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THE OYSTER INDUSTRY IN EUROPE: CHALLENGES FOR PRODUCERS
OPENING AND INTRODUCTION
Panel I : OYSTER HEALTH ISSUES Panel II : FUTURE FOR THE OYSTER SECTOR
CONCLUSIONS AND CLOSURE
FUTURE FOR THE OYSTER SECTOR
1.Background information
2.Challenges for production
1. Oyster Resources
2. Spatial planning
3. Shellfish waters, environment, climate
4. Best Practices
3.Strategies for sustainability
1. Facts and Needs
2. Values and Benefits
THE OYSTER INDUSTRY IN EUROPE: CHALLENGES FOR PRODUCERS – 6/11/2014 – G. Viaud (CNC, AEPM)
Background information Oyster production has a long history in Europe. From fisheries to aquaculture activities
1820 – 1850 : Flat oyster fisheries Stocks and diseases
1910 : natural seed and spat collection 1940 : disease and cupped oysters (Portugal)
Cupped oyster instead of « Gravette » (1950)
Oyster aquaculture activities
1960 – 1980 : Pacific oyster introduction in Europe 1980 -1990 : Productivity (off bottom culture) 2000 -2005 : Production and commercialisation
Background information
Natural resources Sustainable activities
Modern industry
World Oyster production
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Bivalve Mollusc Aquaculture in Europe
• Production
– 7 740 businesses - SMEs
– 1,3 109 euros/y
– No feed – no vets
• Markets
– Jobs direct/indirect
– 27 750 persons
– > 100 000 indirect jobs
• Consummers
– Tradition/culture (Oysters :41 g/person/week (Up
to 2kg/year)
– Diet needs (Public health)
– Recreationnal
Bivalve Mollusc Aquaculture in Europe
> 600 production areas > 35 000 hectares
Production EU > Consumption Positive economic balance
Background information
Challenges for production
1. Protect Oyster Resources
2. Reinforce Spatial Planning
3. Secure Shellfish waters, manage environment, adapt to climate changes
4. Implement Best Practices
Oyster Resources
• Natural ressources and oyster beds – Part of ecosystems and biodiversity – Empirical Knowledge / Innovations – Inputs/suply for farming – Activities management (fisheries, leasure activities) Protect resources (ex: O. edulis)
Mapping (stocks biology, health, genetics …) Management procedures
• Domestication and polyploïds (hatcheries and nurseries) – Part of the industry – Opportunities for stock management or against mortality syndromes – Sector organisation and common/general interests
Manage and contrôle activities
Approval Safe production and objective assesment of yield Notification procedures
Spatial planning
• Actual areas and new locations – Maintian natural sites – enhance productivity – Protect new potential locations
• Criteria for site selection et Protection Perimetres – Oyster requierments (ex faecal pollution, economic viability
…) – Implement buffer and protection areas
• Space and use conflicts – Promote projects for installation – Defense of oysters interest within coastal landscape (vs
tourism, industrial activities)
Shellfish waters, Environment, Climate
• Waters : – Safety perimeters (sanitary and health status), vulnerability
profil for production areas, actions plans and requierements on pollution sources.
– Good Shellfish health status (Norovirus)
• Environment – Conditions for production
– Role for ecosystems
– Adequation with environmental policies
• Climate – Events and pollutions – frequency of rainfall events
– Mid and long termes issues : acidification, sea level rise
Best Practices
• Ecosystem and biodiversity
• Observation and knowledge
• Carrying capacities
• Waste management
• Introduction and transfer of aquatic animals
Strategies for sustainability
• Challenges – An EU Specific framework for bivalve mollusc
• Resources protection and management • Aquaculture activities and methods (ex : animals health)
• Markets – Safe EU oyster production – EU – consumption opportunities – International trade
• Services and benefits from oyster farming – Bilan carbone, nitrogen, H2S … – Biodiversity and ecosystem – Research and Innovation
Mardi 18 novembre
9h30 – 12h30
THE OYSTER INDUSTRY IN EUROPE: CHALLENGES FOR PRODUCERS
OPENING AND INTRODUCTION
Panel I : OYSTER HEALTH ISSUESA Panel II : FUTURE FOR THE OYSTER SECTOR
CONCLUSIONS AND CLOSURE