Project
GAIN - Green Aquaculture Intensification in Europe
There are several reasons why aquaculture in Europe is only growing slowly. One reason is the low economic efficiency of several production system and an eco-intensification could improve it.
Background and Objective
GAIN (Green Aquaculture Intensification in Europe) aspires to facilitate the paradigm-shift of ecointensification in European aquaculture to meet the required annual growth in aquatic product volume (4.5%), by developing and validating innovative production tools and knowledge at end-user level, and consequently to market, while meeting environmental impact/climate-change related goals, and simultaneously increasing health and welfare for both farmed animals and consumers.
We will achieve this by focusing on
- (i) the primary sector of aquaculture production, through improved feed design, and use of sensors and Big Data for precision aquaculture;
- (ii) the secondary sector of production, through innovative approaches to re-use and valorisation of by-products and side-streams; and
- (iii) analysis and proposals for policy improvements, to address the challenges of the circular economy.
We will evaluate the relative role of the various components, from the standpoints of economic impact, improved animal welfare, and environmental and social sustainability, in the eco-intensification of European aquaculture.
Target Group
Policy makers, Aquaculture Sector, Associations, Scientific Community and Public
Thünen-Contact
Involved Thünen-Partners
Involved external Thünen-Partners
- Alfred Wegener Institut (AWI) - Helmholtz -Zentrum für Polar und Meeresforschung
(Bremerhaven, List (Sylt), Deutschland) -
University of Stirling
(Stirling, Großbritannien (inkl. Nordirland)) - Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
(Wageningen, Niederlande) - Dalhousie University
(Halifax, Nova Scotia, Kanada) - Longline Environment Ltd. (LLE)
(London, Großbritannien (inkl. Nordirland)) - Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)
(Belfast, Nordirland, Großbritannien (inkl. Nordirland)) -
ZACHODNIOPOMORSKI UNIWERSYTET TECHNOLOGICZNY W SZCZECINIE (ZUT)
(Szczecinie, Polen)
Funding Body
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European Union (EU)
(international, öffentlich)
Duration
5.2018 - 10.2021
More Information
Funding program: EU – Horizon 2020 – Societal Challenge "Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy"
Project status:
finished
Publications
- 0
Kreiß C, Edebohls I, Brüning S, Döring R (2023) Green Aquaculture INtensification in Europe (GAIN). Bremerhaven: Thünen Institute of Sea Fisheries, 2 p, Project Brief Thünen Inst 2023/21a, DOI:10.3220/PB1678715731000
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Kreiß C, Edebohls I, Brüning S, Döring R (2023) Ökologische Intensivierung der Aquakultur in Europa (GAIN). Bremerhaven: Thünen-Institut für Seefischerei, 2 p, Project Brief Thünen Inst 2023/21, DOI:10.3220/PB1678715269000
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Project Brief: GAIN Cornelia Kreiss, Imke Edebohls, Simone Brüning, Ralf Döring (Project Brief 2023/21a): Green Aquaculture INtensification in Europe (GAIN)
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