Crete launches Mediterranean aquaculture centre

Participants received hands-on training in daily fish farm operations, including feeding, biomass monitoring, harvesting, and net cleaning ©FAO-GFCM_ Georgios Paximadis

Source: FAO-GFCM/Georgios Paximadis

Sustainable aquaculture in the Mediterranean has been given a boost with the inauguration of the Mediterranean Marine Finfish Aquaculture Demonstration Centre in Crete

Developed by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the FAO and the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), with support from the Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture, the centre promises to be the most advanced of its kind in the region, offering training, research and the promotion of best practices.

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