Acronym CIV. FOLL.
Category
Aquaculture
Title Environmental monitoring of marine aquaculture activities carried out in the "Gulf of Follonica fish farm" 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 2016 End year 2017 Funding (€) € 12,850 Website NA Summary Fish farming in cages, like all other human productive activities, interacts with the natural environment in which it operates. These interactions may have adverse effects that can impact the quality of the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate these interactions both in terms of time and space. Mariculture, in particular, is closely linked to the quality of the environment in which it operates because the environment can affect the health of the farmed product and, consequently, the productivity of the company.
Priority should be given to acting in accordance with the principles of sustainable development. It is now increasingly apparent that all companies engaged in production in the sea have embraced eco-friendly approaches, as they seek to enter the retail market, which is increasingly focused on specific procedures for the certification of production processes and products.
In this perspective, ISPRA (Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research) has, through its research in recent years, developed methods to measure the effects produced by a cage culture system on the water column and sediments. This has been achieved through participation in projects with European partners and gaining greater experience in the aquaculture industry. The methods involve using indexes of environmental quality that are synthetic, easy to apply, and repeatable for the evaluation of interactions between mariculture activities and the environment. These methods can be utilized both in the design phase and for monitoring purposes.
Keywords
Monitoring;
Fish;
Open sea aquaculture;
Cage aquaculture;
Environmental impact;
Sustainability;
Marine Region
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Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 9)
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Marine Region Map
