Download Acronym: CAPS2 Title: Strengthening of Centres for Aquaculture

Acronym:
Title:
CAPS2
Strengthening of Centres for Aquaculture production and Safety surveillance in Adriatic
Cross-border Countries
Call:
Ordinary projects 2nd call
Priority:
1
Measure:
1.1 Research and Innovation
Total budget:
€ 3.675.206,57
IPA contribution:
€ 296.491,05 (8,07%)
Start date:
10/2012 End date:
09/2015 Project email:
[email protected] Project website:
Description:
The fishery sector is one of the most important or even strategic areas for most of the
economies of Adriatic Cross-border Countries. The thousands kilometers of coasts
belonging to those Countries represent an incredible resource not only for the tourist
sector, but also for the production of high quality fishery and mollusc products. The
present project will continue and extend the actions successfully carried out in two
previous cross-border CARDS – Phare projects. The first project "SARA’" created an
Interregional Center for food safety and risk analysis involving, among others Italian
partners, the Istituto G. Caporale Teramo of Italy, Veterinary Services and Food Safety
Authority of Croatia and Veterinary Services of Rep. of Montenegro. The second project
"CAPS" established a Croatian Centre for Aquaculture Production and Safety, dedicated to
the diagnosis of microbiology problems and ichthyopathologies. Project promoted also the
development of several new diagnostic services for aquaculture farms through the
strengthening of the Croatian Veterinary Institute (CVI) diagnostic tools and implemented
a web GIS application for the surveillance of molluscs biological safety conditions. In
addition, the collection and analysis of data on shellfish bacteriological contamination
permitted to identify the main mollusc species contaminated and consequently to refine
the national surveillance plans on shellfish and molluscs production areas. The two
projects represent a possible model for transferring and distributing presence of
technology and knowledge in cross border Adriatic Countries. Following the results
obtained with the two previous projects, new risks linked to the contamination of shellfish
and aquaculture products need to be assessed. In particular, besides the microbiological
hazards, the presence of chemical compounds like heavy metals, benzopyrene and other
PAH and the risks to human health posed by the presence of bio-toxins are recently
emerging more and more. Thus, CAPS2 project aims to provide main specific technologies
and operational capabilities to a higher numbers of laboratories than the previous
partenariate, which will be adequately equipped and well acknowlegded for assuring a
better policy for the surveillance of fish and mollusc safety conditions. The alignment to
the EU sectorial legislation will be guarantee being a main target of the project as well as
the attention to adopt innovative tecnologies and validated methods i.e. biotoxins
contamination chemical detection. In addition, the implementation of a web GIS
application at single national level and at supranational level, for the surveillance of fish
and mollusc safety conditions in Adriatic Area could allow the collection and analysis of
data on shellfish bacteriological, chemical and toxicological contaminations. This permits to
cover a very wide range of identification of the existing main mollusc species
contaminated and consequently to refine the national surveillance plans on shellfish and
mollusc production areas. Consequently the project aims at involving not only national
laboratories but also competent authorithies in order to apply new knowledges to national
surveillance plans. The project will share knowledge and it will create networking by
involving, at national and supranational levels, stakeholders and target groups, such as
among others, Institutions, experts, professionals, farmers, production, commercial and
consumer associations. Rising competence levels and encouraging transfer of innovation
by the creation of networks, the project will facilitate development of the Adriatic area by
ameliorating consumers food safety policies, productivity and effectiveness of mollusc
Adriatic production: the project as trigger.
Lead partner:
Croatian Veterinary Institute, Regional Veterinary Institute Split Country:
CROATIA Phone:
00385 21370755 Beneficiary:
Food Safety and Veterinary Institute (FSVI) Country:
ALBANIA Phone:
Email:
[email protected] Total budget:
€ 1.300.337,07 Beneficiary:
Country:
Email:
Total budget:
€ 348.813,00 Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relation, Veterinary Office of Bosnia and
Herzegovina BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Phone:
Beneficiary:
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development Country:
CROATIA Phone:
Beneficiary:
Veterinary Administration of Montenegro Country:
MONTENEGRO Phone:
Beneficiary:
Veterinary Faculty Sarajevo - Department of Food Hygiene and Technology Country:
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA Phone:
Beneficiary:
Institute of marine biology Country:
MONTENEGRO Phone:
Beneficiary:
Email:
Email:
Email:
Email:
Total budget:
€ 134.163,00 Total budget:
€ 113.785,00 Total budget:
€ 123.944,40 Total budget:
€ 412.853,80 Total budget:
€ 154.860,10 Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Abruzzo and Molise Regions “G.
Caporale” (Istituto G. Caporale Teramo - ICT) Country:
ITALY Phone:
Results:
Email:
Email:
Total budget:
€ 1.086.450,20