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RESEARCH PROJECTS Aquaculture and Fisheries 2 ATLANTIC AQUATIC RESOURCE CONSERVATION (AARC) Research Centre/Department/School: AFDC, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences Contact PI: Dr Phil McGinnity (p.mcginnity@ucc.ie); Prof. Tom Cross (t.cross@ucc.ie) Researchers: Dr Jamie Coughlan, Dr Jens Carlsson, Dr Eileen Dillane Start Year: 2010 – End Year: 2012 Funding Body: ERDF INTERREG 4 Atlantic Area Programme Funding: €255,429 Collaborating Partners: Ireland, UK, France, Spain and Portugal Web: http://afdc.ucc.ie Some of the most potentially productive Atlantic salmon rivers in Europe have been harnessed for hydro-electric power generation e.g. Shannon (Ireland), Conan (Scotland), Linares (Spain). In Ireland alone some 35% of the potential salmon producing habitat is impounded above hydroelectric dams. In compensation, hatchery mitigation programmes were established in most of these rivers, in order to compensate for the loss of productivity, to maintain natural runs and to preserve biodiversity. Despite the best efforts of these hatchery programmes, many of the salmon populations above these facilities are effectively extinct. The large hatchery programmes continue to exist but are increasingly coming under the spotlight from cost benefit analyses and their success in maintaining fisheries and protecting biodiversity. Most of these mitigation schemes were developed many decades ago before much of the contemporary information about sub-specific population genetics was developed. Thus, it would seem timely to reassess and redirect mitigation programmes with respect to the large body of evolutionary, population and quantitative genetic knowledge that now exists, particularly in terms of meta-population theory, landscape genetics and new knowledge about the biology of the salmon (effective population size etc). It might also be possible to simulate natural re-colonisation processes, by combining ecological and evolutionary biological principles to resolve these most difficult fisheries management problems. Specifically for the Shannon this project addresses a number of key questions: What is the status of the hatchery strain used currently for mitigation and restoration? Are there other more suitable genetic resources available in neighbouring wild populations? How do the contemporary wild (feral) and hatchery maintained populations compare genetically to the historical Shannon population(s): What is the provenance of the fish that are currently spawning naturally in the system? Did genetically distinct populations of salmon exist prior to the establishment of hydro-plant, and if so, is there semblance of original material still in existence?
Research Projects Listing BIO-ENGINEERED MICRO ENCAPSULATION OF ACTIVE AGENTS DELIVERED TO SHELLFISH (BEADS) Research Centre/Department/School: AFDC, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences Contact PI: Dr Sarah Culloty (s.culloty@ucc.ie) Researchers: Grainne Darmody, Dr Aaron Maloy, Dr Sharon Lynch Start Year: 2010 – End Year: <strong>2013</strong> Funding Body: EU FP7 Funding Programme Funding: €303,899 Collaborating Partners: Ireland, UK and Spain Web: www.projectbeads.eu; http://afdc.ucc.ie Within the marine food sector, aquaculture is rapidly growing in importance and is currently contributing approximately 25% of fish/shellfish consumption. In particular, shellfish aquaculture is a low environmental impact industry which has expanded considerably across Europe over the past years, providing employment in many remote coastal locations. The development of shellfish (e.g., oysters, mussels, clams, cockles, scallops) aquaculture has been hampered by episodic contamination of the product with naturally occurring potent algal toxins (e.g., paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP), amnesic shellfish poisoning (ASP) and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning (DSP) toxins) derived from phytoplankton that are harmful to human health and by microbiological (bacteria and viral) contamination with faecal material, derived from human or animal sources. The development of shellfish-based industries and the concomitant increase in demand for the introduction and transfer of different shellfish species and stocks has also increased the risks of spreading their parasites and diseases (e.g., bonamiasis) across Europe and the world. The BEADS project is continuing research on the development in delivering active agents (immunostimulant and probiotics) to bivalve molluscs through micro-encapsulation, in particular research at UCC will concentrate on boosting the immune response of O. edulis to B. ostreae. The application of probiotics in food is accepted by consumers and it is most likely that the ability of probiotic bacteria to degrade toxins, outcompete pathogens or aid host virulence will be advantageous for applications in shellfish safety and shellfish productionIt is a two year collaborative project involving partners from Ireland, UK and Spain. RESEARCH PROJECTS 3
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