INCOproject

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INCO-project Artemia biodiversity current global
resources and their sustainable
exploitation project number ICA4-CT-2001-10020 pr
oject period 01/01/02-31/12/04 Concerted
Action-type project funded by the European
Commission, Directorate General for Research
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Objectives
Global concerted Artemia study technical
intercalibration, integration of current
ecological and evolutionary concepts uniformous
methods to assess population dynamics issuing
guidelines on sustainable exploitation and strain
introduction tools for authorities to
protect biodiversity and to avert
overexploitation and extinction of strains
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Consortium
15 universities and governmental research
institutes coordinator Laboratory of
Aquaculture Artemia Reference Center, Ghent
Univ., Belgium ( )
EU
Asia
Africa
Latin America
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Consortium
Informal cooperation with universities/institutes
in other countries
Russia
Canada
Central Asian republics
USA
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Consortium members
  1 RUG Laboratory of Aquaculture Artemia
Reference Center (ARC), Ghent University,
Belgium Responsible scientist Patrick
Sorgeloos   2 CLO-DVZ Agricultural Research
Center-Ghent/Department of Sea Fisheries,
Oostende, Belgium Responsible scientist Peter
Bossier   3 AUTH Aristotle University of
Thessaloniki, Department of Genetics, Development
Molecular Biology, Greece Responsible
Scientist Theodore J. Abatzopoulos   4 CSIC
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal
(Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
de España), Larval Food (Artemia), Larviculture
and Ecotoxicology group, Ribera de Cabanes
(Castellón), Spain Responsible scientist
Francisco Amat   5 LA SAPIENZA Dipartamento di
Biologia Animale é dellUomo, Laboratorio di
Zoologia Applicata, Università La Sapienza,
Rome, Italy Responsible scientist Graziella Mura
  6 UBA Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas,
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales,
Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Responsibl
e scientist Graciela Cohen 7 CTU Institute
of Science for Aquaculture, Can Tho University,
Can Tho, Vietnam Responsible scientist Nguyen
Van Hoa    
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Consortium members (continued)
 8 INAT Institut National Agronomique de
Tunisie, Université de Carthage, Tunis,
Tunisia Responsible scientist Mohamed Salah
Romdhane   9 RU Department of Ichthyology and
Fisheries Science, Rhodes University,
Grahamstown, South Africa Responsible scientist
Tom Hecht   10 SRI Salt Research
Institute,Tanggu, Tianjin, PR China Responsible
scientist Xin Naihong   11 UU Artemia and
Aquatic Animals Research Center (AAARC), Urmia
University, Urmia, Iran Responsible scientist
Naser Agh   12 UMA-X Universidad Autónoma
Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Depto. El Hombre y su
Ambiente, México, D.F, Mexico Responsible
scientist Talía Castro Barrera   13 UFRN
Departamento de Oceanografia e Limnologia,
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte,
Natal, Brazil Responsible scientist Marcos R.
Camara   14 ULL Department of Basic
Sciences/Laboratory of Genetics Aquaculture,
Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno,
Chile Responsible scientist Gonzalo Gajardo 15
IART Institute for Artemia Research and
Training, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,
Rajakkamangalam, India Responsible scientist
Peter Marian
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Consortium activities

• Workshops
• Ghent global workshop, Belgium,  February 2002
• Beijing regional workshop, PR China, 2002
• Artemia resources of China (coastal and inland)
  threats for local populations by introduction of
  foreign species initial evaluation of study
  visits
• 3. Osorno regional workshop, Chile,  2003
• Artemia resources of Latin America genetics and
  speciation intermediate evaluation of study
  visits
• 4. Urmia regional workshop, Iran, 2004
• Artemia resources of Central Asia sustainable
  exploitation final evaluation of study visits
  final evaluation of all workshops
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• Study stays by visiting scientists from non-EU
  member institutes to
• Belgium
• Spain
• Greece

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• Action plans
• Database ARC
• Cyst bank ARC  
• Study visits (visiting scientists) ARC  
• Publications, Reports, Website, Code of Conduct
  for conservation of biodiversity and sustainable
  exploitation John Beardmore  
• Regional partnerships
• Africa RU
• China SRI 
• Iran UU
• Mediterranean AUTH  
• Central Asia ARC  
• Latin America ULL  
• South Asia IART
• Thematic partnerships
• Adaptation/speciation UFRN  
• Diapause AUTH  
• Plasticity CSIC

Consortium activities
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