EU funded project: Ecosystem Approach to Making Space for Aquaculture

Only a few countries such as Norway, management areas have been created in accordance with agreed strategies, management practices and codes of conduct to manage production in order to reduce and manage risks posed by disease and parasites, including cumulative environmental impacts and social conflict. Policy and management support - A web-based questionnaire survey solicited the perceptions of government institutions, the aquaculture industry and research institutions about current approaches to spatial planning for aquaculture in marine and freshwater environments in Europe and non-EU countries in the Mediterranean and Black Sea region. - Innovations generated within AquaSpace have a global reach and will help improve the environmental and social sustainability of aquaculture production, much of which is imported to the EU. [...]AquaSpace will not only provide innovations that allow the growth of the EU industry, it will also help to improve the social and environmental sustainability of imported aquaculture products.