other European countries such as Greece, where the availability of nature preservation areas are very limited and in any case contention for many other uses. ICRAM has operated since 1998, identifying technical-scientific criteria for drawing up opinions for the assessment of environmental compatibility for the licensing of maritime state for the construction of plants for Mariculture, supporting research activities in the field in different Italian coastal areas. They were then field tested numerous biotic and abiotic indicators have already been identified and are available in the scientific literature reference.
Goals: (1) Identification of the most significant environmental indicators used for evaluation of the interaction between environment and mariculture activities; (2) Establishing criteria and procedures for the allocation of sites; (3) Establishing criteria and procedures for the implementation of monitoring plans.
Keywords
Indicators;
Open sea aquaculture;
Environmental impact;
Cage aquaculture;
Fish;
Monitoring;
Marine Region
45
Southern Adriatic Sea (GSA 18)
1
Marine Region Map
