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Fish health in Mediterranean Aquaculture, past mistakes and future challenges

A significant production in European aquaculture consists of production of approximately 135.000 tons of European sea bass and 139.000 tons of gilthead sea bream in the Mediterranean basin according to FEAP. Despite the relevance of these species, both in terms of production and economic value, no specific provision is given in the legislation regarding the survey of important diseases. All information available about infectious diseases and priorities to further develop this production are quite fragmented and jeopardized. Since 2012 EURL for Fish Diseases started a survey involving a number of private and institutional experts depicting the most important diseases. Each year the data are compiled and presented at the EURL Annual Workshop. The increasing relevance of the health aspects in the Mediterranean aquaculture seems to require more accurate and comprehensive interpretation involving as much professionals as possible. The initiative of this workshop was build in order to create discussion forum using specific working methodology. It aims to integrate efforts and knowledge already generated with other undergoing activities carried out by other organization (i.e. EATip, EAS and FEAP) with the knowledge of workshop participants. After short introduction, participants were provided with an open list of known and emerging pathogens. They were discussing in four geographically clustered groups and ranked the 5 most important diseases for the relevant Mediterranean fish species based on the equable criteria comprising the reduction of income of diseases correlating to the expected production. The final output of the Workshop is an agreed working document to be used as a baseline for future initiatives, ranking and prioritizing the most important diseases in the area according to the economic impact.

Mediterranean aquaculture ; health ; European sea bass ; Gilthead sea bream

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