Acronym MARTEC
Category
Aquaculture
Title Marine Technology to Increase Fisheries Productivity Programme Interreg III
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
Strand B
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
Canarias/Madeira/Acores
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator Hipolito Fernandez-Palacios Barber Coordinator email pipo@iccm.rcanaria.es
Coordinator institution
ICCM - Canary Institute of Marine Sciences (Spain)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2004 End year 2005 Funding (€) € 357,625 Website http://www.kg2.eurocean.org/proj.jsp?load=25937 Summary Artificial reefs and offshore fish farming constitute two important ways of increasing marine productivity, which have contributed to the socio-economic sustainability of the fishing sector and to the preservation of biodiversity in the Macaronesian archipelagos. The monitoring and extension of current reef areas, as well as the growth and competitiveness of fish farming activities are dependent on the introduction of technological innovations, in order to improve the technical efficiency of operations, their management and the cost/benefit relationship. The MARTEC project aims to implement technical and scientific cooperation between research centers in the three participating regions (Madeira, Azores, Canaries) in carrying out research work, exchange of experiences, training and technological innovation projects that increase fishing productivity and allow the sustainability of the sector. The use of a website as a tool for working and disseminating information will provide online video images and data of educational interest and useful in the areas of training, education, recreation and tourism dissemination. The project aims to promote cooperation and the formation of a network between research centers specialized in increasing marine fish productivity in participating island regions, with a view to: (1) Developing new technologies, using telemetry and remote control, for monitoring and assessment of the role of artificial structures - reefs and farming cages in the rehabilitation of coastal ecosystems and the increase in natural productivity; (2) Develop innovative technologies and methodologies for application to fish farming of local species and thus promote the sustained development of regional marine aquaculture industries; (3) Evaluate new technical management models for artificial structures leading to their full exploitation from the perspective of coastal planning, fishing exploration and for recreational and tourist uses.
Keywords
Cage aquaculture;
Engineering;
Artificial reef;
Fish;
Spatial planning;
Technology;
Open sea aquaculture;
Marine Region
2
Canarias and Madeira Islands (34.1.2)
40
Azores Grounds (27.Xa, 27.Xb)
2
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