Access to South European
Finfish Aquaculture Facilities
Aquaflow Technical Leaflet 2002-45
European Network for the Dissemination of Aquaculture
RTD Information (Q5CA-2000-30105) and previously FAIR-3837, URL: http://www.aquaflow.org/
The European Community and IFREMER have agreed to
provide transnational access for all European aquaculture research &
development teams (including aquaculture SMEs) through an initiative
entitled "Access to South
European Finfish Aquaculture Facilities" (ASEFAF), which is funded
until 2004 through the RTD and training programme "improving the Human
Research Potential and the Socio-economic Knowledge base.
Free access for European scientists in the field of
aquaculture and marine biology under ASEFAF contracts will be provided to
the IFREMER stations of Palavas and Brest and includes all infrastructure,
logistical, technical and scientific support (including training courses if
necessary). Only research teams conducting their research in European Member
and Associate States are eligible for access and priority is given to
research teams who have not previously used the infrastructure and who are
working in regions of the community where few such research infrastructures
exist. Research teams may include partners from different countries
participating in the same project. Costs covered by the project include the
use of all facilities, assistance, materials, travel and subsistence, but
not the salaries of the participating research teams. It is recommended that
scientists applying for ASEFAF preferably propose experimental periods of up
to 3 months.
All life-cycle stages of fish from eggs to broodstock
may be studied and special attention is given to Mediterranean species, the
model being sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax. Research fields covered
include; Aquaculture in Controlled Systems (controlling the major processes
involved in rearing, in order to answer the market demand in terms of price
and quality); Fish Nutrition (determining the nutritional requirements of
fish and improving existing feed formulation with regard to flesh quality
and the environment); Genetics and Reproduction (allowing better
standardisation of final product quality and improving productivity);
Environmental Physiology (the determination of safe levels in water quality
requirements) and Immuno-Pathology (focussing on viral pathologies, such as
nodavirus).
It is suggested that integrated research based on the
above five fields, will lead to the economic and environmental
sustainability of aquaculture, including animal welfare concerns.
For more information:
Dr.
Denis Lacroix
IREMER
Station Expérimentale d’Aquaculture
Chemin de Maguelone
34250 Palavas-les-Flots - France
Tel: +33 4 67504102 Fax: +33 4 67682885
E-mail: asefaf@ifremer.fr
URL: www.ifremer.fr/asefaf