Blue Bio Database - Database of Fisheries, Aquaculture, Seafood Processing and Marine Biotechnology Projects

The available database comprises research projects in Fisheries, Aquaculture, Seafood Processing and Marine Biotechnology active in the time period 2003-2022.
BlueBio is an ERA-NET COFUND created to directly identify new and improve existing ways of bringing bio-based products and services to the market and find new ways of creating value from in the blue bioeconomy.

More information on the BlueBio project and participating funding organizations is available on the BlueBio website: www.bluebioeconomy.eu

Last Update: 2024/06/19

Acronym
Category
	Aquaculture
Title
Programme
Instrument (FP6) Contact Type (FP7) Strand (Interreg)
Theme (FP7) Activity Area (FP6) Regional Area (Interreg) Action (COST)
Specific Programme (FP7)
Funding source
Coordinator
Coordinator email
Coordinator institution
Institutions involved
	National Research Council; Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Biotechnology
	National Research Council; Water Research Institute
	University of Foggia
	University of Salento
Start year
End year
Funding (€)
Website
Summary	Aquaculture in Italy boasts the presence of leading companies in the sector, annually producing a total of about 141 thousand tons of fish products in fresh and marine waters for a value of about 393 million euros, with about 6,899 workers directly involved. A positive growth trend is expected for the sector up to 2025, equal to 37% compared to 2013. The identification of new areas for aquaculture activities, together with a review of the administrative and concession framework, will contribute to relaunch the competitiveness of regional productions, in respect to low-cost and highly differentiated foreign productions. The most suitable marine-coastal areas to be used for shellfish farming will be identified, in relation to the oceanographic and trophic parameters of the waters, the production parameters of the sector, the potential development of infrastructures and services, as well as in relation to the economic and management aspects of the related activities to the sector and also health and environmental sustainability in the Puglia Region.
Keywords
	Aquaculture development
	Aquaculture management
	Economy
	Longline systems
	Mollusc
	Open sea aquaculture
	Policy
	Shellfish
	Spatial planning
Marine Region
	MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA (GFCM Area); Central Mediterranean; Southern Adriatic Sea (GSA 18)
	MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA (GFCM Area); Central Mediterranean; Western Ionian Sea (GSA 19)

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