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Protecting Pristine Paradise Palau: Technical deliberations tackle regulations on aquatic biosecurity and biofouling management

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National Consultation on Biosecurity Regulations for Aquatic Animals in Support of the Biosecurity Act of 2014, 28 March 2017, Koror, Palau

Some thirty participants representing the government (Bureau of Justice: Office of the Attorney General and Division of Fish and Wildlife Protection) Bureau of Agriculture (BOA including the Division of Biosecurity), Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Environmental Quality Protection Board, Ngatpang State; the private sector (BIOTA, Inc., Coral Reef Research Foundation, Palau Aquaculture Cooperative Association, Palau Conservation Society, Environment, Inc.); and the academe (Palau Community College) met on 28 March during a national consultation held at the Palasia Hotel. The participants deliberated on the draft regulations on aquatic biosecurity and biofouling management, actions that are intended to protect Palau's young and growing aquaculture sector, as well as its exquisite coral reefs and lagoons.

Aquaculture is an important source of biological invasions, either because the organisms being raised are aquatic invasive species or because of the presence of hitchhikers in imported shipments. Aquaculture organisms can also carry diseases which can impact the aquaculture industry and may spread to native species. In order to reduce pressures on wild marine fish and other marine organisms of economic importance, the national government has decided to increase aquaculture efforts in both marine and freshwater. While efforts have focused on breeding native fish and shellfish such as groupers, clams and mangrove crabs, there is also pressure to import exotic species, such as tilapia and whiteleg shrimp.

Shipping is also a major concern, as it is has caused the global spread of many marine organisms. All groups of marine organisms may be transported through ballast water, while encrusting organisms (e.g. macro-algae, bivalve mollusks, barnacles, bryozoans, sponges and tunicates), can be carried on ships' hulls. Both may result in the introduction and spread of hard-to-eradicate species that prey on or outcompete native species and foul ports, coasts and aquaculture facilities. These invasive species are a serious threat to the pristine marine waters of Palau. In particular, recreational yachts pose a very high risk for hull-fouling organisms, as they are slow moving and may lack the incentives to keep their hulls immaculate.

With the support of the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) through TCP/PLW/3601/C1: Strengthening Biosecurity Capacity of Palau, the BOA and other partners in the marine and aquaculture sectors have been working with a team of experts on aquatic animal health, hull fouling, and database development to support the recently approved Biosecurity Act of 2014 that will protect Palau's aquaculture producers from diseases and other threats to their farms.

In opening the national consultation, the Honorable Umiich Sengebau, Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism, thanked FAO and the participants for supporting this important effort by the BOA to protect Palau's aquaculture industry and our pristine marine environment. "These protections should be adopted and implemented as quickly as possible, and I ask that all here today work together toward this end."

There was strong consensus from the participants of the national consultation to support the implementation of the Biosecurity Act of 2014, finalize the draft regulations and submit a position paper that will enable Palau's President and Cabinet to make informed decisions to support Pristine Paradise Palau through a culture of protection and conservation.

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New publication online: Handbook for fisheries socio-economic sample survey - principles and practice

Click to enlargeSocio-economic data are a key component of the scientific advice required for the participatory management of fisheries, yet in many countries these data are limited, usually because of a lack of technical capacity for their collection. The aim of this handbook is to act as a practical guide for addressing the limited availability of socio-economic data as well as a general lack of capacity for socio-economic data collection. Specifically, it addresses survey design, data processing, and the analysis and dissemination of this data. The handbook has been written for those planning surveys and coordinating and supervising all the phases of the survey data collection process, from the sampling design to the final estimates, including the organization of the fieldwork.

The handbook consists of three sections. In the first it introduces the basic theory and background required for understanding the socio-economic survey methodologies. The second section moves from sampling design; fleet segmentation; questionnaire design; and training data collectors, to data quality checks and treatment for making estimations. The final section covers the steps required to move from data collection into the calculation of statistics. Indicators, and the methodology used for their calculation, are presented and this is followed by an in-depth and practical example of how the data can be presented and utilized for policy-level decisions.

 


Citation: Pinello, D., Gee, J. & Dimech, M. 2017. Handbook for fisheries socio-economic sample survey – principles and practice. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 613. Rome, FAO.

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New publication online: Aquaculture zoning, site selection and area management under the ecosystem approach to aquaculture

Click to enlargeThe ecosystem approach to aquaculture provides the conceptual guideline for spatial planning and management. This publication describes the major steps related to these activities. The rationale for and objectives of each step, the ways (methodologies) to implement it, and the means (tools) that are available to enable a methodology are described in a stepwise fashion. Recommendations to practitioners and policy-makers are provided. A separate policy brief accompanies this paper. The benefits from spatial planning and management are numerous and include higher productivity and returns for investors, and more effective mitigation of environmental, economic and social risks, the details of which are provided in this paper.

This publication is organized in two parts. Part one is the "Guidance"; it is the main body of the document and describes the processes and steps for spatial planning, including aquaculture zoning, site selection and area management. Part two of the publication includes six annexes that present key topics, including: (i) binding and non-legally binding international instruments, which set the context for sustainable national aquaculture; (ii) biosecurity zoning; (iii) aquaculture certification and zonal management; (iv) an overview of key tools and models that can be used to facilitate and inform the spatial planning process; (v) case studies from ten countries – Brazil, Chile, China, Indonesia, Mexico, Oman, the Philippines, Turkey, Uganda and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; and (vi) a workshop report. The country case studies illustrate key aspects of the implementation of spatial planning and management at the national level, but mostly within local contexts. Take-home messages include the ways in which institutional, legal and policy issues are addressed to implement the process, or parts of the process.

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FAO Expert Workshop to Develop a Compliance Manual Series to Support Small-Scale Aquaculture Certification, 3-5 March 2017, Manila, Philippines

Aquaculture is an industry still dominated by small-scale farmers. Although nearly 70 percent of the global aquaculture production originates from small-scale farming sector, almost no small-scale farmers or farming systems are currently certified. Certification of small-scale aquaculture has been an issue, mainly due to the unbearable cost of certification as well as difficulties in complying to the required certification standards. Many small-scale farmers find themselves difficult to comply with the standards set by the certifiers, mainly due to lack of finance, technical knowledge and organizational capacity. In some cases, it is also evident that necessary state support, including appropriate national policy and legal environment, does not exist in some countries. Therefore, improving the knowledge of small-scale aquafarmers on how to comply with certification standards, as well as to identify national policy and regulatory gaps supporting small-scale aquaculture certification, is becoming necessary.

The FAO Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification, developed after a transparent and exhaustive consultative process, was approved by FAO Committee on Fisheries in 2011. The guidelines provide guidance for the development, organization and implementation of credible aquaculture schemes. A range of issues considered in the guidelines include the following: (1) animal health and welfare; (2) food safety; (3) environmental integrity; and (4) socio-economic aspects. Since its approval and adoption by FAO members, established third-party aquaculture certification schemes claimed that their schemes are in compliance with FAO guidelines. Several national aquaculture certification schemes which came to effect recently also endorsed FAO guidelines as the basis for developing theirs schemes. The FAO member states subsequently requested FAO to develop evaluation framework for assessing conformity of certification schemes with the FAO Guideline. Based on the those efforts, multi-stakeholder initiative "Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI)" has developed the Global Benchmarking Tool to measure the performance of certification schemes in order to facilitate their implementation and the use.

Assistance to small-scale aquaculture and to developing countries is one of the fundamental principles of these technical guidelines on aquaculture certification. Thus special and preferential assistance to the small-scale farming sector and to developing countries is given in the implementation of aquaculture certification.

In this context, small-scale aquaculture is defined as aquaculture farms with small production volume, and/or relatively small-scale surface area, mainly without permanent labour, and typically lacking technical and financial capacity to support individual certification.

A small group of experts on small-scale aquaculture, aquaculture certification and aquatic animal health are currently discussing a format and framework to develop a compliance manual series to advice small-scale aquaculture farmers, how to comply with the FAO technical guidelines on aquaculture certification.

Mr Jose Luis Fernandez, FAO Representative to the Philippines, welcomed the experts and emphasized the importance of certification to access markets. Small-scale farmers continuously face challenges including low production volume, higher production cost, lack of financial support, and limited control of sales of products. So how can we assist small-scale producers to comply with aquaculture certification? Cluster certification may be a way forward for small-scale producers.

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“REVEALING ALGAE BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIALS TO CONTRIBUTE  TO SUSTAINABLE BLUE GROWTH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN”

“REVEALING ALGAE BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIALS TO CONTRIBUTE TO SUSTAINABLE BLUE GROWTH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN”

COURSES and VIDEOS


9h30 - 9h45 Welcoming and Opening

Pr. Hechmi Missaoui, General Director of INSTM

Pr. Elizabeth Cottier-Cook , Programme Leader of GSSTAR

Dr. Celine Rebours, President of ISAP


Session Chair Pr. Saloua Sadok

09h45 - 10h30 Microalgae exploited species (Pr. Hatem Ben Ouada)

10h30 - 11h15 Active molecules from microalgae: structure and function (Pr. Hatem Ben Ouada) [lecture1]

11h15 - 11h30 Coffee break

11h30 - 11-45 Video 1 : Cultivation of spirulina in Tunisia from the lab to the marketing. [video1]

11h45 - 12h30 Seaweed cultivation (Dr. Fethi Mensi) [lecture2]

12h30 - 13h30 Lunch Time

Session Chair: Dr. Leila Ktari

13h30 - 14h00 Seaweed uses in Pharmaceuticals, Nutraceuticals and Cosmetics (Dr. Leila Ktari) [lecture3]

14h00 - 14h30 Seaweed uses for Bioproducts and Bioenergy (Dr. Leila Chebil Ajjabi) [LECTURE4]

14h30 - 14-45 Video 2 : Revealing Seaweed Potential for Tunisian Blue Economy. [video2]

15h00 - 15h15 Coffee break

15h15 - 15h45 Seaweed uses for Phycoclloids production (Dr. Rafik Ben Said) [Lecture5]

15h45 -16h15 Seaweed associated bacteria and potential exploitation (Dr. Monia El Bour) [Lecture6]

16h30-16h45 Final discussion and questions from audience, closing
Author: Saloua Sadok
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Quatrième atelier de recherche-industrie: Planification des travaux sur l’Enrichissement des microalgues en oligoéléments

Quatrième atelier de recherche-industrie: Planification des travaux sur l’Enrichissement des microalgues en oligoéléments

21-24 Décembre 2021

Author: Saloua Sadok
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REVEALING ALGAE BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIALS TO CONTRIBUTE TO SUSTAINABLE BLUE GROWTH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

REVEALING ALGAE BIOTECHNOLOGICAL POTENTIALS TO CONTRIBUTE TO SUSTAINABLE BLUE GROWTH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

webinaire en phycologie appliquée du 28 septembre 2021

The National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies (INSTM) organizes, in association with the Tunisian Assocaition for Scientific Information (ATIS) and funded by Global seaweed STAR (GSSTAR) and the international Society of applied Phycology (ISAP), a one-day online training course on September 28, entitled: “Revealing Algae Biotechnological Potentials to Contribute to Sustainable Blue Growth in Mediterranean ".
For registration, visit this link : https://forms.gle/5U8hQyJtJhPBvjLb9
Author: Saloua Sadok
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 Deuxième Atelier de travail : Microalgues : vers l’application du savoir

Deuxième Atelier de travail : Microalgues : vers l’application du savoir

28-29 OCTOBRE 2019 BNI MTIR

Author: Saloua Sadok
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Concours de «l’Innovation Agricole» 2017

Concours de «l’Innovation Agricole» 2017

 L’Institution de la Recherche et de l’Enseignement Supérieur Agricoles (IRESA) et l’Union Tunisienne de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche (UTAP), en collaboration avec l’agence nationale de la promotion de la recherche organisent, à la marge de la 13ème édition du Salon International de l’Agriculture du machinisme agricole et de la pêche un concours de l’innovation agricole en sa première édition. La date limite de soumission est fixée pour le 15 septembre 2017. (Voir l’annonce : lien)

Télécharger l'annonce UTAP FR  (PDF)

Télécharger la fiche de projet finale 2016 (PDF)

Télécharger les critères de sélection finaux 2016 (PDF)

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FAO Expert Workshop to Develop a Compliance Manual Series to Support Small-Scale Aquaculture Certification, 3-5 March 2017, Manila, Philippines

Aquaculture is an industry still dominated by small-scale farmers. Although nearly 70 percent of the global aquaculture production originates from small-scale farming sector, almost no small-scale farmers or farming systems are currently certified. Certification of small-scale aquaculture has been an issue, mainly due to the unbearable cost of certification as well as difficulties in complying to the required certification standards. Many small-scale farmers find themselves difficult to comply with the standards set by the certifiers, mainly due to lack of finance, technical knowledge and organizational capacity. In some cases, it is also evident that necessary state support, including appropriate national policy and legal environment, does not exist in some countries. Therefore, improving the knowledge of small-scale aquafarmers on how to comply with certification standards, as well as to identify national policy and regulatory gaps supporting small-scale aquaculture certification, is becoming necessary.

The FAO Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification, developed after a transparent and exhaustive consultative process, was approved by FAO Committee on Fisheries in 2011. The guidelines provide guidance for the development, organization and implementation of credible aquaculture schemes. A range of issues considered in the guidelines include the following: (1) animal health and welfare; (2) food safety; (3) environmental integrity; and (4) socio-economic aspects. Since its approval and adoption by FAO members, established third-party aquaculture certification schemes claimed that their schemes are in compliance with FAO guidelines. Several national aquaculture certification schemes which came to effect recently also endorsed FAO guidelines as the basis for developing theirs schemes. The FAO member states subsequently requested FAO to develop evaluation framework for assessing conformity of certification schemes with the FAO Guideline. Based on the those efforts, multi-stakeholder initiative "Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI)" has developed the Global Benchmarking Tool to measure the performance of certification schemes in order to facilitate their implementation and the use.

Assistance to small-scale aquaculture and to developing countries is one of the fundamental principles of these technical guidelines on aquaculture certification. Thus special and preferential assistance to the small-scale farming sector and to developing countries is given in the implementation of aquaculture certification.

In this context, small-scale aquaculture is defined as aquaculture farms with small production volume, and/or relatively small-scale surface area, mainly without permanent labour, and typically lacking technical and financial capacity to support individual certification.

A small group of experts on small-scale aquaculture, aquaculture certification and aquatic animal health are currently discussing a format and framework to develop a compliance manual series to advice small-scale aquaculture farmers, how to comply with the FAO technical guidelines on aquaculture certification.

Mr Jose Luis Fernandez, FAO Representative to the Philippines, welcomed the experts and emphasized the importance of certification to access markets. Small-scale farmers continuously face challenges including low production volume, higher production cost, lack of financial support, and limited control of sales of products. So how can we assist small-scale producers to comply with aquaculture certification? Cluster certification may be a way forward for small-scale producers.

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New publication online: Aquaculture zoning, site selection and area management under the ecosystem approach to aquaculture

Click to enlargeThe ecosystem approach to aquaculture provides the conceptual guideline for spatial planning and management. This publication describes the major steps related to these activities. The rationale for and objectives of each step, the ways (methodologies) to implement it, and the means (tools) that are available to enable a methodology are described in a stepwise fashion. Recommendations to practitioners and policy-makers are provided. A separate policy brief accompanies this paper. The benefits from spatial planning and management are numerous and include higher productivity and returns for investors, and more effective mitigation of environmental, economic and social risks, the details of which are provided in this paper.

This publication is organized in two parts. Part one is the "Guidance"; it is the main body of the document and describes the processes and steps for spatial planning, including aquaculture zoning, site selection and area management. Part two of the publication includes six annexes that present key topics, including: (i) binding and non-legally binding international instruments, which set the context for sustainable national aquaculture; (ii) biosecurity zoning; (iii) aquaculture certification and zonal management; (iv) an overview of key tools and models that can be used to facilitate and inform the spatial planning process; (v) case studies from ten countries – Brazil, Chile, China, Indonesia, Mexico, Oman, the Philippines, Turkey, Uganda and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; and (vi) a workshop report. The country case studies illustrate key aspects of the implementation of spatial planning and management at the national level, but mostly within local contexts. Take-home messages include the ways in which institutional, legal and policy issues are addressed to implement the process, or parts of the process.

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