Fishing for new ways to expand the EU’s aquaculture industry

The EU-funded DIVERSIFY project is contributing to the sustainable expansion of the Europe’s aquaculture industry by promoting species diversification and product development.

Currently, aquaculture in Europe is unable to meet the growing demand for aquatic products. In fact, the European aquaculture sector only provides an insufficient 10 % of the EU’s total seafood consumption. Seeing an opportunity to help increase the sector’s market share, the EU-funded DIVERSIFY (Exploring the biological and socio-economic potential of new/emerging candidate fish species for the expansion of the European aquaculture industry) project is working to expand the EU’s aquaculture industry. To do this, it is revolutionising scientific techniques and methodologies that will optimise the rearing and production of new or emerging finfish species, along with establishing a range of marketing initiatives aimed at attracting consumers.

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