HORIZON 2020 Societal Challenges Sustainable Food Security Consolidating the environmental sustainability of European aquaculture

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Budget: €93,000,000 H2020-SFS-2015-2
Deadline Date: 24-02-2015
Deadline Date Stage 2: 11-06-2015
Programme: Horizon 2020
MAX Co-funding rate: 100
Applicants: Research centres, Local and Regional authorities, SME
Regions: European Union, Candidate countries, European Economic Area
Eligibility conditions: Three legal entities. Each of the three shall be established in a different Member State or associated country. All three legal entities shall be independent of each other.

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Proposals should compile existing and develop new tools for predicting and assessing the carrying capacity of the ecosystems at different geographic scales, taking into account specificities of the main European aquaculture segments and diversity of ecosystems in the main producing regions. They should also focus on improving existing and/or developing new integrated operational tools for the timely and cost-efficient environmental impact assessment of aquaculture production, in line with the requirements for the allocation of licenses for aquaculture businesses in the main producing European countries, as well as, for the implementation of the requirements set by the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in relation to aquaculture operations.