SUCCESS

Project reference: 635188

Funded under :

H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Strategic Use of Competitiveness towards Consolidating the Economic Sustainability of the european Seafood sector

From 2015-04-01 to 2018-03-31, ongoing project

Project details

Total cost: EUR 5 207 821,75

EU contribution: EUR 4 998 290,25

Coordinated in: France

Topic(s):

BG-10-2014 - Consolidating the economic sustainability and competitiveness of European fisheries and aquaculture sectors to reap the potential of seafood markets

Call for proposal:

H2020-BG-2014-2See other projects for this call

Funding scheme:

RIA - Research and Innovation action

Objective

SUCCESS is bringing together an integrated team of scientists from all fields of fisheries and aquaculture science with industry partners and key stakeholders to work on solutions which shall improve the competitiveness of the European fisheries and aquaculture sector. The supply-side of seafood markets is limited from both sea fisheries and aquaculture. At the same time demand for seafood products is increasing. In a globalised economy, the conjunction of these two trends should generate high opportunities for any seafood production activity. However, both fisheries and aquaculture companies are facing key challenges, which currently hinder them reaping the full benefits of seafood markets expansion, and even question their sustainability. As a whole, the EU fisheries sector remains at low levels of profitability and sustainability. The SUCCESS project will examine two strategies to improve the competitiveness of the sector: (i) increasing demand for EU seafood products, especially improving the awareness of the advantages of European production (including sustainability requirements and adjustment to market evolution); and (ii) cost reduction in certain production segments. For both strategies development on world markets as well as consumer preferences and awareness will be analysed. Additionally, SUCCESS will explore the different sectors along the value chain (from fisheries and aquaculture producers via processing companies, wholesalers, retailers to direct marketing to mobile fishmongers and restaurants) and their potential for improvements in competitiveness. These analyses also include long term predictions about the viability of certain production systems and will be considered in specific case studies on for example mussel production, shrimp fisheries, whitefish, traditional pond aquaculture and new aquaculture production systems.

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Coordinator

UNIVERSITE DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE

France

Participants

INSTITUT FRANCAIS DE RECHERCHE POUR L'EXPLOITATION DE LA MER

France

HASKOLI ISLANDS

Iceland

STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK

Netherlands

UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA

Spain

JOHANN HEINRICH VON THUENEN-INSTITUT, BUNDESFORSCHUNGSINSTITUT FUER LAENDLICHE RAEUME, WALD UND FISCHEREI

Germany

NISEA SOCIETA COOPERATIVA

Italy

MARKMAR EHF

Iceland

Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (TECHNOLOGIKO EKPAIDEFTIKO IDRYMA THESSALONIKIS)

Greece

MORSKI INSTYTUT RYBACKI - PANSTWOWY INSTYTUT BADAWCZY

Poland

FISHOR CONSULTING LTD

United Kingdom

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO

Italy

LUONNONVARAKESKUS

Finland

ICELAND SEAFOOD INTERNATIONAL EHF

Iceland

PECHEURS DE MANCHE ET D'ATLANTIQUESA

France

DUCAMAR SPAIN SL

Spain

RODECAN SL

Spain

FRIGORIFICOS ORTIZ SA

Spain

KILIC DENIZ URUNLERI URETIMI IHRACAT ITHALAT VE TICARET AS

Turkey

FISH-PASS

France

WEMAKE SARL

France

FUNDACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO ACUICULTURA DE ANDALUCIA

Spain

ASOCIACION DE MAYORISTAS DE PESCADOS DEL PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS

Spain

BUNDESVERBAND DER DEUTSCHEN FISHINDUSTRIE UND DES FISCHGROSSHANDELS E.V.

Germany