Innovative practices and technologies for developing sustainable aquaculture in the Baltic Sea region (AQUABEST)
EU-Project
Aquaculture has been the fastest growing food production sector globally during the last two decades. In opposite to the global and European trend, the production in the EU and especially in the BSR has stagnated being annually approx. 100.000 t in the Baltic Sea catchment area of the BSR EU Member States. It is widely accepted that aquaculture has great potential to feed growing human population in the era of declining wild stocks ("Blue Revolution"), but new production has to be built on sustainable practices and technologies. AQUABEST, a continum of aquaculture flagship-project BESTAQ (Priority Area 9, project 9.5), is the first Baltic Sea Region-wide consortium of regional authorities, producer organizations, academy and stakeholders with a mission to develope common strategy for sustainable aquaculture production in the region. AQUABEST will present a toolbox of innovative practices and technologies, test them, and provide a BSR Aquaculture Vision acceptable by stakeholders.
AQUABEST will target the following four specific problems and demonstrate practices to solve them.
1) Aquaculture relies upon nutrients imported from oceans thus contributing to eutrofication of the Baltic Sea.
2) Recent spatial planning knowledge has not been transferred to most BSR regions, and aquaculture has therefore not developed in offshore or other remote areas with less environmental effects, competition and conflicts.
3) Feasibility of recirculation farming has not been assessed and technology transferred throughout BSR regions.
4) Licensing systems do not encourage adoption of eco-efficient technologies and practices.
The main outputs of AQUABEST are:
1) Demonstration that BSR aquaculture is capable of becoming a nutrient neutral food production system.
2) Demonstration that spatial planning tools can be adapted to create environmentally, economically and socially sustainable aquaculture.
3) Demonstration that new recirculation technologies can be developed and transferred to regions.
4) Mutually agreed position paper on eco-efficient licensing system, that encourages and enables new economical activity.
AQUABEST is composed of active aquaculture actors within the region. Project has 14 partners from 8 countries and appr. 15 associated partners representing development and research institutions, national and regional authorities, producer organizations, and NGO's. The current partnership welcomes joint actions during and after the project by organizations not involved in the AQUABEST application phase, thus catalyzing establishment of a BSR-wide aquaculture forum.
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EU project: Innovative practices and technologies for developing sustainable aquaculture in the Baltic Sea region (AQUABEST)
Institute:
Institut für Seefischerei (SF)
Description / Objective (English)
Aquaculture has been the fastest growing food production sector globally during the last two decades. In opposite to the global and European trend, the production in the EU and especially in the BSR has stagnated being annually approx. 100.000 t in the Baltic Sea catchment area of the BSR EU Member States. It is widely accepted that aquaculture has great potential to feed growing human population in the era of declining wild stocks ("Blue Revolution"), but new production has to be built on sustainable practices and technologies. AQUABEST, a continum of aquaculture flagship-project BESTAQ (Priority Area 9, project 9.5), is the first Baltic Sea Region-wide consortium of regional authorities, producer organizations, academy and stakeholders with a mission to develope common strategy for sustainable aquaculture production in the region. AQUABEST will present a toolbox of innovative practices and technologies, test them, and provide a BSR Aquaculture Vision acceptable by stakeholders. AQUABEST will target the following four specific problems and demonstrate practices to solve them. 1) Aquaculture relies upon nutrients imported from oceans thus contributing to eutrofication of the Baltic Sea. 2) Recent spatial planning knowledge has not been transferred to most BSR regions, and aquaculture has therefore not developed in offshore or other remote areas with less environmental effects, competition and conflicts. 3) Feasibility of recirculation farming has not been assessed and technology transferred throughout BSR regions. 4) Licensing systems do not encourage adoption of eco-efficient technologies and practices. The main outputs of AQUABEST are: 1) Demonstration that BSR aquaculture is capable of becoming a nutrient neutral food production system. 2) Demonstration that spatial planning tools can be adapted to create environmentally, economically and socially sustainable aquaculture. 3) Demonstration that new recirculation technologies can be developed and transferred to regions. 4) Mutually agreed position paper on eco-efficient licensing system, that encourages and enables new economical activity. AQUABEST is composed of active aquaculture actors within the region. Project has 14 partners from 8 countries and appr. 15 associated partners representing development and research institutions, national and regional authorities, producer organizations, and NGO's. The current partnership welcomes joint actions during and after the project by organizations not involved in the AQUABEST application phase, thus catalyzing establishment of a BSR-wide aquaculture forum.
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Scientist
Ebeling, Michael
Contributing Institution
Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute (Leadpartner) University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law The Government of Åland: Section Fisheries, Section Environment Regional Council of Jämtland Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Swedish Board of Agriculture Polish Trout Breeders Association Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment Belarusian State Agricultural Academy Technical University of Denmark, DTU Aqua The Danish Aquaculture Organization Society/ Association for marine aquaculture Ltd Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fishery (vTI) University of Tartu
Relation: BMELV-Forschungsplan 2008
This research activity contributes to
Maincontribution regarding main function
2.6: Weiterentwicklung von umweltverträglichen, sozialgerechten und wirtschaftlich tragfähigen Produktions- sowie Lagerungs-, Be- und Verarbeitungsverfahren der Erzeugnisse der Land-, Gartenbau-, Forstwirtschaft und Fischerei
Further entries Main function:
- 2.18: Entwicklung bzw. Weiterentwicklung von Strategien zur Verbesserung der Produktionsverfahren auch hinsichtlich veränderter Klimabedingungen bzw. Schonung von Bodenressourcen für die gute landwirtschaftliche Praxis im konventionellen Agrarbereich, im Ökolandbau und in der Aquakultur
- 3.7: Analysen und Projektionen des Wandels in der Nutzung aquatischer Systeme. Bewertung von Flächennutzungskonflikten und von deren Rückwirkung auf Fischereistandorte
Beginning: 11 / 2011
End: 7 / 2014
Continuous function: No
Status: laufend
This is a project with third-party funds !