FARNET
Fisheries Areas Network

Aquaculture

  • Promoting aquaculture products

    01/12/2021
    - Basic page
    Three Slovenian FLAGs are implementing a collaborative assessment of fisheries products to establish a quality system for fish products produced in Slovenia.
  • Decarbonising economic activities in Culatra Island

    15/11/2021
    - Good Practice Short Story
    The Sotavento do Algarve FLAG supported investment to enable Culatra Island, Portugal’s most important location for aquaculture production, to transition to solar energy.
  • Preserving wild sea urchins through sustainable farming

    22/10/2021
    - Good Practice Short Story
    The Mondego Mar FLAG financed a project to bring some unused saltpans back into use to produce an aquaculture product which is highly coveted by restaurateurs: the sea urchin, also known as ‘Portuguese caviar’.
  • Blockchain improves traceability for small-scale fishers

    04/10/2021
    - Basic page
    This cooperation project aimed to apply a technology based on the “blockchain” principle to fisheries. By using this trustworthy shared recording system, the three FLAGs implemented a traceability system which provides complete and accurate information to consumers of artisanal fishing products.
  • Blockchain improves traceability for small-scale fishers

    28/09/2021
    - Good Practice Project
    Bei dem hier beschriebenen fischwirtschaftlichen Kooperationsprojekt sollte eine auf das Blockchain-Prinzip gestützte Technologie zur Anwendung gebracht werden. Dazu errichteten drei FLAG ein solides Erfassungs- und Rückverfolgungssystem, das vollständige und zutreffende Verbraucherinformationen über Produkte aus handwerklicher Fischerei bereitstellt.
  • Indoor aquaponics farm development

    28/09/2021
    - Good Practice Short Story
    A Finnish FLAG supported a research project to create a business model based on indoor aquaponic farming. This innovative concept reduces water use by 85% and produces both fish and vegetables with near zero-waste discharge.
  • Turning shellfish by-products into energy

    26/07/2021
    - Good Practice Project
    Shellfish farming is an important economic activity on the Atlantic French coast. But it also generates undersized mussels as by-products which are usually thrown away. This project focuses on exploiting their potential by generating methane to produce energy.
  • Making oyster farming energy self-sufficient

    29/06/2021
    - Good Practice Project
    Unter der Federführung der Schiffswerft Chantier Bretagne Sud wurde ein Projekt durchgeführt, mit dem bretonische Austernfarmen bei ihrem Übergang zu erneuerbaren Energieformen unterstützt wurden. Dazu wurden ihre Bedürfnisse analysiert und geeignete Technologien bereitgestellt.
  • Better salinity and temperature data to improve flat oyster spat collection

    10/05/2021
    - Good Practice Project
    Eine Hochfrequenzboje soll den Austernfischern der südlichen Bretagne neue Erkenntnisse über das Bodenleben der Europäischen Auster geben, die in der regionalen Wirtschaft eine wichtige Rolle spielt.
  • Reducing waste linked to processing shellfish

    30/03/2021
    - Good Practice Short Story
    An Irish FLAG has supported a local, family aquaculture business that farms Gigas oysters to improve processing methods, reduce energy consumption and cut waste.