Work package 7 (WP7) workshop, one part of the MareFrame project, will be held in Copenhagen on Wednesday October 5, 2016. This workshop will be held in connection with the ICES meeting on October 4, 2016, to be held at the same location. The objective of the WP7 is to compare and evaluate the developed
Our friends in the ClimeFish project opened a very nice home page today. This interesting project will investigate the effects of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture at European and regional scale among other things and Co-create a decision support framework to ensure sustainable fish production in Europe under climate change. The results from the MareFrame
Abstract Understanding the mechanisms responsible for stability and persistence of ecosystems is one of the greatest challenges in ecology. Robert May showed that, contrary to intuition, complex randomly built ecosystems are less likely to be stable than simpler ones. Few attempts have been tried to test May's prediction empirically, and we still ignore what is
A dietary study was conducted to investigate the effect of partly substituted levels of fish meal with plant proteins in feed for juvenile (140- 500 g) turbot (Scophthalmus maximus Rafinesque) on growth performance. The results can be found in the article, "Effect of Fish Protein Replacement in Diets for Juvenile Turbot" in the Turkish Journal
We would like to inform you that the public consultation on Horizon 2020 ‘Food Security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy’ Work Programme 2018-2020 is open from 06 June until 28 August: http://ec.europa.eu/research/consultations/sc2-wp2018-2020/consultation_en.htm The purpose of the present open public online consultation is to collect views and
Invitation to the first Blue Economy Business and Science Forum – Hamburg Summit on the 12th & 13th September, 2016. Where leaders and professionals who are passionate about the Blue Economy will examine opportunities and barriers to innovation while celebrating scientific and industrial achievements. Enjoy two full days of inspiring talks and discussions at the International Maritime
Young Scientist Competition 2016 now open for applications! The young scientist competition of the year is an initiative of the FP7 projects: INNO INDIGO and INDIGO POLICY. It was initiated in 2014 with the aim of giving young researchers from India and Europe a suitable podium to promote their research projects and ideas for cooperation
Organised by the European Commission DG for Research and Innovation, the conference will help frame the food and nutrition security challenge in Europe and also in a global context. The conference includes a number of pre-event workshops, on the 12th, and the exhibition "Food village" that can be visited until 13 October 3:00 pm. The
European Commission, July 2016. Systematic, consistent and comprenhensive data collection is critical for robust scientific advice. The European Commission has adopted a new, simpler rules fro data collection in the fisheries sector for the period 2017-2020. As stated in the rationale: "Data collection is essential for the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), as
AquaTT News. The Atlas Project (A trans-Atlantic assessment and deep-sea ecosystem-based spatial management plan for Europe, H2020) kicked off on June 2016. This marks the beginning of an exciting series of expeditions involving at least 25 research cruises and hundreds of scientists from 10 European countries, the USA and Canada, working collaboratively to explore the