Workshop on Advancing the Aquaculture Agenda

Los pasados 15 y 16 de abril se celebró en París Workshop on Advancing the Aquaculture Agenda

Este taller sirvió de plataforma para los responsables políticos, expertos técnicos, las organizaciones internacionales, el sector privado y organizaciones no gubernamentales para examinar los retos políticos que los gobiernos de la OCDE se enfrentan en el desarrollo de la acuicultura. También informó a los participantes sobre aspectos críticos económicos, ambientales y sociales del sector de la acuicultura y el análisis de las interacciones con otros sectores.

Workshop agenda: English | Français

The workshop was organized in four sessions:

Session 1 - Overview of the latest developments in aquaculture provided participants with a snapshot of the latest ‘state of the art’ in aquaculture. The session explained the contribution of aquaculture to world fisheries supplies and food security, highlight technical developments and address industry trends (consumption, processing, marketing).

• Climate change, food security, food security & aquaculture: Policy implications for ensuring the continued green growth & sustainable development of a much needed food sector

Albert Tacon

 

Session 2 - Best practices in aquaculture management and development identified, on the basis of specific country case studies and the inventory of  conditions in OECD member countries on aquaculture production, best practices around three specific topics which subsequently can provide input into domestic policy formulation. The three key topics were (i) governance, (ii) dealing with the environmental externalities caused by aquaculture and (iii) dealing with externalities that impact on aquaculture production. All three topics addressed economic, environmental and social interactions within and beyond the aquaculture sector.

• An approach to assuring sustainable aquaculture and its position with the consumer

Alistair Lane

• Norwegian Aquaculture Zoning Policy and the Competition for Marine Space in Aquaculture

Yngve Torgersen

• National policies, strategies and plans for sustainable aquaculture

Panel

• Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA): a responsible practice providing diversified seafood products while rendering biomitigative services

Thierry Chopin

• Dealing with escapement issues

Arne Fredheim

• Practices in managing finfish aquaculture using RAS technologies, the Dutch example

Oliver Schneider

• Managing Incidental and Agricultural runoffs in Coastal Areas

Robert Diaz

• Stimuler le développement durable de l’aquaculture au Canada : Initiative nationale pour des plans d’action stratégiques en aquaculture (INPASA)

Eric Gilbert

• How policy coherence may be addressed across policy domains
  Ireland’s Approach in Aquaculture

Donal Maguire

 

Session 3 - Enhancing economic conditions for aquaculture analyzed factors that affect the business environment for aquaculture production. It looked into areas of action for the different players involved in the aquaculture sector: (i) public authorities and (ii) the private sector. In addition, it considered (iii) cross-cutting issues with an international dimension.

• The role of science in aquaculture

Maurice Héral

• Animal Welfare and Food Safety in Farmed Fish

Oriol Ribo

• Advancing the aquaculture agenda An industry perspective on enhancing economic conditions

Courtney Hough

• Consumers’ perception of aquaculture products

Marie-Christine Monfort

• Findings from a recent study on perception of aquaculture products in France

Marion Fischer

• Managing Risk and Uncertainty

Tom Rutter

• Linkage betwenn farmed fish and wild fish

Jonathan Shepherd

• Knowledge sharing in aquaculture: towards sustainability through effective communication

Sena de Silva

• Barriers to Aquaculture Development as a Pathway to Poverty Alleviation and Food Security

Malcolm Beveridge

• Do we need to differentiate farmed and captured species in trade?

Christina Schroeder

• Trade Issues in Aquaculture: The Role of Standards & Certification

Wally Stevens

 

Session 4 – Lessons for policy makers: What future for aquaculture? drew from the discussions and the identification of best practices. The session addressed the question of how to develop national and international policy strategies for aquaculture development and identified specific potential areas of work for the OECD COFI.

• Aquaculture and food security, climate change and green growth

Philippe Ferlin

DRAFT REPORT
on a new impetus for the strategy for the sustainable development of European aquaculture. Descargar PDF

DRAFT REPORT
on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 concerning the use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture. Descargar PDF