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DUNSTAFFNAGE MARINE LABORATORY OBAN ARGYLL PA37 1QA SCOTLAND T: (+44) (0)1631 559000 F: (+44) (0)1631 559001 E: [email protected] W: http://www.sams.ac.uk Project Coordinators: Dr Kenny Black and Ms Averil Wilson, SAMS. Website: http:// www.ecasa.org.uk ECASA An Ecosystem Approach to Sustainable Aquaculture AN EU FRAMEWORK 6 RTD PROJECT ECASA is a Framework 6 RTD project with 16 research partners from 13 member states. It is the successor to several 4th and 5th Framework Programme projects which have helped to push forward our understanding of the effects of aquaculture on the environment, especially in the Mediterranean. Within Europe marine aquaculture brings societal benefits to coastal communities where traditional employment opportunities are declining. This expanding industry can cause changes in the marine ecosystem; these interactions can be minimised by effective site selection and matching the scale of aquaculture to the assimilative capacity of the ecosystem. Regulators and industry stakeholders are aiming towards sustainable development, requiring tested tools and methods for predicting ecosystem effects in an environment forced by economic and climatic variability. Salmon farm, Loch Creran, Argyll, Scotland. Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK Dr Kenny Black [email protected] University of Portsmouth, UK Dr David Whitmarsh [email protected] Napier University, UK Prof Paul Tett [email protected] National Institute of Biology, Slovenia. Dr Alenka Malej [email protected] Leibniz-Institute of Marine Science, Kiel University, Germany Dr Helmut Thetmeyer hthetmeyer@ifm- geomar.de Akvaplan Niva, Norway Dr Reinhold Fieler [email protected] University of Haifa, Israel Dr Dror Angel [email protected] University of Crete, Greece Dr Yannis Karakassis [email protected] Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK Dr Tony Hawkins [email protected] Institute of Marine Research, Portugal Dr Joao Ferreira [email protected] Central Institute for Marine Research, Italy Dr Salvatore Porello [email protected] Institut Francais de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer Dr Alain Bodoy [email protected] Instituto Tecnologico Pesquero y Alimentario, Spain Dr Angel Borja [email protected] University of Venice, Italy Dr Roberto Pastres [email protected] Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia Prof Tarzan Legovic [email protected] University of Goteborg, Sweden Dr Anders Stigebrandt [email protected] ECASA Partners The ecosystem approach to the aquaculture sector will be addressed by: 1. Identifying quantitative indicators of the effects of aquaculture on ecosystems through a process of expert working groups, workshops and meetings. 2. Identifying indicators of the main drivers of ecosystem change affecting aquaculture. 3. Assessing both sets of indicators using existing datasets considering appropriate selection criteria. 4. Developing a range of tools, particularly models, that encapsulate best process understanding. 5. Testing these models and indicators in a variety of field locations across Europe (~10) covering a wide spectrum of environment types and culture species. 6. Using this data to test and select the final “tool-pack” of models and indicators, including appropriate decision support tools to guide users to effective implementation. To identify quantitative and qualitative indicators of the effects of aquaculture on the environment and vice-versa, and to assess their applicability. To develop operational tools, including models, to establish and describe the relationship between environmental conditions and aquaculture activities over a range of ecosystems and aquaculture production systems. To develop effective environmental impact assessment and site selection methods for coastal area management. These objectives will be achieved through integrated work packages ensuring a consistency of approach and compatibility of deliverables. ECASA is a pan European project involving 16 partners from 13 member states, with 50 scientists currently working on various aspects of the project. Delegates pictured above at the first ECASA meeting held at SAMS, Oban, Scotland in December 2004. Work Package 2: Identify and quantify the most relevant indicators of the interactions of aquaculture on ecosystems, including indicators of socio- economic Impacts of aquaculture and assess the interactions between aquaculture and other major users of the coastal zone. Work Package 3: Identify and quantify the main driving forces of ecosystem changes influencing the aquaculture sector, by assessing the role and importance of the different forcing factors and environmental variations affecting water quality, and develop appropriate environmental indicators to monitor the impact of anthropogenic factors on aquaculture. Work Package 4: Assess the applicability of selected indicators from WP2 and 3 and develop operational tools, especially models, to establish the functional relationship between the environment and aquaculture activities and the chosen indicators. The model set will include stand-alone tools, existing models and hybridisations of existing models. Work Package 5: Test and validate the tools from WP4 in order to include them in a methodology for Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and effective site selection. Suitable study sites will be selected and a series of field sampling campaigns will be carried out which will generate a database of information that will enable evaluation of the tools and indicators by means of appropriate predictive models Work Package Interaction. Project Summary www.ecasa.org.uk Contact Details: Coordination Team [email protected] k [email protected] .uk [email protected] Introduction Project Objectives Work Packages Work Package 6: Dissemination. Interaction with industry and regulators will ensure the practical relevance of the work and that the user community achieves ownership of the project’s outputs. The “tool-pack” of indicators and models for effective environmental impact assessment and site selection will be demonstrated at an international conference and workshop in Spring 2008. For the first time this will bring together regulators and industry from across Europe to consider the best methods for ensuring the sustainable development of marine aquaculture.
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DUNSTAFFNAGE MARINE LABORATORY OBAN ARGYLLPA37 1QA SCOTLANDT: (+44) (0)1631 559000F: (+44) (0)1631 559001E: [email protected]: http://www.sams.ac.uk
Project Coordinators: Dr Kenny Black and Ms Averil Wilson, SAMS. Website: http:// www.ecasa.org.uk
ECASAAn Ecosystem Approach to Sustainable
Aquaculture
AN EU FRAMEWORK 6 RTD PROJECT
ECASA is a Framework 6 RTD project with 16 research partners from 13 member states. It is the successor to several 4th and 5th Framework Programme projects which have helped to push forward our understanding of the effects of aquaculture on the environment, especially in the Mediterranean.
Within Europe marine aquaculture brings societal benefits to coastal communities where traditional employment opportunities are declining. This expanding industry can cause changes in the marine ecosystem; these interactions can be minimised by effective site selection and matching the scale of aquaculture to the assimilative capacity of the ecosystem.Regulators and industry stakeholders are aiming towards sustainable development, requiring tested tools and methods for predicting ecosystem effects in an environment forced by economic and climatic variability.
Salmon farm, Loch Creran, Argyll, Scotland.
Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK Dr Kenny Black [email protected]
University of Portsmouth, UK Dr David Whitmarsh [email protected]
Napier University, UK Prof Paul Tett [email protected]
National Institute of Biology, Slovenia. Dr Alenka Malej [email protected]
Leibniz-Institute of Marine Science, Kiel University, Germany
Dr Helmut Thetmeyer [email protected]
Akvaplan Niva, Norway Dr Reinhold Fieler [email protected]
University of Haifa, Israel Dr Dror Angel [email protected]
University of Crete, Greece Dr Yannis Karakassis [email protected]
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK Dr Tony Hawkins [email protected]
Institute of Marine Research, Portugal Dr Joao Ferreira [email protected]
Central Institute for Marine Research, Italy Dr Salvatore Porello [email protected]
Institut Francais de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer Dr Alain Bodoy [email protected]
Instituto Tecnologico Pesquero y Alimentario, Spain Dr Angel Borja [email protected]
University of Venice, Italy Dr Roberto Pastres [email protected]
Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia Prof Tarzan Legovic [email protected]
University of Goteborg, Sweden Dr Anders Stigebrandt [email protected]
ECASA Partners
The ecosystem approach to the aquaculture sector will be addressed by:
1. Identifying quantitative indicators of the effects of aquaculture on ecosystems
through a process of expert working groups, workshops and meetings.
2. Identifying indicators of the main drivers of ecosystem change affecting aquaculture.
3. Assessing both sets of indicators using existing datasets considering appropriate
selection criteria.
4. Developing a range of tools, particularly models, that encapsulate best process
understanding.
5. Testing these models and indicators in a variety of field locations across Europe
(~10) covering a wide spectrum of environment types and culture species.
6. Using this data to test and select the final “tool-pack” of models and indicators,
including appropriate decision support tools to guide users to effective implementation.
To identify quantitative and qualitative indicators of the effects of aquaculture on the environment and vice-versa, and to assess their applicability.
To develop operational tools, including models, to establish and describe the relationship between environmental conditions and aquaculture activities over a range of ecosystems and aquaculture production systems. To develop effective environmental impact assessment and site selection methods for coastal area management. These objectives will be achieved through integrated work packages ensuring a consistency of approach and compatibility of deliverables.
ECASA is a pan European project involving 16 partners from 13 member states, with 50 scientists currently working on various aspects of the project. Delegates pictured above at the first ECASA meeting held at SAMS, Oban, Scotland in December 2004.
Work Package 2: Identify and quantify the most relevant indicators of the interactions of aquaculture on ecosystems, including indicators of socio-economic Impacts of aquaculture and assess the interactions between aquaculture and other major users of the coastal zone.
Work Package 3: Identify and quantify the main driving forces of ecosystem changes influencing the aquaculture sector, by assessing the role and importance of thedifferent forcing factors and environmental variations affecting water quality, anddevelop appropriate environmental indicators to monitor the impact of anthropogenic factors on aquaculture.
Work Package 4: Assess the applicability of selected indicators from WP2 and 3 and develop operational tools, especially models, to establish the functional relationship between the environment and aquaculture activities and the chosen indicators. The model set will include stand-alone tools, existing models and
hybridisationsof existing models.
Work Package 5: Test and validate the tools from WP4 in order to include themin a methodology for Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and effective site selection. Suitable study sites will be selected and a series of field sampling campaigns will becarried out which will generate a database of information that will enable evaluationof the tools and indicators by means of appropriate predictive models
Work Package Interaction.
Project Summary
www.ecasa.org.uk
Contact Details:
Coordination Team
Introduction Project Objectives
Work Packages
Work Package 6: Dissemination. Interaction with industry and regulators willensure the practical relevance of the work and that the user community achievesownership of the project’s outputs. The “tool-pack” of indicators and models for effective environmental impact assessment and site selection will be demonstrated at an international conference and workshop in Spring 2008. For the first time this willbring together regulators and industry from across Europe to consider the best methodsfor ensuring the sustainable development of marine aquaculture.
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