The economics of aquaculture with respect to fisheries

BACKGROUND

Aquaculture is increasingly called upon to play an important multifunctional role in providing sea food, relieving depleted waters, both sea and fresh, from supplying fishes, producing juveniles to fill exhausted overfished stocks, increasing coastal and rural incomes and employment. Implementing the "responsible fishery", advocated by FAO (1995), is a complex effort, which implies wide adjustments also from aquaculture, both on land and at sea (mariculture). Meanwhile, serious problems face aquacultural plants from many points of view, since negative externalities are generated (pollution, landscape impacts, etc.), transaction costs keep growing due to administrative restraints, food safety and traceability are required in full details, and so on. At the same time, new challanges to aquacultural produce come from its competition to sea analogues, production and degree of differentiation and from the threat of discrimination due to alleged contamination from feeds. A comprehensive review of the state of arts is therefore needed, both from central authorities, such as FAO, the EU Commission, National and Regional administrations, and from scientific organisations, such as learned societies, research institutions, Universities, Academies, and so on. A forum for research workers in technologies, biology, economics, policy making, is strongly advocated, in order to exchange experiences, methodologies, case study analysis and so on.

OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS

The main objective of the seminar is to bring together economists and other scientists involved in this productive activity in order, first, to be acquainted with their domains, on a wider scale with respect to previous experiences, and, second, to integrate their work, so as to generate a more comprehensive effort providing, not only a solid theoretical background to problems to be dealt with, but also effective optimisation from the managerial point of view, as well as appropriate solutions, balancing private and public goods.

One important focus of the seminar will be on the opportunities for and interactions between artificial fish rearing and restocking depleted natural populations at sea. Key questions are:

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what are the economic benefits?

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how can substitution be effective?-which are the trade-offs, or complementarities between aquaculture and fishery? Another focus will relate to aquacultural production and its externalities, both on land and at sea. Environmental considerations provide the necessary framework and relevant constraints. Key questions are:

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what is the role of environmental conditions on fish production?

-how to evaluate and internalise externalities, both at sea and on land?

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what is the impact of multifunctional activities?A further issue will relate to market problems, such as competition, food security, hygiene, traceability and so on. Key questions are:

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What degree of substitution is therein expenditure on proteins between fish, beef lamb, pork, dairy products and eggs?

-to what extent the reared fish substitutes for marine catches?

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what can be the contribution of reared havelings to marine supply of fishes?

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how effective are traceability procedures?Keynote speakers at the seminar will come from FAO- DG Fisheries, EU Commission-DG Fisheries, the Italian DG Fishery and Aquaculture (hosting), the EAAE Executive Committee, the European Aquacultural Society, distinguished scholars from America and Europe, to provide invited papers on their specific domains and leading the contributed papers.

 

LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION

The language to be used in the papers, presentations and during the seminar will be English. All communications will by E-mail. Summaries and papers should be sent as attachments to e-mail messages. If papers are accepted for printed Proceedings (funds permitting), they should be sent as camera-ready copy. All accepted papers will be made available on CD Rom to be distributed during the Seminar and will be posted on its web-site.

ORGANISATION

The seminar is limited to 50-60 participants providing papers, or contributing to the organisation as chairperson, rapporteur, etc. Priority is given to authors of accepted papers. The seminar is endorsed by the EAAE. The Organising Committee consists of: Prof. Lorenzo Venzi Chairman, University of Tuscia - Viterbo. Prof. Giovanna Trevisan, University of Venice -Ca' Foscari. Prof. Marco Saroglia, University of Insubria - Varese. The Scientific Committee consists of : Prof. Kenneth J. Thomson (Un of Aberdeen, UK), Dr. Bernardo Basurco (CIHEAM, Zaragoza, E), Prof. Zoltan Vargas (Un. of St. Istvan, Budapest, H), Prof.

G. Trevisan, Prof. L. Venzi

REGISTRATION AND FURTHER INFORMATION

Further information on the seminar, registration and accommodation alternativ es will be sent to those who have pre-registered. Please note that in order to provide an appropriate forum for interaction and discussion, only 60 people will be admitted. Authors of accepted papers are favoured. Address for registration, submission of papers and for further information:

Lorenzo Venzi University of Tuscia Via S. Giovanni Decollato, 1 01100 Viterbo, Italy Phone and fax: 0039 0761 357747 e-mail: lvenzi@unitus.it

95th EAAE Seminar “The Economics of Aquaculture with respect to fisheries” Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy 9-10 December 2005
 

REGISTRATION FORM

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Prof. Lorenzo Venzi Department of Ecology & Sustainable Economic Development, University of Tuscia Via S. Giovanni Decollato, 1 01100 – Viterbo (Italy) Tel/fax: 0039 0761 357747 e-mail: lvenzi@unitus.it

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