ANNEX 7
Presentation of member institutions

APPENDIX 7.1

STATE SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION "INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND
CYTOLOGY" OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE REPUBLIC
OF BELARUS

27 Akademicheskaya St., 220072 Minsk, Republic of Belarus
Tel.: +375-17-873-494; Fax: +375-17-284-1917
Web page: http://biobel.bas-net.by/igc/index.htm

Director: Nikolay Aleksandrovich Kartel', Member of Academy
NACEE liaison officer: Aliaksandr Mikhaylovich Slukvin ([email protected])

1. Position in the national R&D system

The State Scientific Institution "Institute of Genetics and Cytology" of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus is one of the research institutes of the Department of Biological Sciences, belonging to the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus. The Institute is the leading research institution of the country in the following scientific areas: plant, animal and human genetics.

2. Main mandate

Structural and functional organisation, stability and variability of the genome; genetic and cell engineering of plants and microorganisms; genetic bases of plant selection for productivity and resistance to biotic and abiotic factors; studies of the genetic diversity, creation of new gene pools, genetic collections, reference sources of selection traits of agricultural objects and microorganisms; study of the ecological-genetical situation in the Republic, the genetic consequences of the radioactive pollution of the territory of the Republic of Belarus, development of methods for diminishing its harmful effects (from the Statute of the Institute, 1996), including:

• Basic research: "Structural and functional organisation and expression of genomes as the basis of the productivity, quality and resistance of the organisms to biotic and abiotic environmental factors"

• Applied research: "Development of biotechnologies for agriculture and public health"

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 187

• Scientists: 132 (including 15 Doctors of Sciences and 55 Candidates of Sciences)

• Technicians and support personnel: 55

• Average age: 46 years

• Ratio of females: 73%

4. Budget (structure of income): about 713 thousand USD (2004)

Structure of income:

• State programmes of basic and applied orientation research: 59%

• Budget contracts: 40%;

• Direct economic contracts: 1%

5. Main research areas (Research in the field of aquaculture is performed in the Institute by the Laboratory of Antimutagenesis)

The main research area is the study of the stimulating effect of antimutagens on the defense systems and productivity of animals in model experiments, natural and farming conditions. This direction involves study of both basic and applied aspects of the research, in particular:

• Basic research: on development of a theory of antimutagenesis (as a method for gene pool protection and maintaining biodiversity, increasing bioproductivity, improving life quality and public health), experimental antimutagenesis, environmental mutagenesis; on new aspects of radiogenetics, low doses of ionizing radiation.

• Basic orientation research: on studying the laws and mechanisms of the effect of antimutagens in order to develop a general strategy of their use; long-term monitoring of the cytogenetic effects of the radioactive pollution of the territory of the Republic of Belarus in pond-raised common carp populations for evaluation and long-term prediction of the genetic consequences of ionizing radiation for the human population;

• Applied scientific research: development of a method for increasing aquaculture productivity with an antimutagen of the dihydropiridin group; development of recommendations and technologies in aquaculture for minimizing the consequences of the radioactive pollution for the population (recommendations and technologies guaranteeing production of fish with minimal radionuclide concentrations).

6. Events organized regularly by the institute

Conferences on actual problems of genetics and biotechnology (the conference "Molecular Genetics, Genomics and Biotechnology" will take place on 24-26 November 2004, with the participation of about 230 persons representing different institutes and organizations)

7. International collaboration (with formalized agreements)

• Agreement on technological cooperation between the Institute of Genetics and Cytology of the NAS of the Republic of Belarus, the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (Latvia) and the Center of Biotechnology of the Shangdong Academy of Sciences (China) for antimutagen introduction in freshwater and marine aquaculture (from 5 December 2001 to 5 December 2011)

• Programme of common actions for overcoming the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster within the framework of the Union of Belarus and Russia for 2002-2005

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

• Republican Unitary Enterprise "Institute of Fisheries" of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus (artificial propagation of new fish culture objects, participation in conferences);

• Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Czech Republic (trials of new hormone preparates for large-scale incubation of fish, methods of artificial fish propagation, invitations to conferences and exhibitions);

• Research Institute for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Irrigation, Hungary (invitation to a radioecological conference, information on NACEE and future conferences in different countries)

9. Involvement in EU projects

None in the field of aquaculture

APPENDIX 7.2

REPUBLICAN UNITARY ENTERPRISE
"INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS"

22 Stebenev St., Minsk, 220024 Belarus
Tel.: +375-17-275-3646; Tel./fax: +375-17-275-3660
E-mail: [email protected]

Director: Viktor Vladimirovich Konchits
NACEE liaison officer:

1. Position in the national R&D system

The Institute of Fisheries of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus is one of the 16 research institutes affiliated to the Department of Agricultural Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus and performing their work by direct orders from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus. It is the only research institution in fisheries and aquaculture in Belarus.

2. Main mandate

• Research and technological development, consultancy and training, utilization of water resources, including:

• Research on fish genetics and selection;

• Research on fish nutrition and physiology;

• Research on the quality of the environment of hydrobionts, including ponds and natural waters;

• Research for development of new, efficient methods of prevention and treatment of fish diseases;

• Research on utilization of fish resources of natural waters;

• Participation in republican courses of advanced training and personnel training in the field of fish culture and fishing.

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 87

• Scientists: 48, including: 14 with scientific degree (1 Doctor of Sciences and 13 Candidates of Sciences)

• Technical and support personnel: 26

• Production staff: 13

• Average age: 47 years

• Ratio of females: 62 %

4. Budget (structure of income): 348 thousand Euro

Including:

• Participation in state R&D programmes ("Agropromkompleks", "Importozameshchenie", basic research): 47 %

• Participation in competitive projects: 33.6 %

• Participation in direct agreements and practical application of scientific results: 5.1%

• Supporting activities (fish culture, leasing): 14.3 %

5. Main research areas

• Improvement of existing fish varieties and creation of new, highly productive ones.

• Acclimatization and biotechnology of rearing of new, high-value aquaculture objects.

• Development of techniques and methods for improving the efficiency of fish culture and fishing in natural and artificial waters.

• Development of new formulas of fish feeds and feed additives.

• Development of techniques and methods for prevention and treatment of fish diseases.

6. Events organized by the institute on a regular basis

• Seminars (practical and training) on different issues in the field of fisheries.

• Preparation and organization of international scientific conferences on aquaculture and fisheries. The last conference in 2004 was attended by over 200 participants from 8 countries, representing various stakeholders with interest in freshwater aquaculture development and utilization of aquatic biological resources.

7. International collaboration (with formalized agreements)

• Institute for Fisheries of the Ucrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine.

• Research and Design Technological Center "Tekhrybvod", Kiev, Ukraine.

• All-Russian Research Institute of Freshwater Fish Farming, Rybnoe, Russia.

• Polar Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Murmansk, Russia.

• Federal Centre for Fish Genetics and Selection, Ropsha, Russia

• National Association of Aquaculture and Fish Product Industry, Vilnius, Lithuania.

• All-Russian Research Institute of Irrigation Fish Farming, Moscow, Russia.

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

• Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Vodnany, Czech Republic (artificial propagation of fish).

• Stanislaw Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute, Olsztyn, Poland (sturgeon culture).

• All-Russian Research Institute of Freshwater Fish Farming, Rybnoe, Russia (herbivorous fishes, fish diseases).

• Research and Design Technological Center "Tekhrybvod", Kiev, Ukraine (mechanization in pond fish culture).

• Institute for Fisheries of the Ucrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine (fish diseases).

9. Involvement in EU projects

Currently, the Institute is not involved in any European projects.

APPENDIX 7.3

INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE, VARNA
BRANCH OF FRESHWATER FISHERIES, PLOVDIV

248 V. Levski Str., 4003 - Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Tel.: +359-32-956-033; Fax: +359-32-953-924; Mobile: +359-89-978-3611;
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Director: Liliana Hadjinikolova

NACEE liaison officer: Tania Hubenova (thubenova@yahoo.)

1. Position in the national R&D system

The Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Varna belongs to the National Center of Agricultural Sciences at the Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry. The Freshwater Fisheries Branch of the institute is situated in Plovdiv and is the leading research center on the field of the freshwater fisheries in Bulgaria.

2. Main mandate

The mission of the Freshwater Fisheries Branch is to carry out research on freshwater fish farming and on the further development in inland fisheries. The focus and range of work carried out include:

• Fish selection and breeding research

• Technologies for reproduction and rearing of different warm water fish species

• Commercial implementation and popularization of scientific achievements in pond fisheries management for producers and fisheries education

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 32

• Scientist: 12 (full-time); 8 with PhD

• Technicians: 1

• Support personal: 19

• Average age: 47 years

• Ratio of females: 34.4 %

4. Budget (structure of income): about 184 500 Euros (2004)

Income structure:

• Core fund from the ministry (National Center for Agriculture and Forestry): 60%

• Services (fish farmer serviñes+own income): 40%

5. Main research areas

• Selection, fish biological performance of hybrids and lines

• Sex reversal in common carp

• Developing, improving and implementing methods to control fish reproduction, eggs incubation and the rearing of larvae, juveniles and reproductively matured fish

• Introduction and acclimatization of new fish species (paddlefish)

• Technologies for rearing of different fish species - carp, european wels, pike, tench etc.

• Fish feeding; biochemistry of fish meat from individuals, reared under differently pond conditions

• Characteristic, relationship and opportunity for management of some ecological parameters in warmwater fishery ponds

• Investigation on introducing of the organic aquaculture in Bulgaria

• Biological features, rearing and natural stock of freshwater crayfish

6. Events organized regularly by the institute

International Fishery Scientific Conference in Aquaculture is organized every 2 years. The last one took place in 2003 with 62 participants from various research institutes and organizations from Bulgaria, Germany, Poland, Macedonia etc. The next conference will be in October 2005.

7. International collaboration (formalized agreement)

Veterinary Institute in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

No cooperation with other members of NACEE at the moment

9. Involvement in EU projects

• Current projects: no involvement in EU projects

• Projects in preparation: AQUA-TNET

APPENDIX 7.4

DEPARTMENT FOR AQUACULTURE, UNIVERSITY OF DUBROVNIK

Cira Carica 4, 20000 Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Tel.: +385-20-445-700; Fax: +385-20-435-590
Web page: http://www.unidu.hr

Head of Department: Branko Glamuzina
NACEE liaison officer: Sanja Tomšiæ ([email protected])

1. Position in the national R&D system

The University of Dubrovnik is youngest of six Croatian universities and first which is fully organized according to Bologna Convention and new trends in higher education. The Department for Aquaculture is established to execute education activities and 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 main future trend will be internalization of new aquaculture studies (Bachelor and Master), where we see NACEE establishment as best promoter of the idea.

2. Main mandate

• Higher education in the field of aquaculture, mainly mariculture

• Applied research on the issues important for Croatian mariculture

• Management of special marine and estuarine areas

• Development of hatchery technology for new fish and shellfish species

• Promoting of native flat oyster culture as a premier Croatian product

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 28

• Scientists: 16 (10 full-time + 6 contracted as professors); 9 with PhD

• Technicians: 6

• Support personnel: 6

• Average age: 35 years

• Ratio of females: 82%

4. Budget (structure of income): about 0.4 million Euros (2004)

Income structure:

• Core fund from the ministry: 70%

• National competitive grant funds: 15%

• National contracted research programs: 10%

• International competitive grant funds: 5%

5. Main research areas

• Production of marine fish and shellfish, artificial spawning and fingerling-spat production

• Development of hatchery technologies

• Diversification of mariculture with new marine species

• Genetics-selection and ploidization of traditional species (flat oyster)

• Development of polyculture using mullets as dominant species

• Mullets biology and culture-spawning and rearing in different systems

• Biochemistry and pathology of cultured shellfish

• Culture of sea urchins

• Reproduction and embryology of aquaculture species

• Development of added-value aquaculture products

6. Events organized regularly by the institute

Traditional festival "Oyster Day-St.Joseph day" 18-19 March organized yearly, and usually accompanied with scientific symposia dealing with culture of shellfish.

7. International collaboration (formalized agreement)

• Hellenic Marine Research Institute, Athens, Greece

• INTECHMER, Cherbourg and IFREMER, France

• University of Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

Department of Fisheries, Beekeeping and Special Zoology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (fish polyculture)

9. Involvement in EU projects

No ongoing projects.

APPENDIX 7.5

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA
RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FISH CULTURE AND HYDROBIOLOGY

Zátiší 728/II, 389 25 Vodnany, Czech Republic
Tel.: +420-383-382-402; Fax: +420-383-382-396, [email protected]
Web page: www.vurh.jcu.cz

Director: Jan Kouril ([email protected])
NACEE liaison officer: Zdenìk Adámek ([email protected])

1. Position in the national R&D system

The research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology at Vodnany (VÚRH JU) belongs to the University of South Bohemia in Èeské Budìjovice (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports). The institute is the leading research institution in aquaculture and fisheries in the Czech Republic.

2. Main mandate

• Applied and fundamental research in aquaculture, fisheries and aquatic ecosystems

• Environmental management research

• Education in graduate, postgraduate and international training courses in fisheries and aquaculture

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 42

• Scientists: 20 (18 full time + 2 contractory; 9 of them PhD, 1 full professor, 3 associate professors)

• Technicians: 14

• Support personnel: 8

• Average age: 37 years

• Ratio of females: 43%

4. Budget (structure of income): 700 thousand EUR

5. Main research area

• Fish reproduction, genetics and breeding

• Fish and crayfish farming technologies in pond culture, intensive farming technologies and recycling systems

• Water quality issues and ecological impacts of aquculture

• Fish and crayfish studies in management and ecosystem (biomanipulation) issues of open waters

• Impact of fish predators upon fisheries and aquaculture management

• Conservation of the gene pool and strains of commercial and coarse fish species

• Genome manipulations and sex reversal in commercial fish species

• Gamete manipulation, sperm physiology and gamete cryopreservation

• Water toxicology with respect to pollutants and wastes

• Surface water loading studies and water/sediment quality monitoring

• Fish diseases and stress factors and their diagnostics

• Fish flesh quality and processing

6. Events (symposia) organised regularly by the institute

• Vodnany Fisheries Days (held yearly)

• Czech Ichthyological Conference

• Fish Health Protection

• Toxicity and Biodegradability of Water Pollutants

7. International collaboration (formalized agreements)

• Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche, Universita degli Studi di Torino, Italy

• Ministry of Agricukture and Fisheries, Legta La Canourge Site Aquacole, La Canorgue, France

• The Stanislaw Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute in Olsztyn, Poland

• Fischzucht Rhoenforelle, Gersfeld/Rhoen, Germany

• Station Zoologique, Biologie Cellulaire Marine, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France

• Institute of Ichthyobiology and Aquaculture Polish Academy of Sciences, Golysz, Poland

• Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany

• Aquaculture Research Center, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, USA

• HuBei Province Fishery Research Institute of China, Wuhan, China

• Laboratoire de Sciences Animales, Universite Henri Poincare, Nancy, France

• All-Russian Scientific Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, Moscow, Russia

• Laboratorio de Acuacultura y Biologia de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Xochimilco, México

8. Existing co-operation with other NACEE members

• Institute of Fisheries, Minsk, Belarus (pond aquaculture)

• Department of Fisheries, Beekeeping and Special Zoology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (fisheries management of open waters, pond aquaculture)

• Research Institute for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Irrigation, Szarvas, Hungary (fish genetics and breeding, new species in aquaculture)

• Institute of Ichthyobiology and Aquaculture, Golysz, Poland (fish reproduction, pond aquaculture)

• Stanislaw Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute, Olsztyn, Poland (pond aquaculture, recycling systems)

• Department of Fishing and Aquaculture, "Dunarea de Jos" University, Galati, Romania (intensive farming methods)

• Institute for Fisheries, Kiev, Ukraine (pond aquaculture)

9. Involvement in EU projects

Ongoing projects:

• CSN INTRAN Innovation in Aquaculture

• PERCATECH (CRAFT) Intensive perch farming

• PROTENCH (CRAFT) Intensive tench farming

• ME 615 Reproduction biology and genetic peculiarity of tench populations in China and Czech Republic

• ME 638 Comparative biological study of chromozomal manipulation and breeding tench populations in China and Czech Republic

• IfiBO Intensive Fish Culture Optimalization

Projects in preparation

• AQUATnet

• KONTAKT (China 2x)

• KONTAKT (Russia 1x)

• Project of Collaboration Czech Republic-Hungary

• USDA Paddlefish

APPENDIX 7.6

RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES, AQUACULTURE AND IRRIGATION

H-5541 Szarvas, P.O.Box 47, Hungary
Tel.: +36-66-515-300; Fax: +36-66-312-142
Web page: www.haki.hu

Director: László Váradi

NACEE liaison officer: Péter Lengyel ([email protected])

1. Position in the national R&D system

The Research Institute for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Irrigation (HAKI) is one of the 25 research institutions that belong to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. HAKI is the leading research institute in aquaculture and fisheries in Hungary.

2. Main mandate

Research and development, training and consultancy, utilization and protection of water resources for the development of life quality and healty nourishment, including:

• Fish genetics research;

• Fish nutrition research;

• Environmental management research;

• Water quality research with special regard to pond and intensive systems;

• Development of the production of different aquatic species;

• Development of irrigated crop production technologies;

• Rice breeding and development of rice production technologies;

• Participating in postgraduate and international trainings in the field of agriculture, fisheries, aquaculture and irrigation.

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 100

• Scientists: 31 (26 full-time + 5 contracted); 15 with PhD

• Technicians: 31

• Support personnel: 37

• Average age: 42 years

• Ratio of females: 49%

4. Budget (structure of income): about 2 million Euro (2004)

Income structure:

• Core fund from the Ministry: 50%

• National competitive grant funds: 15%

• National contracted research programmes: 5%

• International competitive grant funds: 15%

• Services: 15%

5. Main research areas

• Genetics and maintenance of live and frozen fish gene banks;

• Development of water-efficient and environment-friendly fish rearing technologies;

• Fish nutrition and feeding (Investigations on factors determining feed efficiency and fish meat quality);

• Structure and functioning of fish rearing ecosystems;

• Production, fisheries biology and management of natural waters;

• Environmental management in agriculture;

• Plant production technologies in irrigated systems;

• Rice breeding and production technology development.

6. Events organized regularly by the institute

• National Scientific Conference in Aquaculture and Fisheries

• (The 28^th conference was organized in 2004 with about 200 participants of various stakeholders of aquaculture and fisheries)

7. International collaboration (with formalized agreements)

• Research Institute of Aquaculture No. 1. Ha Bac, Vietnam

• Research Institute of Aquaculture No. 2. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

• Cantho University, Cantho, Vietnam

• University of Agriculture and Forestry, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

• Livestock and Fisheries Department, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Vientiane, Laos

• Freshwater Fisheries Research Center, Wuxi, China

• Fisheries University, Shanghai, China

• Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Jakarta, Indonesia

• Temuco Catholic University, Temuco, Chile

• Network of Aquaculture Centers in Asia-Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

• Federal Centre for Fish Genetics and Selection, Ropsha, Russia (carp genomics, carp gene banking)

• Institute of Ichthyobiology and Aquaculture, Golysz, Poland (carp genomics)

• Department of Fisheries, Beekeeping and Special Zoology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia (carp genomics, carp gene banking)

9. Involvement in EU projects

Ongoing projects:

• CSN INTRAN Innovation in aquaculture (together with Akvapark Association)

• CONCENSUS European aquaculture platform

• AQUALABS Training in aquaculture

• LUCIOPERCA (CRAFT) Intensive rearing of pike-perch

Projects in preparation:

• AQUAMAX

• AQUASAN

• AQUA-TNET

APPENDIX 7.7

LATVIAN CRAYFISH AND FISH FARMERS' ASSOCIATION

7-6 Alberta St., Riga, LV1010, Latvia
Tel./fax: +371-7-336-005
E-mail: [email protected]
Web page: http://www.lvzaa.lv

President: Augusts Arens
NACEE liaison officer:

1. Position in the national R&D system

The Crayfish and Fish Farmers' Association is a public organization that coordinates the efforts of the rural population, farmers, local government workers and state institutions for rehabilitation of the natural populations and stocks of the local crayfish species (Astacus astacus) and freshwater fishes.

2. Main mandate

Contributes to the rehabilitation of the natural populations of crayfish and freshwater fishes, organizes the establishment of specialized centres and farms for crayfish and fish aquaculture, including:

• organization and co-organization of professional training courses for the rural population and the association members; organization of lectures and seminars,

• organization of experience exchange, both in Latvia and abroad,

• participation in development of programmes and projects, including international ones, and in their implementation,

• contribution to introduction of aquaculture technologies safe for the environment and the production,

• organization of processing and selling of the products according to the standards, and its marketing,

• immobilization of financial resources for implementation of projects and programmes,

• organization of cooperation with specialists and institutions on both national and international level.

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 130 members (individual and collective). 78 members, including the personnel, are constantly occupied in the Association at the 30 licensed farms, including 3 centres of aquaculture of the European crayfish (Astacus astacus). Among them:

- 2 have a PhD degree,
- 30 have higher education, and
- 46 were trained in professional training courses on crayfish and freshwater fish aquaculture.

• Average age: 45 years.

• Ratio of females: 37 %.

4. Budget (structure of income): 50 000 Euro

• membership fees

• subsidies

• grants from the Fisheries Fund and the Environmental Protection Fund

• co-financing by international partners.

5. Main research areas

• Protection and sustainable use of the populations of European crayfish (Astacus astacus) in Latvian waters.

• Aquaculture of European crayfish.

• Crayfish feeding and nutrition.

6. Events organized regularly by the Association

No regular events. A conference of Scandinavian and Baltic countries on problems of crayfish farming is planned for 2005.

7. International collaboration (with formalized agreements)

• Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), Lillehammer, Norway.

• AKVAFORSK AS Aquaculture Centre, Sunndalsøra, Norway.

• Directorate of Fish Culture and Institute of Aquatic Resources, Sweden.

• Institute of Environment and Fish Culture, Finland.

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

No existing ones.

9. Involvement in EU projects

Existing projects:

• Information system of Latvian fisheries (MEGAPESCA, 2004.).

• Status of aquaculture in Latvia and its development perspectives (FAO, 2004-2005).

Projects in preparation:

• Development of crayfish culture in natural waters and aquaculture (Latvia-Norway-Sweden).

• Protection and sustainable use of waters for crayfish culture/crayfish culture and aquaculture (Latvia-Norway).

• Exchange of experience (Latvia-Sweden).

APPENDIX 7.8

LITHUANIAN STATE PISCICULTURE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH CENTRE

Konstitucijos pr. 23, LT - 08105 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel: +370-5-272-7916; Fax: +370-5-272-2146
Web page: http://www.zuvivaisa.lt

Director: Povilas Kindurys
NACEE liaison officer: Vilma Gelaþanskienë ([email protected])

1. Position in the national R&D system

The Lithuanian State Pisciculture and Fisheries Research Centre (LVZZTC) is a research institution, which belongs to the Ministry of Agriculture. LVZZTC is the leading research centre in aquaculture, inland and sea fisheries in Lithuania.

2. Main mandate

Research and development, consultancy and practical assistance, utilization and protection of water resources for the development of aquaculture and fisheries, including:

• Investigation of resources of commercial fish, crayfish and fodder organisms of the Baltic Sea Lithuanian territorial waters, Economic Zone, Curonian Lagoon and inland waters, production of forecast of their changes, elaboration of recommendations on their rational use, preservation and increase

• Monitoring of fish fodder and pond water quality

• Formation of strategy and programmes of fish restocking and introduction in inland waters

• Development, coordination and implementation of programmes of maintenance, restoring, increase of protected, valuable fish and crayfish species, supervision of fish migration routes and facilities

• Ichthyopathological supervision of pisciculture and fishery ponds

• Attendance to the epizootic state of water bodies, performance of diagnostic tests, organization of treatment and prevention activities

• Development of carp selection

• Salmon genetics research

• Hydrobiological, hydrochemical and biochemical research of inland waters

• Consultations and practical assistance on the issues of aquaculture and fishery development

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 200

• Scientists: 51 (25 full-time + 26 contracted); 5 with Ph

• Technicians: 60

• Support and production personnel: 89

• Average age: 39 years

• Ratio of females: 31%

4. Budget (structure of income): about 3 million Euros (2004)

Income structure:

• Core fund from the state budget: 68%

• Fund from the ministry: 5%

• International competetive grant funds: 20%

• Services: 7%

5. Main research areas

• Selection of carp species suitable for effective breeding in Lithuania

• Epizootic, sanitary situation in fish-breeding companies and natural inland water bodies

• Implementation of restriction measures for the quantity of ichthyophagous birds in the ponds

• Elaboration of the national programme of data collection on fish resources for the fulfillment of the EU Common Fisheries Policy in the Baltic Sea

• Researches of lakes for the assessment of effectiveness of introduction of European Whitefish and possibilities of expansion of its habitat

6. Events (e.g. symposiums) organized regularly by the centre

• National Conference in Inland Fisheries Development

• Conference in Implementation of Common Fisheries Policy

• Conference in Establishment of Fisheries Production Organizations

• Annual session of International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission

7. International collaboration (formalized agreement)

• Inland Fisheries Institute, Olsztyn, Poland

• Sea Fisheries Institute, Gdynia, Poland

• Institute of Fisheries, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus, Minsk

• Atlantic Research Scientific Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Russian Federation, Kaliningrad

• International Consultancy Group of the Swedish National Board of Fisheries, Sweden

• Danish Institute for Fisheries Technology and Aquaculture, Denmark

• International Baltic Sea Fishery Commission, Poland, Warsaw

• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Denmark, Copenhagen

• Baltic Fisheries Research Institute, Latvia, Riga

• N.M.Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Russian Federation, Murmansk

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members (in what field)

• Inland Fisheries Institute, Olsztyn, Poland (carp and salmon genetics)

• Sea Fisheries Institute, Gdynia, Poland (sea fisheries research)

• Fisheries Research Institute of Belorussian Academy of Sciences, Belarus, Minsk (carp farming technology)

• N.M.Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Russian Federation, Murmansk (forecast of sea resources)

• Baltic Fisheries Research Institute, Latvia, Riga (sea resources)

• Atlantic Research Scientific Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography, Russian Federation, Kaliningrad (trail-net fishery of cod and Baltic herring)

9. Involvement in EU projects

Ongoing projects:

• Baltic Sea Ecosystem (GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY)

• National Programme for Fisheries Data

• International Programme "Salmon Action Plan 1997 - 2010"

APPENDIX 7.9

INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY OF ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF MOLDOVA

MD 2028, Chisinau, Academiei,1.
Tel.: +373-22-739-809; Fax: +373-22-731-255
Web: www.as.md

Director: Ion Toderash
NACEE liaison officer: Natalia Zubcov, ([email protected]; [email protected])

1. Position in the national R&D system

The Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (IZ ASM) is one of the 25 research institutions which belong to the Academy of Sciences of Moldova. This oldest institute is a leading and coordinating research body in zoology of aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates, in the conservation of wildlife biodiversity, working out the basis for the development of aquaculture and fish culture in Moldova.

2. Main mandate

Research and development, training and consultancy, sustainable use and protection of wildlife as well as monitoring and protection of aquatic and terrestrial animals, including:

• Research on water quality in natural water bodies and in fish rearing ecosystems;

• Research on effects of different compounds on the growth and development of fish and invertebrates;

• Research in the field of zoology;

• Research in the field of parasitology;

• Research in the field of palaeozoology;

• Setting-up and running water cadaster and the cadaster of wildlife, in capacity of the leading research and development institute;

• Participation in preparation of annual report on the state of environment;

• Scientific and didactic activities with university and master students of the higher education bodies of Moldova.

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 119

• Scientists: 75 (59 full-time + 16 contracted); 59 with PhD

• Specialists: 35

• Support personnel: 9

• Average age: 53 year

• Ratio of females: 40.3%

4. Budget (structure of income): about 162,000 Euro (2004)

Income structure:

• Core fund from the ministry: 60%

• National competitive grant funds: 8%

• National contracted research programs: 26%

• International competitive grant funds: 1%

• Services: 5%

5. Main research areas

• Multilateral research on the environmental state of aquatic ecosystems (on the basis of hydrochemical, hydrobiological, ichthyological and ecotoxicological parameters).

• Rresearch on effects of biologically active and toxic compounds on the development of fish and frequent species of aquatic invertebrates.

• Improvement and implementation of the technologies for breeding and rearing of commercially valuable fish species.

• Research on the current state of the populations of terrestrial and aquatic animals (mammals, birds, insects, parasites, ichthyofauna, aquatic invertebrates).

• Research in the field of palaeontology.

• Participation in the training of university and master students. Providing scientific consultancy to the specialists in the fields of environment protection, fish culture and agriculture.

6. Events organized regularly by the institute

National Scientific Conference on protection of the biodiversity of wildlife and monitoring of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

7. International collaboration (with formalized agreements)

• University of California, USA, Riverside

• Odesaribvod, Ukraine

• Iasi, Romania

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

• Odesaribvod, Ukraine (technology for breeding and rearing of the so-iuy mullet)

• Institute of Hydrobiology of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (pond husbandry)

• Iasi, Romania (pond husbandry, technology for fish breeding)

9. Involvement in EU projects

• Ongoing projects: No

• Projects in preparation: INTAS

APPENDIX 7.10

INSTITUTE OF ICHTHYOBIOLOGY AND AQUACULTUREPOLISH ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES

Golysz, 43-520 Chybie, Poland
Tel.: +48-33-856-1551; Fax: + 48-33-858-9292
Web page: www.fish.com.pl

Director: Andrzej Pilarczyk
NACEE liaison officer: Ilgiz Irnazarow ([email protected])

1. Position in the national R&D system

The Institute of Ichthyobiology and Aquaculture is a research institution of the Department of Biological Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The Institute is one of the two institutes in Poland the second is the Institute of Inland Fisheries belonging to Ministry of Agriculture) that conducts research in the fields of ichthyobiology, fisheries and pond aquaculture. Some of the research problems of fisheries are solved by research workers from universities and high schools.

2. Main mandate

Research and introduction of the results of investigations into fishery practice, improving of fish production technology, optimization of fish production from economical and environmental point of view, conducting of fish breeding programs, production of high quality fish spawners and stockfish, introduction of new fish species to practice, organization of professional courses, training of students.

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 30

• Scientists: 12 (10 full-time); 9 PhD

• PhD students (scholarships): 2

• Technicians: 6

• Support personnel: 10

• Average age: 46 years

• Ratio of females: 42%

4. Budget (structure of income): about 400.000 Euros (2003)

Income structure:

• Ministry of Science for statutory activity: 50%

• National grant fund: 8%

• Fish breeding programs of Ministry of Agriculture: 10%

• International grant funds: 12%

• Others: 20%

5. Main research areas

• Studies of the metabolic conversion in pond ecosystems, the chemical and biological processes depending on fish production;

• Development of a model of growth, productivity, and survival rate of carp, elaboration of rules and methods of pond fertilization;

• Utilization of organic waste material in pond culture;

• Optimization of biotechnology of commercial carp farming;

• Environmental management in pond culture;

• Elaboration of methods of preventing excessive eutrophication of pond ecosystems;

• Studies on the technology of controlled reproduction of carp and herbivorous fish and on the energy-saving methods in fry rearing in controlled conditions;

• Adaptation of the biotechnology of thermophile fish production to Polish conditions (African catfish, Clarias gariepinus and tilapia, Tilapia sp.);

• Development of the Polish inbred carp lines of fixed genetic and utility traits;

• The establishment of live gene bank of Polish and foreign inbreeding carp lines as a basis for investigations and production of heterozygous crosses;

• Determination of methodology in the complex characteristics of the genetic and usability of inbred lines and their crosses;

• Investigations on genetic control of immune mechanisms;

• Defining of factors effecting on carp meat quality.

6. Events organized regularly by the institute

"Days of fishery" - exhibition and professional conference organized in May of each year. Scientific and professional symposiums and conferences however organized not regularly.

7. International collaboration (formalized agreement)

Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

• Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Vodnany, Czech Republic (fish propagation)

• Research Institute for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Irrigation, Szarvas, Hungary (genetic characterization of carp lines, genetic control of practically useful traits)

• Institute of Fisheries, Ukrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine (fish propagation, fish diseased resistance)

9. Involvement in EU projects

Ongoing projects:

• Project PARITY

• Project SEAFOOD PLUS

Project in preparation:

• AQUA-TNET

APPENDIX 7.11

THE STANISLAW SAKOWICZ INLAND FISHERIES INSTITUTE IN OLSZTYN

Oczapowskiego 10, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Tel.: +48-89-524-0171; Fax: +48-89-524-0505
E-mail: [email protected]
Web page: www.infish.com.pl

Director: prof. dr hab. Boguslaw Zdanowski
NACEE liaison officer: doc. dr hab. Zdzislaw Zakes ([email protected])

1. Position in the national R&D system

The Stanislaw Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute in Olsztyn (IFI) have been founded on January 1, 1951, and in 1987 has been named after its founder, prof. dr Stanislaw Sakowicz. The Institute is a research institute supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. IFI is the leading research institute in fisheries and aquaculture in Poland.

2. The major scopes of the IFI

• Scientific and research activities, training and enhancing the knowledge of the specialists in the fields related to the IFI activities, to carry out pilot studies and to prepare expert opinions pertaining to the aquaculture and inland fisheries, to disseminate the results of scientific and research projects.

• Current research programme of the IFI is a continuation of the preceding activities, but economic changes taking place in Poland, resulting in restructurization and introduction of market economy, call for more effective technical and organizational solutions. These are being related to the problems of environmental protection, the more so that rational fishery and aquaculture management is also an important method of environmental recultivation and preventing its degradation.

• The overall objective is the complex solution to achieve a more effective practical implementation of the results of studies. Problems related to fish selection, genetics, nutrition, breeding, disease prophylaxy and therapy, restitution and protection, mechanization and economics constitute an integral part of many research projects, ensuring their complexity.

• The Institute also offers a wide variety of services, including:

• Evaluating fisheries management plans, loan applications and applications for water rights permits

• Preparing expert evaluations and providing opinions regarding inland fisheries and aquaculture management

• Consultation for the design of rearing facilities

• Producing selective and stocking material of selected fish species

• Diagnosing and treating fish diseases

• Information services and publishing (scientific journals, popular science magazines, books, brochures, etc.)

3. Staff (by qualification/gender)

• Total: 136

• Scientists: 59; 39 with PhD

• Technicians: 30

• Support personnel: 47

• Ratio of females: 37%

4. Budget (structure of income): About 3 million Euros (2004)

Income structure:

• Core fund from the ministry: 47%

• National competitive grant funds: 7%

• Services: 46%

5. Main research areas

Three lines of studies have been distinguished in the programme:

• Methods of optimizing fishery and aquaculture production in the conditions of ecological and economic constraints.

• Fishery management as a tool for the protection of aquatic ecosystems.

• Conditions and planning of fishery and aquaculture management in the system of multiple use of water bodies.

6. Events organized regularly by the institute

• National Conference of Lake Fisheries Users

• National Conference of Salmonids Fish Farmers

• National Conference "Hatchery"

7. International collaboration (formalized agreement)

• Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, USA

• Research Institute of Hydrobiology in Kiev, Ukraine

• Institute of Ecology and Inland Fisheries in Berlin, Germany

• Institute of Hydrobiology in Ohrid, Macedonia

• Laboratoire Departemental d'Analyses Conseil General du Jura, France

• CEMAGREF U.R. Ressources Ichthyologiques en Plans d'Eau, Montpellier, France

• Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members (in what field)

• General agreement with Research Institute for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Irrigation (HAKI), Hungary

• General agreement with Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Czech Republic

APPENDIX 7.12

DEPARTMENT OF AQUACULTURE AND FISHING
UNIVERSITY "DUNAREA DE JOS" OF GALATI

Galati, Domneasca Street, N⁰ 47, Romania
Tel: +40-236-415-641; Fax: +40-236-461-353
Web page: http://www.ugal.ro

Head: PhD Eng. Professor Victor Cristea ([email protected])
NACEE liason officer: Iulia Grecu ([email protected])

1. Position in the national system

The Department of Aquaculture and Fishing is part of "Sciences and Food Engineering" Faculty, University "Dunarea de Jos" of Galati. The Department of Aquaculture and Fishing is a higher education institute, which belongs to the Ministry of Education and Research. The Department of Aquaculture and Fishing has an old tradition in the aquaculture field, which has lasted over 50 years.

2. Main mandate

• Higher education in the aquaculture and fisheries fields (Bachelor, Master and PhD).

• Research and development in aquaculture, fisheries and upgrading of fisheries products

• Design of structures and systems in aquaculture.

• Training and consultancy in the aquaculture technologies and fisheries management.

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 38

• 28 (19 full time + 9 contracted); 19 with PhD

• Professors: 12

• Assistant professors: 8

• Lecturers: 7

• Assistant: 1

• PhD students: 5

• Scientist: 1

• Technicians: 4

• Average age: 45 years

• Ratio of females: 41%

4. Budget (structure of income): about 200 000 euro (2004)

Income structure:

• Core fund from the ministry: 80 %

• National competitive grand funds: 10%

• National contracted research programs: 5%

• Services: 5%

5. Main research areas:

• Aquaculture (Physiology, Reproduction and Genetics; Growth, Nutrition and Feed composition; Diseases, Immunology and Stress; Aquaculture structures, systems and techniques; Engineering recirculating aquaculture systems)

• Fisheries (Stock assessment; Multi-disciplinary approach to fisheries management; Environmental problems and their impact on resources; Multi-species biological models)

• Upgrading of fishery products (Improvement of techniques for handling, storing, processing, packaging fish)

6. Events organized regularly by the institute

• "EURO-FOOD"2003, symposium with international participation

• "AQUAROM" 1998, symposium with international participation

7. International collaboration (formalized agreement)

• Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin

• University of Pau and Pays de l'Adour (UPPA) - IUT of Pays de l'Adour - site de Mout de Marsan, France

• University of Bordeaux I, Laboratory of Physical- Toxical -Chemical of the Natural Systems, France

• Aquaculture Station of IFREMER Palavas, France

• Wageningen University - Fish culture and Fisheries Group - Holland

• Natural History Museum, Paris, Applied General Ichthyology Laboratory

• University of Hull, United Kingdom

• Escola Superior de Technologia Porto, Portugal.

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

Fish Culture Research Institute, Szarvas - Hungary

9. Involvement in EU projects

• INCO COPERNICUS Project "Production of caviar from roe and ovulated oocytes in some sturgeon species", Germany, 1997-2000.

• PAI BRANCUSI Project "Comparasion de la physiologie de la reproduction de deux especes ïesturgeons, en vue de l'amelioration de la technique de reproduction de l'esturgeon etoile, Acipenser stellatus", France 2003

• ASEFAF Project - "Obtaining the marketable size of Silurus glanis from the rearing unit in the high density system", IFREMER, France, 2003

• ASEFAF Project - "Evaluation of quality of Silurus glanis reared in different environment conditions", IFREMER, France, 2003

Projects in preparation:

• AQUA-TNET

• RAS (Romanian Aquaculture Society)

• RIS (Romanian Ichthyology Society)

APPENDIX 7.13

BANAT'S UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
FACULTY OF ANIMAL SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES
DEPARTMENT OF FISH FARMING, AQUACULTURE AND FISH PROCESSING

Calea Aradului 119, Timisoara, jud. Timis, cod 300645, Romania
Tel.: +40-256-442-821; Fax: +40-256-200-296
Web page: http://www.usab-tm.ro/fzb

Dean: Marian Bura
NACEE liaison officer: Adrian Grozea ([email protected])

1. Position in the national R&D system

The Department of Fish Farming, Aquaculture and Fish Processing is a part of the Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies Faculty which is the most important institution in the western part of Romania, with tradition in higher education and research regarding terrestrial and aquatic animals.

2. Main mandate

• Higher education, research and development, training, extension in animal sciences, fisheries, aquaculture and biotechnologies fields. These include:

• Providing of graduate training leading to B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees;

• Research in animal reproduction, genetics and nutrition;

• Develîpment of biotechnologies with special regard to their application in aquaculture and animal sciences;

• Development of different aquatic and terrestrial species production technologies;

• Hydrobiological, chemical and biochemical research of inland waters;

• Extension on the issues of animal sciences, aquaculture and fishery development.

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 83

• Scientists - teaching staff: 45 full-time; 30 with PhD

• Technicians: 7

• Support personnel: 9

• Doctor candidates: 22 full-time

• Average age: 42 years

• Ratio of females: 45%

4. Budget (structure of income): 665 000 Euro (in 2004)

Income structure:

• Core fund from the Ministry: 64%

• National competitive grant funds: 4%

• International competitive grant funds: 30%

• Services: 2%

5. Main research areas

• Implementation and improvement of new technologies for breeding and farming of terrestrial and aquatic animals;

• Biotechnologies applied in aquaculture: sex reversal, obtaining of monosex and cloned populations, polyploidy, obtaining of chimera fish etc.

• Biotechnologies applied in animal sciences;

• Development of sturgeon rearing intensive technologies;

• Development of intensive technologies in fish farming and aquaculture, for species with high economical value;

• Animal nutrition and feeding.

6. Events organized regularly by the institution

Annual International Scientific Symposium organised in May, by the Faculty of Animal Sciences and Biotechnologies (there is a special issue for Fishery and Aquaculture)

7. International collaboration (with formalized agreements)

• Animal Sciences Research Institute, Nitra, Slovakia

• Slovak University for Agriculture, Slovakia

• ENSA Rennes, France

• Agriculture Faculty, Debrecen University, Hungary

• University of Agricultural Sciences, Gödöllõ, Hungary

• Agriculture Faculty, Novi Sad University, Serbia and Montenegro

• Purdue University, Indiana, USA

• Fishery Research Institute, Wollershof, Germany

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

• Institute of Research and Development for Aquatic Ecology, Fishing and Aquaculture, Galati, Romania

• Department of Fishery and Aquaculture, University "Dunarea de Jos", Galati, Romania

9. Involvement in EU projects

Ongoing projects:

• Three international projects financed by World Bank and Romanian Government

APPENDIX 7.14

FEDERAL STATE UNITARY ENTERPRISE
FEDERAL CENTRE FOR FISH GENETICS AND SELECTION

188514 Ropsha, Lomonosov Region, Leningrad Province, Russian Federation
Tel./fax: +7-812-422-7995; e-mail: [email protected]

Director: Valeriy Zalmanovich Krupkin
NACEE liaison officer: Viktor Mikhaylovich Golod ([email protected])

1. Position in the national R&D system

The Federal Centre for Fish Genetics and Selection (FSUE FCFGS) is the leading institution in the research on the protection of the gene pool of hydrobionts. It coordinates the activities related to this field of 7 research institutes and supervises the work of 20 pedigree fish farms. It is currently the only fisheries institute within the Federal Agency of Agriculture (the others belong to the Federal Agency of Fisheries).

2. Main mandate

• Research and conservation of the gene pool of promising fish culture objects and high-value inland water fishes of economic importance

• Coordination and information supply of the selection and breeding work in fish culture, training and further education of fisheries professionals

• Creation of new varieties of aquaculture fishes and conservation of the existing ones

• Production of quality trout and carp seed for market fish farms

• Market fish production

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 140 (including affiliated institutions)

• Scientists: 45 (including 31 full-time), 25 have a PhD degree, 4 are full professors

• Engineers: 71

• Fish farmers: 45

• Administrative and management personnel: 10

• Support personnel: 25

• Average age: 50 years, for scientists and specialists: 45 years

• Ratio of women: 50%

4. Budget (structure of income): 1 million USD (2003)

Income structure:

• Budgetary financing of research: 55%;

• Selling of fish seed and market fish: 30%;

• Dotations for keeping pedigree broodstock and pond melioration - 10%;

• Budgetary means for purchasing equipment - 5%.

5. Main research areas

• Genetic and fisheries biological monitoring of the condition of fish varieties

• Development of methods and selection work on fish culture objects

• Development of methods for gene pool conservation of high-value, rare and endangered fish species (mainly by broodstock forming in farm conditions)

6. Events organized regularly by the institute

National conferences "Fish genetics, selection and reproduction" (the last one was held in 2002)

7. International collaboration (with formalized agreements)

Cooperation agreements exist with Ukraine, Hungary and China

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

Research Institute for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Irrigation, Szarvas, Hungary

9. Involvement in EU projects

No

APPENDIX 7.15

FEDERAL STATE SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION
"STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF LAKE AND RIVER FISHERIES
(GOSNIORKH)"

26 Makarov enb., 199055 St-Petersburg, Russian Federation
Tel.: +7-812-323-7724; Fax: +7-812-328-0742, +7-812-323-6051
E-mail: [email protected]

Director: Dmitriy Ivanov
NACEE liaison officer:

1. Position in the national R&D system

FSSI GosNIORKh is one of the 14 research institutions that belong to the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia. FSSI GosNIORKh is the leading research institution in aquaculture and fisheries of inland waters of Russia.

2. Main mandate

• Information and consultation services to the Department of Science of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation on actual problems of fisheries development in inland waters;

• Research, experimental design, experimental-technological work in fisheries management in inland waters of the Russian Federation;

• Fish stock assessment and prediction of optimum fish catches in inland waters of the Russian Federation;

• Commercial fishing and fish culture;

• Fish stock rehabilitation;

• Development of regulations and requirements for the composition and quality of waters used for fisheries and regulation of potentially dangerous pollutants;

• Development of biological bases and methods for rational fishing in great lakes and reservoirs, including manipulation of the fish fauna and food base of lakes and reservoirs and development of methods for fish stock exploitation and rehabilitation;

• Development of scientific bases and methods for market fish culture in small and medium lakes and methods for industrial fish production, including warmwater and cage culture;

• Studies on the genetic structure of high-value fish species in natural and controlled conditions, development of methods for gene pool conservation of hydrobionts;

• Development of methods for selection work, formulas of valuable, highly efficient fish feeds and fish feeding methods;

• Development of methods for diagnostics and treatment of fish diseases, and methods for prevention of pollution in water bodies utilized for fisheries;

• Ecological research of problems of fisheries in inland waters;

• Development of technical facilities, methods and programming means for mechanization and automatization of the processes of fishing, fish culture and scientific fisheries research;

• Economic research of problems of fisheries in inland waters;

• PhD training in four specializations: Ichthyology, Hydrobiology, Parasitology and Helminthology, Fisheries Management;

• Participation in sectorial, state, federal and interdepartmental programmes - "Revival of the Volga", "Scientific and technological support for the fisheries development of Russia", "Salmon", "Whitefish culture", "Aquaculture", "Sterlet".

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 405

• Scientists: 257 (Candidates of Sciences: 60, Doctors of Sciences: 11);

• Support personnel: 148

• Average age: 54 years

• Ratio of females: 70%

4. Budget (structure of income): 1.2 million Euro

Structure of income:

• Core fund from the Ministry (budget): 35%.

• National contracted research programmes: 60%

• Services: 5%

5. Main research areas

• Raw material base and fishing regulation

• Reproduction and free-water culture

• Genetics and selection

• Resource-saving aspects of aquaculture

• Ecology, toxicology, fish diseases

• Technics in fisheries

• Fisheries economics

• Development of water-saving and environmental fish culture technologies

• Fish nutrition and feeding

• Structure and function of the ecosystems of waters used for fisheries

6. Events organized regularly by the institute

• National scientific conferences: North-West Conference on Aquaculture.

• Exhibitions: Inrybprom, Russian Farmer, Golden Autumn.

7. International collaboration (with formalized agreements)

EBSK Commission, Helsinki Commission on Ecology.

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

Formal agreement on cooperation.

9. Involvement in EU projects

APPENDIX 7.16

ALL-RUSSIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER FISH FARMING

141821 Rybnoe, Dmitrov Region, Moscow Province, Russian Federation
Tel.: +7-095-993-8198, +7-095-587-2713
Fax: +7-095-993-8198, +7-095-587-2703

General director: Aleksey Mikhaylovich Bagrov
NACEE liaison officer: Evgeniy Alekseevich Gamygin ([email protected])

1. Position in the national R&D system

The All-Russian Research Institute of Freshwater Fish Farming (VNIIPRKh) is the leading institution of the Federal Agency of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, dealing with problems of freshwater aquaculture.

2. Main mandate

• Scientific research, productive and scientific-pedagogical activities in the fields of aquaculture, ichthyology and hydrobiology, including:

• Research on fish genetics and selection;

• Research on ichthyopathology, environmental conservation and fish health;

• Research on fish feeding;

• Development of technologies for pond and industrial fish culture;

• Development of technologies for breeding and rearing new aquaculture objects;

• Forming of collection stocks of cultured fish species;

• Production of different fish culture objects;

• Professional PhD training, work of a special council for the defence of doctoral and candidate dissertations.

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 227

• Scientists: 128, including 11 Doctors of Sciences and 42 Candidates of Sciences

• Administrative and support personnel: 99

• Average age: 49 years

• Ratio of females to males: 56 to 44%

4. Budget (structure of income): about 1.07 million Euro (2004)

Income structure:

• State contract with the Federal Agency of Fisheries - 50%

• National contracted research programmes - 4%

• Direct contracts with different organisations, services - 6%

• Fish production - 40%

5. Main research areas

• Genetics and selection of fish culture objects. Establishment of gene banks and collections of selection achievements

• Diagnostics, prophylaxis and therapy of hydrobiont diseases

• Fish nutrition physiology and biochemistry. Development of new formulae and methods of production and application of starter and production feeds for aquaculture

• Development of technologies and technological solutions for all forms of fish culture, introduction of new aquaculture objects

• Establishment of a cryobank for preservation of the gene pool of high-value and endangered fish species in form of deep-frozen sperm

• Monitoring of the ecological situation in waters used for fisheries purposes

• Prediction of fish production in inland waters

• Development of concepts and directions of the fish culture development

6. Events organized regularly by the institute

International scientific and practical conferences on aquaculture and fisheries, held on the occasions of jubilee celebrations of the Institute (the last conference was held in 2002 in honour of the 70^th anniversary of the establishment of VNIIPRKh).

7. International collaboration (with formalized agreements)

• All-Chinese Station for Introduction of New Technologies in Fish Culture, Haitong Company, China

• Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 3, Vietnam

• National Fund of Fishery Development, Peru

• Research and Production Centre of Fisheries of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan

• Institute of Fisheries of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus

• International Council of Scientific and Technological Cooperation in Research on Aquatic Living Resources and Aquaculture, several countries

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

• Institute of Fisheries of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Belarus (testing of carp varieties, expertise on clarifying provenience of silver carp)

• State Research Institute of Lake and River Fisheries, Russia (ecology of waters used for fisheries purposes)

• Federal Centre for Fish Genetics and Selection, Russia (testing of selection achievements)

• Institute of Zoology of the Moldavian Academy of Sciences; Stanislaw Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute, Poland; Research and Design Technological Center "Tekhrybvod", Ukraine; Institute for Fisheries of the Ucrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Ukraine; Kherson State Agrarian University, Ukraine (creation of a database on fisheries regulations and other aspects of aquaculture)

APPENDIX 7.17

FEDERAL STATE UNITARY ENTERPRISE
SCIENTIFIC AND PRODUCTION CENTRE OF STURGEON CULTURE "BIOS"

Scientific and production base:
Russia, 416340 Astrakhan' Province, Ikryanoe;
Tel.: +7-8524-421-738; Fax: +7-8524-421-731

Office:
14a Volodarsky St., 414000 Astrakhan', Russia;
Tel.: +7-8512-390-511, +7-8512-391-126; Fax: +7-8512-391-129;
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Director: Lidiya Mikhaylovna Vasil'eva
NACEE liaison officer: Elena Gennad'evna Fedorova ([email protected]; [email protected]

1. Position in the national R&D system

The FSUE Scientific and Production Centre of Sturgeon Culture "BIOS" belongs to the Fisheries Agency which, in turn, is part of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

2. Main mandate

• Sturgeon reproduction in the Volga-Caspian Basin

• Production and selling of sturgeon seed

• Development of methods for accelerated forming of sturgeon broodstocks, conservation of the gene pool of these high-value species

• Improvement of the biotechnology of sturgeon rearing using different methods

• Development of culturing and biological bases for planning sturgeon culture enterprises

• Development and production of specialized feeds, research into sturgeon feeding

• Scientific, educational and consultative activities

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 155

• Scientists: 25, including 5 Candidates of Sciences, 1 Doctor of Sciences

• Technicians: 71

• Support personnel: 59

• Average age: 42 years

• Ratio of females: 45%

4. Budget (structure of income): about 800 thousand Euro, including:

• Research work: 202.4 thousand Euro;

• Sturgeon fry production: 290.6 thousand Euro;

• Market sturgeon production: 76.1 thousand Euro;

• Fish seed: 157.1 thousand Euro;

• Feeds: 44.5 thousand Euro;

• Total: 770.7 thousand Euro.

5. Main research areas

• Profitable technologies of market sturgeon production

• Methods of forming sturgeon broodstocks

• Selection and breeding work in sturgeon culture

• Methods of early sex determination in sturgeons

• Development of artificial feeds for sturgeons

• Nutrition and feeding of sturgeons and paddlefish

• Treatment and prophylactic measures in sturgeon culture

• Sturgeon diseases

• Development of instructions and methodological documentation on market sturgeon production

• Culturing and biological bases of sturgeon farming

• Evaluation of the economic efficiency of market sturgeon production

6. Events organized by the enterprise

• The International Scientific and Practical Conference "Problems of the Contemporary Market Sturgeon Production" was held on 24-25 March 1999, with the participation of 163 persons representing 36 organisations and enterprises of different forms of ownership, including ones from 5 foreign countries;

• The International Scientific and Practical Conference "Sturgeon Aquaculture: Achievements and Development Perspectives" was held on 20-22 November 2001, with the participation of 191 persons representing 71 organisations and enterprises of different forms of ownership, including ones from 7 foreign countries;

• The International Scientific and Practical Conference "Sturgeon Aquaculture: Achievements and Development Perspectives" was held on 22-25 March 2004, with the participation of 169 persons representing 55 organisations and enterprises of different forms of ownership, including ones from 9 foreign countries.

• Every year, starting from 2003, the specialists of the Centre organize training seminars on market sturgeon production that are attended by practice-oriented fish farmers both from Russia and the neighbouring countries.

7. International collaboration (with formalized agreements)

• International collaboration has been realized during the last 5 years with 36 enterprises of 18 countries of the world, including countries of Central and Eastern Europe:

• Lithuanian Marine Museum, Lithuania

• Experimental and Production Enterprise "Ekovesta", Lithuania

• Fish Farm Tome, Latvia

• Kamarko Bros. Inc., Bulgaria

• Reya Fish Ltd., Bulgaria

• JSC "Beluga", Bulgaria

• Atlantic Ltd., Bulgaria

• Seta Plus s.r.o., Pirsfany, Slovakia

• Rideg & Rideg, Hungary

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

Scientific-methodological assistance on a constant basis, with JSC "Beluga"

9. Involvement in EU projects

As a result of a cooperation with the European Commission in the framework of the TACIS Programme "Programme of Technical Assistance to Russia by EU Countries", the Centre of Sturgeon Culture "BIOS" accomplished in 2001 the BISTRO/TACIS Project BIS/00/027/017 "Elaboration of the Business Conception for the Development of the SPC "BIOS".

APPENDIX 7.18

RESEARCH AND DESIGN TECHNOLOGICAL CENTER "TEKHRYBVOD"

135 Obukhovskaya Str., 03164, Kiev, Ukraine
Tel.: +380-44-423-7467; Fax: +380-44-423-7467
E-mail: [email protected]
Web page: http://my.elvisti.com/sokbtrw

Director: Nikolay Vasil'evich Grinzhevskiy
NACEE liaison officer: Nataliya Goray ([email protected])

1. Position in the national R&D system

The RDTC "Tekhrybvod" is one of the 5 research institutions that belong to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine. The RDTC "Tekhrybvod" is a leading scientific center in aquaculture and fisheries in Ukraine.

2. Main mandate

Research and design work in mechanization and automatization of technological processes in aquaculture production, fishing, protection and restoring of fish resources, including:

• Research on the status of the fish fauna in conditions of the transforming aquatic ecosystems of Ukraine's inland waters;

• Methodology development for fisheries utilization of small water bodies;

• Development of water treatment systems for reproduction and rearing of aquatic culture objects;

• Development of fish identification methods;

• Development of instruments and technological methods for the cryoconservation of the sexual products of fish and creation of a frozen gene bank of endangered and commercially important fishes;

• Development of methods for sex determination of different fish species at different stages of their life cycle.

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 40

• Scientists and designers: 25, including 8 Doctors of Sciences

• Technicians: 5

• Support personnel: 10

• Average age: 48 years

• Ratio of females: 49%

4. Budget (structure of income): about 160 thousand Euro (2004)

Income structure:

• National competitive grant funds: 33%

• National contracted research programs: 17%

• Services: 50%

5. Main research areas

• Development of resource-efficient and environment-friendly fish rearing technologies;

• Development of systems and technologies of environmentally clean recirculated water supply during reproduction and rearing of fish culture objects;

• Maintenance of live and frozen fish gene banks.

6. Events organized regularly by the institute

• National Scientific-Technical Conference on Aquaculture and Fisheries (in June 2004, with attendance of 180 participants representing various stakeholders of fisheries)

• International Exhibition "Inrybprom-2004" in St-Petersburg, Russia, 22-27 June 2004, with participation of 30 Ukrainian enterprises

• International Exhibition "Agro-2004" and "Kiev Autumn - 2004" with wide representation of Ukrainian fisheries enterprises

• International Exhibition "Fish Resources" in Moscow, Russia, 22-27 November 2004, with participation of 28 fisheries enterprises of Ukraine

7. International collaboration (with formalized agreements)

• Institute of Zootechnics (Cracow, Poland)

• Stanislaw Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute (Olsztyn, Poland)

• Institute of Andrology (Olsztyn, Poland)

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

• Russian Federal Research Institute of Fishery and Oceanography, Moscow, Russia (ÑIÒÅS Programme)

• Caspian Research Institute of Fisheries, Krasnodar, Russia (fish sex determination)

• Institute of Fisheries, Minsk, Belarus (aquaculture technologies)

• All-Russian Research Institute of Freshwater Fish Farming, Rybnoe, Russia (aquaculture)

9. Involvement in EU projects (not involved)

APPENDIX 7.19

INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES OF THE UKRAINIAN ACADEMY OF AGRARIAN
SCIENCES

164 Obukhovska St., 03164 Kiev, Ukraine
Tel.: +380-44-423-7461; Fax: +380-44-423-7458

Director: Oleksandr Tretyak
NACEE liaison officer: Vitaliy Bekh ([email protected])

1. Position in the national R&D system

The Institute for Fisheries of the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences (IF UAAS) is the leading research institution of Ukraine that studies issues related to the problems of aquaculture and fishing in inland waters.

2. Main mandate

Research and development in aquaculture, rational utilization of aquatic living resources of inland waters, environmental safety, training of highly qualified professionals, including:

• fish genetics and selection, cryoconservation of sexual products;

• development and improvement of fish rearing in polyculture;

• water quality research, ecological monitoring;

• development and improvement of the technologies of artificial propagation of different fish species;

• research on stock conservation and rehabilitation of rare and endangered species;

• research on fish diseases, their prophylaxis and treatment;

• research and recommendations on rational utilization of the aquatic living resources of continental inland waters;

• marketing research, analyses of the fish product market, research on economic efficiency of the business activity of the Ukrainian fisheries enterprises.

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 130

• Scientists: 80; 37 with PhD degree

• Technicians and support personnel: 50

• Average age: 46 years

• Ratio of females: 59%

4. Budget (structure of income): about 260 thousand Euro (2004)

Income structure:

• Core fund from the Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences: 74%

• National competitive grant funds: 3.7%

• National contracted research programmes: 1.5%

• Services to enterprises: 20.8 %

5. Main research areas

• Fish genetics and selection, cryoconservation of sexual products;

• Development and improvement of fish rearing in polyculture;

• Water quality research, ecological monitoring;

• Development and improvement of the technologies of artificial propagation of different fish species;

• Research on stock conservation and rehabilitation of rare and endangered species;

• Research on fish diseases, their prophylaxis and treatment;

• Research and recommendations on rational utilization of the aquatic living resources of continental inland waters;

• Marketing research, analyses of the fish product market, research on economic efficiency of the business activity of the Ukrainian fisheries enterprises.

6. Events organized regularly by the institute

Scientific and practical conferences on aquaculture and fisheries (in 2004: "Rational Utilization of the Biological Resources of Continental Waters", "Problems and perspectives of Aquaculture Development in Ukraine", they were attended by about 300 participants of various national and foreign stakeholders of fisheries)

7. International collaboration (with formalized agreements)

• Institute of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Irrigation, Szarvas, Hungary (sturgeon culture, information exchange);

• Institute of Ichthyobiology and Aquaculture, Golysz, Poland (immunogenetics of common carp);

• Stanislaw Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute, Olsztyn, Poland (sturgeon culture, sturgeon genetics);

• Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Vodnany, Czech Republic (artificial fish propagation);

• All-Russian Research Institute of Freshwater Fish Farming, Rybnoe, Russia (information exchange, cryobiology);

• Federal Centre for Fish Genetics and Selection, Ropsha, Russia (information exchange);

• Kentucky State University, Frankfort, USA (sturgeon culture);

• Institute of Fisheries, Minsk, Republic of Belarus (ichthyopathology);

• Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova, Kishinau, Moldova (aquaculture).

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

• Institute of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Irrigation, Szarvas, Hungary (sturgeon culture, information exchange);

• Institute of Ichthyobiology and Aquaculture, Golysz, Poland (immunogenetics of common carp);

• Stanislaw Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute, Olsztyn, Poland (sturgeon culture, sturgeon genetics);

• Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Vodnany, Czech Republic (artificial fish propagation);

• All-Russian Research Institute of Freshwater Fish Farming, Rybnoe, Russia (information exchange, cryobiology);

• Federal Centre for Fish Genetics and Selection, Ropsha, Russia (information exchange);

• Institute of Fisheries, Minsk, Republic of Belarus (ichthyopathology);

• Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Moldova, Kishinau, Moldova (aquaculture).

9. Involvement in EU projects

APPENDIX 7.20

MINISTRY OF AGRARIAN POLICY
NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF AQUATIC LIVING RESOURCES
DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL ZOOLOGY AND ICHTHYOLOGY

15 Geroev Oborony St., Kiev, Ukraine
Tel.: +380-44-267-8918
E-mail: [email protected]

Head of department: Petro Grigor'evich Shevchenko
NACEE liaison officer: Viktoriya Valentinovna Tsedik ([email protected])

1. Position in the national R&D system

The Department of General Zoology and Ichthyology of the Faculty of Aquatic Living Resources of the National Agricultural University belongs to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine.

2. Main mandate

• Scientific research in the field of aquatic living resources and aquaculture, including:

• Research on the status of the fish fauna in conditions of the transforming aquatic ecosystems of Ukraine's inland waters.

• Research on enhancing the productivity of waters used for fisheries purposes and improvement of the quality of fish products.

• Research in the field of biotechnologies: improvement of the methods of cryoconservation of the sexual products of fish, fish sex determination at different stages of individual development.

• Bachelor, Specialist and Master training in Ichthyology and Fish Culture specializations.

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total: 10

• Associate professors: 3 (one of whom is Doctor of Sciences)

• Senior lecturers: 2

• Assistants: 2

• Support personnel: 3

• Average age: 35 years

• Ratio of females: 50%

4. Budget

Income structure:

• National competitive grant funds: 30%

• National contracted research programmes: 20%

• Services: 50%.

5. Main research areas

• Research on aquatic ecosystems in transforming conditions, predicting the quantitative and qualitative composition of the fish fauna.

• Development of theoretical foundations for increasing the productivity of waters used for fisheries purposes in Ukraine, quality of the produced fish.

• Introduction of new, safe technologies for market-oriented production of economically important finfish and other aquatic animals.

• Adding genetic material to the cryobank.

6. Events organized by the department

Scientific conference "Perspectives of Aquaculture Development" held on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Faculty and the Department

7. International collaboration (with formalized agreements)

• Institute of Zootechnics (Cracow, Poland)

• Stanislaw Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute (Olsztyn, Poland);

• Institute of Andrology (Olsztyn, Academy of Sciences, Poland).

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

• Russian Federal Research Institute of Fishery and Oceanography, Moscow, Russia (sturgeon conservation)

• All-Russian Research Institute of Freshwater Fish Farming, Rybnoe, Moscow Province, Russia (aquaculture)

• Institute of Fisheries, Minsk, Belarus (aquaculture)

9. Involvement in EU projects (not involved)

APPENDIX 7.21

KHERSON STATE AGRARIAN UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF HYDROBIOLOGICAL RESOURCES AND AQUACULTURE

23 R. Luxemburg St., 73006, Kherson, Ukraine
Tel.: +380-552-429-451; Fax: +380-552-429-289
Web page: http://www.ksau.kherson.ua/090aqua/index.html

Director-rector: Viktor Ushkarenko, member of the Ukrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Programme coordinator: Isaak Sherman
NACEE liaison officer: Yuriy Pilipenko ([email protected])

1. Position in the national research and education system

The Kherson State Agrarian University (KhSAU) is one of the 20 higher agricultural education institutions that belong to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine. It celebrated the 130^th anniversary of its founding in September 2004. KhSAU is the leading higher education institution providing professional education in "Aquatic Biological Resources and Aquaculture" for the fisheries of Ukraine. The specialized training takes place at the Faculty of Hydrobiological Resources and Aquaculture, which includes 4 departments (Fish Culture, Ecology, Chemistry, Animal Morphology and Physiology), a problem-oriented research laboratory for optimization of aquatic biological resource utilization and an accredited scientific hydrochemical laboratory. At the Faculty, PhD training is available in 3 specializations ("Ichthyology", "Fish Culture" and "Ecology"), and 9 productive affiliations have been created where practical training of students takes place and scientific research is performed.

2. Main mandate

i) Education - professional training (educational-qualification levels "Bachelor", "Specialist", "Master") and postgraduate specialization in "Aquatic biological resources and aquaculture" and "Ecology and environmental protection":

• development of the components of the educational-qualification standards for bachelor, specialist and master training;

• optimization of the educational process and development of the corresponding methodological supply;

• preparation and publication of reference and educational literature;

• coordination of the trainings by participation in the work of the relevant National Accreditation Commission and Educational-Methodological Commission.

ii) Research and consultancy on rational utilization of aquatic biological resources and farming aquaculture objects:

• research on broodstock creation and reproduction of high-value fish species;

• research on new fish culture objects;

• research into biological production processes in aquatic ecosystems;

• resource-saving technologies of fish production;

• evaluation of the damage to aquatic ecosystems by economic activities;

• technology optimization of farming of fish culture objects.

3. Staff (by qualification/age/gender)

• Total for the Faculty of Hydrobiological Resources and Aquaculture: 49

• Scientific-pedagogic fellows: 38 (33 full-time + 5 contracted),

• Including: 5 Doctors of Sciences, Professors, 22 Candidates of Sciences, Associate Professors.

• Support personnel (technicians, training masters, laboratory assistants, preparators): 11

• Average age: 45.5 years

• Ratio of females: 34 %

4. Budget (structure of income) of the Faculty: about 150 thousand Euro (2003)

Structure of income:

• core fund from the Ministry: 71%

• contracted education: 23%

• national competitive grant funds: 0%

• national contracted research programmes: 5%

• international competitive grant funds: 0%

• services, consultancy: 1%.

5. Main research areas

• Broodstock forming of traditional and new fish culture objects

• Optimization of artificial reproduction of sturgeons

• Optimization of resource-saving technologies of fish production in small water reservoirs of different purposes (irrigation, technical, drinking water)

• Fisheries development in water bodies with astatic mineralization

• Rational fisheries in natural waters

• Studies on morphological and physiological-biochemical parameters of fish culture objects.

6. Events organized regularly by KhSAU

Annual republican scientific-practical conferences on aquaculture, sessions and seminars of the educational-methodological commissions in the specializations "Aquatic Biological Resources and Aquaculture" and "Ecology", international seminars (International Seminar "Current Problems of Aquaculture", 8-11 September 2003, 58 participants representing educational institutions and fisheries organizations of Ukraine, Moldova, Russia and Poland)

7. International collaboration (with formalized agreements)

• All-Russian Research Institute of Freshwater Fish Farming, Russia;

• All-Russian Research Institute of Irrigation Fish Farming, Russia;

• Moscow Agricultural Academy, Russia;

• State Technical University of Kaliningrad, Russia;

• Magadan Branch of the Pacific Research Centre for Fisheries, Russia;

• State Academy of Agriculture of the Republic of Belarus, Republic of Belarus;

• Moldavian Research Station for Fisheries, Moldova.

8. Existing cooperation with other NACEE members

• All-Russian Research Institute of Freshwater Fish Farming (culture of new objects)

• Stanislaw Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute, Olsztyn, Poland (sturgeon culture)

• Institute of Fisheries of the Republic of Belarus (rational utilization of aquatic biological resources)

• Institute for Fisheries of the Ucrainian Academy of Agricultural Sciences (sturgeon culture, fisheries development in water bodies with astatic mineralization)

• Research and Design Technological Center "Tekhrybvod", Ukraine (resource-saving technologies)

9. Involvement in EU projects

Ongoing projects:

• International Council for Scientific-Technological Cooperation in Research on Aquatic Biological Resources and Aquaculture

ANNEX 8
Discussion paper - First Meeting of NACEE Directors

Szarvas, Hungary, 21 - 24 November 2004
Research Institute for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Irrigation (HAKI)

Proposed themes for the session on structure and function of NACEE
(23 November 2004)

Dear NACEE Directors,

The Research Institute for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Irrigation (HAKI) as coordinating institution of the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Central-Eastern Europe will hold the first meeting of NACEE Directors in Szarvas, Hungary between 21-24 November 2004. The meeting is co-organized by the Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service, FAO Rome and the FAO Sub-Regional Office Budapest, Hungary. The organisation is also supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hungary.

The main objectives of the meeting is to assist the formalisation of the network operation and to identify areas of future actions.

Aims of the meeting

The aims of the meeting will be:

• to identify constraints and opportunities in exchange of information and in cooperation among NACEE member institutions, and between NACEE member institutions and Western European aquaculture institutions and organisations;

• to discuss mechanisms of collaboration for information gathering on aquaculture developments in the CEE region for the purposes of preparation of FAO/FIRI's NASOs and regular regional and global reviews on aquaculture development trends;

• to provide information on the experiences of other similar networks (e.g. NACA) and on initiatives, which are aiming at the establishment of similar aquaculture networks in other regions of the world;

• to discuss specific elements of the operation of NACEE and identify appropriate techniques and modalities to improve the efficiency of the operation of the network including the establishment of a NACEE web page;

• to plan future activities with special regard to the participation of NACEE in the ASEM (Asia Europe Meeting) Aquaculture Platform, in the EFARO (European Fisheries and Aquaculture Organisation) Workshop in Budapest, Hungary in 2005, and in the World Aquaculture Conference in Florence, Italy in 2006; and

• to sign a founding document of NACEE, which supports the legitimacy of NACEE as an acknowledged European network in aquaculture.

Participation and contributions

The Meeting will be attended by directors of NACEE member institutions; leading experts of some of the institutions; representatives of FAO Inland Water Resources and Aquaculture Service, FAO Rome; FAO Sub-Regional Office Budapest, Hungary; European Commission, Aquaculture Unit; NACA and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development Budapest, Hungary.

Representatives of the member institutions of NACEE are expected to comment and give recommendations on the objectives, structure and function of the Network and also propose specific thematic areas for expanding cooperation between NACEE members and relavant international organisations and networks. Priority scientific areas should be determined for joint research and exchange programmes and possibilities of funding of NACEE will be discussed.

According to the Program of the Meeting the theme of the 2^nd conference day will be the structure and function of NACEE. The future by-law of NACEE will be developed on the basis of the comments and recommendations of the participants during this session. In order to have a fruitful discussion, please look into the proposed themes thoroughly. The list of the themes might not be complete, but we consider them as a good starting point for the discussion. If you have further comments or recommendations on the main issues of NACEE do not hesitate to share your ideas with us. Please, send back the papers filled in to Peter Lengyel ([email protected]) or bring it with you to the conference site.

1. Comments on the objectives of the NACEE.

1.1 The long-term objective of the network is to facilitate that the R&D sphere in Central-Eastern Europe be an integral part of the European Research Area

• I fully agree with the long term objective.

• I agree with the objective in general, but.

• I don't agree with this objective.

1.2 Facilitate the transfer of information relevant to aquaculture development of the region

• I fully agree with this objective.

• I agree with the objective in general, but............

• I don't agree with this objective.

1.3 Initiate joint research and training programs

• I fully agree with this objective.

• I agree with the objective in general, but..

• I don't agree with this objective.

1.4 Assist the organisation of regional aquaculture meetings and conferences

• I fully agree with this objective.

• I agree with the objective in general, but............

• I don't agree with this objective.

1.5 Facilitate the improvement of partnership between science and practice, with special regard to SMEs and Producers Associations

• I fully agree with this objective.

• I agree with the objective in general, but............

• I don't agree with this objective.

1.6 Enhance the capacity of CEE institutions to be able to initiate and run regional aquaculture development projects supported by the EU, FAO and other international organisations

• I fully agree with this objective.

• I agree with the objective in general, but............

• I don't agree with this objective.

1.7 Development of collaboration between the "Network" and other regional networks/organisations with special regard to NACA (Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific)

• I fully agree with this objective.

• I agree with the objective in general, but............

• I don't agree with this objective.

2. Expectations from the network.

Please, classify the following: 1 - very important, 2- important, 3- less important

3. Comments on structure and function of the NACEE.

3.1 The existing structure of the network:

Board of directors-Coordinating institution - Member institutions

3.2 Sharing tasks and responsibilities

Tasks and responsibilitites of the board of directors

• Admitting new members

• Decisions concerning all the network (financial issues, structure etc.)

• Way of making decisions

• Frequency of the directors meeting (yearly, in every two year)

Contribution of HAKI as coordinating institution (What are the requirements?)

• Organize regular meetings

• Watch calls for proposals

• Elaborate common R&D projects

• Maintain the necessary infrastucture/personnel for the operation of the network

• Other:

Contribution of the member institution to the objectives of the NACEE

• Liaison officer

• Providing information

• Membership fee

• Other:

3.3 Way of communication

Please, classify the following: 1 - very important, 2- important, 3- less important

3.4 New members' affiliation (criteria and conditions, method) e.g.:

• Can an innovative producer or producers' association be a member of the network?

• Shall we limit the number of member institutions?

• Shall we limit the members'number by countries?

3.5 Possible financing of the network

• International financial sources (projects, international donor support etc.)

• National funding possibilities (research projects, network building etc.)

• Private enterprises

• Membership fee (if yes, how much, way of collecting)

4. Proposals on thematic issues.

4.1 Possible joint research in specific areas

• Genetics/genomics

• Fish nutrition

• Fish disease/fish health management

• Fish propagation and rearing technologies

• Aquaculture system development

• Aquaculture economics

• Fish and fisheries biology

• Water treatment

• Environmental interaction

• Processing

• Marketing

• Other:

4.2 Concrete suggestions on cooperation

• Elaboration of project proposals

• Exchange of scientists

• Joint organization of symposiums, meetings

• Coordinated attendance on international conferences (with papers/posters)

5. The acronym of the network

Do you find the English acronym of the network acceptable?

• Yes

• No

Do you find the Russian acronym of the network acceptable?

• Yes

• No

6. Do you find it necessary for the network to have a logo?

• Yes

• No

7. In your opinion is it possible to transform NACEE from an inter-institutional organization to an inter-governmental one?

• No

• Yes, but it will take more than 10 years

• Yes, but it will take 5-10 years

• Yes, it is possible within 5 years

ANNEX 9
Founding Document

Network of Aquaculture Centers in Central Eastern Europe (NACEE)

(Accepted by the directors of member institutions/organizations,
Szarvas, Hungary, 23 November 2004)

Preamble

Central Eastern Europe is an emerging region of Europe, where aquaculture plays an important role in rural development. Tremendous knowledge and experience are available in various aquaculture research institutions in the region, however, there are serious constraints in the R&D field, which hamper the utilisation of research results and the transfer of technologies in the region, with special regard to the less developed areas. These constraints include financial, infrastructural and language factors. The R&D sector in this region is still very far from being integral part of the European Research Area. This is indicated well with the low number of publications in the Aquaculture Magazine (1% between 1991-1996) and the low participation in EAS conferences (about 4% between 1996-2002). There have been efforts to stimulate the better integration of Central-Eastern European institutions and scientists into European-level research programs; however, there is still a long way to go in order to bridge the gap and to eliminate the existing disparities between the R&D spheres in Western and Central-Eastern Europe. The idea of the establishment of a Network of Aquaculture Centers in Central-Eastern Europe (NACEE), expected to contribute to this process, has been developed during the activity of the Central-Eastern European Committee of European Aquaculture Society (EAS).

Network Members

Research institutions, universities and producer associations in the field of fisheries and aquaculture from Central and Eastern Europe (Albania, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia & Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine).

Network Representatives

Directors/executive officers of each member institution.

Mission Statement

To Facilitate the R&D sphere in Central-Eastern Europe to be an integral part of the European Research Area.

Goals

Strategy

To develop an informal, flexible, and highly functional network to accomplish significant goals for aquaculture research and development.

Structure and function

The Network is a voluntary association of Central and Eastern European aquaculture institutions in which all members maintain their full independence. Activities are coordinated by the Research Institute for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Irrigation (HAKI) of Hungary. All member institutions assign a liaison person (speaking English and Russian) who is in regular contact with the coordinating institution HAKI. The language of the communication is English and Russian, which means that members can use either English or Russian. Members inform the coordinator about all events, which may count for the interest of other members. The coordinator then distributes the information among the members of the Network. The coordinator also disseminates major information from European organisations and institutions, which may be relevant for members of the Network. The directors of the Network will meet once a year in different member countries. The structure and function of the Network could further be defined and regulated upon the decision of the directors of the member institutions. The need for bylaws or other rules of procedure will be addressed by the Network as needed. New members can join the Network upon the consensus of the directors of member institutions.

Szarvas, Hungary, 23 November 2004

Signatures of the Directors of NACEE Member Institutions:

Back Cover

The First Meeting of Directors of the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Central-Eastern Europe (NACEE) took place in Szarvas, Hungary, from 21 to 24 November 2004, and was hosted by the Research Institute for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Irrigation (HAKI). The NACEE network membership currently involves 25 institutions from 13 countries of Central and Eastern Europe. During the meeting, representatives of 21 institutions from 12 countries presented their institutions, structure, programmes and activities. The objectives and expectations, basic functions, structure, organizational framework, networking mechanisms, contributions by NACEE members and next programme activities of NACEE were discussed and agreed by the participants. A Founding Document, formalizing the establishment of NACEE, was discussed and signed by the Directors of Member Institutions of NACEE. HAKI at Szarvas was confirmed as the Coordinating Institute of NACEE. During the meeting, NACEE Members were informed of, and invited to contribute to FAO/FIRI's initiatives on the NASOs (National Aquaculture Sector Overviews) and the forthcoming regional and global reviews of aquaculture development trends. It was agreed that the Second Meeting of NACEE Directors should be organized in conjunction with the FAO/NACEE Expert Workshop for the Regional Review of Aquaculture Development Trends in Central and Eastern Europe, and that both meetings would be held from 5 to 9 September 2005 in Astrakhan, Russian Federation.