Acronym AQUABREEDING
Category
Aquaculture
Title Towards enhanced and sustainable use of genetics and breeding in the European aquaculture industry Programme FP6
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP6 - Specific Support Action
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
Research for Policy Support
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
NA - Comhlucht Iasc Fanad Teo, T/a Marine Harvest Ireland (Ireland) ,
INRA - French National Institute for Agricultural Research (France) ,
NA - Nofima Marin AS (Norway) ,
SYSAAF - Syndicate of French Poultry and Aquaculture Breeders (France) ,
Start year 2006 End year 2008 Funding (€) € 236,614 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/44424 Summary The European aquaculture industry is a dynamic production sector characterized by a large variety of cultivated species and various rearing environments. The industry, although heterogeneous in size and type, is willing to collaborate with research organisations to tackle the problems inherent to any young production system but also to invest in strategic areas. Genetic improvement represents a crucial area for any industry whose activities depend on the trade of improved seeds in both the plant and animal production sectors. When we consider the commitments made by the aquaculture sector in the area of genetic improvement, the industry can be divided into two halves. On one side pioneering companies have developed sophisticated selection programs and are now investing in the application of new technologies to their breeding systems. On the other side are the small producers which have either set up sporadic breeding activities or have not invested at all in breeding and are still using unselected broodstock. The project will be designed to redress this imbalance with the following objectives: define the research priorities of the industry already involved in aquaculture breeding, promote the dissemination of knowledge to support a major involvement of the entire industry in breeding activities, create the conditions for a progressive integration of the European aquaculture industry into the FABRE Technology Platform. The output of this project will consist of the definition of a strategic research agenda for the aquaculture sector in relation to breeding techniques and the provision of a vision paper defining the needs of the industry within the remit of the Technology Platform on animal breeding. The project also intends to increase the awareness within the entire industry of the benefits of implementing breeding activities and the use of genomic tools in the production of aquaculture species and by doing this assist in addressing the imbalance described above.
(1) Define the research priorities of the industry already involved in aquaculture breeding; (2) Promote the dissemination of knowledge to support a major involvement of the industry in breeding activities; (3) Consolidate these actions at the European level promoting to a progressive integration of the European aquaculture industry into the FABRE Technology Platform and the emerging technology platforms on aquaculture EATP and OATP.
Keywords
Genetic;
Selective breeding;
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