Guidelines

This factsheet provides data and information to facilitate the assessment of aquaculture growth potential in Developed Regions, which, according to the original 1996 definition under the United Nations M49 standard, include Europe, Northern America...

This factsheet provides data and information to facilitate the assessment of aquaculture growth potential in Europe.  Analyses in the factsheet are based on official data and statistics published by FAO and other international or national...

The purpose of this guide is to provide technicians and managers of aquaculture facilities with the necessary tools to maximise their energy efficiency and performance, allowing them to evaluate by themselves the state of their current facilities, as...

This document provides guidelines for entrepreneurs in the Aquaculture sector in Greece, Romania, Turkey, and Ukraine. It considers the institutional and legal framework, aquaculture business development procedures, and the financial instruments for...

European sea bass and gilthead sea bream are the main fish species farmed in the Mediterranean region. They are produced in land-based extensive and intensive grow-out systems and sea cages. Millions of fingerlings are produced and traded in the...

Common carp is the third most cultivated freshwater species in the world. Carp aquaculture is usually performed in a semi-intensive manner, in earthen ponds, where parasitic diseases can easily compromise fish health, especially in the hot summer...

Intensive culture of turbot, Scophthalmus maximus, is a successful and well consolidated industry in Western Europe and, more recently, in Chile and China. Modern turbot aquaculture is usually carried out in flow-through, land-based facilities with a...

Farming of salmonids is expanding on all continents but various parasitic diseases may compromise fish welfare, production and economy if left uncontrolled. Developed under the EU Horizon 2020-funded ParaFishControl project, this guide provides...

These guidelines on water quality and handling target aquaculture operators and the relevant competent authorities. They include factors and parameters that are common across species. Each consists of a section with related provisions from the...

In 2009, the Commission published A new impetus for the Strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture as a follow up to the EU aquaculture strategy of 2002. The Commission concluded that EU aquaculture had not grown since 2002, and...

This document aims to provide guidance and a global framework for the design, verification and scaling up of Nature-based Solutions. The Standard lists and describes globally consistent Criteria and Indicators, which are supported by the Principles...

In this guide, some of the main parasites causing diseases in ESB and GSB are illustrated in a concise and schematic way. This will enable fish farmers to find updated information on the biological cycle and routes of transmission, disease clinical...

The ParaFishControl project has provided a strong basis for future success of European aquaculture by investigating and developing new diagnostic and control systems for parasitic infections. In this guide, fish farmers can find background...

In this manual, fish farmers can find background information on some of the main parasitic diseases jeopardizing farming of salmonids in European countries. Here the farmer can find valuable information on symptoms, identification of the pathogen...

The guideline aims at creating a unique and complete document, starting from the selection of the species, the identification of the territory, the explanation of the bureaucratic process to obtain the license in order to increase the international...

The main aim of this document is to compile an operational guide for workers and those involved in mariculture, so that they can carry out tasks in line with current scientific knowledge on the welfare of farmed fish and well-established farming...

The aim of this document is to offer guidance which would facilitate the knowledge and implementation of EU legislation underpinning Natura 2000 in relation to aquaculture activities. The guidelines mainly focus on the implementation of the...

As an output of the EXTRA-SMEs project, this document includes an analysis report on new opportunities and areas for expansion in new products and processes for SMEs active in the aquaculture sector in the project’s regions and their potential to...

FLAGs can play an important role in helping their communities transition away from the linear economic model of “take, make and dispose” and towards more sustainable practices that minimise waste and ease pressure on our natural resources. The...

Due to the recent rapid development of freshwater aquaculture in the Caucasus Region, many new and previously known fish diseases have appeared. One of the most prominent features of the region’s aquaculture is that it is mostly based on the rearing...