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RTD projects in the field of aquaculture and coastal zone management. Beside this,
University is co-founder (67% ownership) of the Research and Development Center
for Mariculture in Ston, famous for ancient shellfish culture activity. The University is
also owner (100%) of „Dalmacijabilje maricultura” limited company producing fish and
shellfish in own farms. Through this established system, University cooperates with
all levels of aquaculture, through fundamental research, education, RTD and
business, in Croatia and abroad.
The Research and Development Centre for Mariculture (RICM) is an integral part of
the University and deals with following projects:
• TAL-2 and STP – development and work on the project “MARIBIC – Business
and Innovation Centre for Mariculture”. The final draft of the Business Plan for
MARIBIC came as a result of work during 2003, with participation of its
Director and selected consultants. A considerable part of the grant was spent
on participation in the project (meetings in Zagreb with PMU and the World
Bank) and on the Business Plan.
• Preparation of the initial strategy for business-incubation cooperation with
entrepreneurs in Croatian mariculture. RICM spread its basic work on
development and research to incubation and cooperation with entrepreneurs
in mariculture after the new Contract of cooperation in 2003. The classical
form of incubation was not possible due to the lack of production
infrastructure, but it was replaced, for a start, with cooperation with the shell
fish farmers from the bay of Mali Ston and fish farmers in Dalmatia.
• The project “Development of new products based on mussels from Ston and
new strategies for their marketing” was successfully completed with the funds
from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
• The project “Farming of different kinds of fish in the river Neretva delta”
RICM gets support for its work from the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport
through the Contract for cooperation and a single grant for the construction and
furbishing of the infrastructure.
Fruitful cooperation between RICM and the Dubrovnik-Neretva County and a number
of local municipalities in this field resulted in signing of a contract in 2003 for
financing of two projects by the County and Kula Norinska municipality. The project
“Mali Ston oyster public reserve” financed by the Dubrovnik-Neretva County includes
RICM, as well as the department of Aquaculture of the University of Dubrovnik and
the local fish-farmers.
Industry/Sector (technology area): Maritime, Hatchery technology
International activities: Cooperation with several international partners, e.g.
Hellenic Marine Research Institute (Athens, Greece), INTECHMER, Cherbourg and
IFREMER (France), University of Trondheim (Trondheim, Norway)
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