Funding Year: 2008
Funding Scheme: Capacities: Research for SME’s
Project Duration: 24 months
Total Project Value: €1.25m
EU Grant-Aid: €972,498
Grant-Aid to Ireland: €110,000
Lead Partner: Aqua-gold Fisheries (GmbH) (Germany)
Irish Partner(s): Martin Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway
Website: SUDEVAB
Project Summary:
The core of the research work of SUDEVAB is aimed at solving the main technical problems encountered by abalone growers in Europe in the areas of; pathology, genetics, nutrition, and sustainable culture technology. However, for a sustainable abalone sector to develop, producers and regulators must also meet challenges inlegislation, hygiene, food safety and marketing. These issues are integrated within the research programme to maximise the impact of the project. For the long term benefit of the sector, the project will also establish an abalone producers’ organisation that will serve as a network, dissemination point and hub for future collaboration within the sector, allowing trans-national development and marketing support to continue beyondthe lifetime of the project.
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