Acronym AquaVlan
Category
Aquaculture
Title AquaVlan Programme Interreg IV
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
Strand B
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
Not applicable
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European
Coordinator institution
WUR - Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands)
Institutions involved
KAHO - Catholic University of Saint-Lieven (Belgium) ,
KU Leuven - Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) ,
UGent - Ghent University (Belgium) ,
IGRO - Inagro vzw (Belgium) ,
PCG - Provincial Research Centre for Vegetables East-Flanders (Belgium) ,
HZ - University of Applied Sciences (Netherlands) ,
Start year 2009 End year 2012 Funding (€) € 4,028,121 Website https://www.wur.nl/nl/Onderzoek-Resultaten/projecten/aquavlan.htm Summary The Aqua-VLAN project aimed to build the foundations for an economically, socially and environmentally sustainable aquaculture sector within the border region. It specifically focused on the sustainable cultivation of shellfish, fish and the cultivation of saline vegetables in the border region of Flanders-Netherlands. The training of entrepreneurs and other stakeholders in aquaculture was also an objective of this project. The project partners were universities, colleges and pilot centers. Thanks to the cross-border approach and cooperation of Dutch and Flemish colleges, universities and companies, progress has been made in various sustainable cultivation techniques. For example, positive results were achieved in combining greenhouse horticulture and the cultivation of fish. Residual energy from the greenhouses is used to heat the basins in which the fish is produced and, for example, tomatoes are grown in those basins. The project also succeeded in the sustainable farming of two fish species, the Omega perch and the Yellow Tail Kingfish. This by taking into account an optimal use of energy, fish food and water. In addition to sustainable fish farming, work was also done on the optimization of the cultivation of saline vegetables such as samphire. The project also realized significant investments in research infrastructure; a shellfish hatchery was set up at the University of Ghent and a 'Sealab' laboratory at the Hogeschool Zeeland, located in Vlissingen, where a great deal of future research into sustainable fish and shellfish farming can be set up. In total, nine different partners from Flanders and the Netherlands collaborated on this project, thereby laying the foundations – both in terms of knowledge and infrastructure – for an economically, socially and ecologically sustainable aquaculture sector in the border region.
Keywords
Mollusc;
Engineering;
Bivalve;
Aquaculture diversification;
Amberjacks;
Land-based aquaculture;
Aquaculture development;
Shellfish;
Fish;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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