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The role of CIMMAR in the development of ecosystem based aquaculture in Croatia

The Center for Interdisciplinary Marine and MAritime Reseach (CIMMAR) strives to become a Croatian platform to support goals of integrated coastal zone management, sustainability, basic and applied research, and biotechnological applications to develop and apply interdisciplinary tools for the adaptation of Croatian society to the foreseeable environmental changes of the 21st century. At the centre of the sustainability question within ICZM internationally is the sustainability status of aquaculture and its potential to have positive synergies with other stakeholder activities, including tourism. While aquaculture is predicted to grow in stature, economic share, and importance it is also considered to have questionable sustainability status and a negative impact on touristic activities due to various reasons. This can be ameliorated by ecosystem based approaches, including integrated, multi-species, multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) and the use of habitat improvement to foster complex natural communities within or near aquaculture facilities. The later increases the local capacity for recreational ecotourism and the enjoyment as well as the local exploitation of wild species.

CIMMAR; Aquaculture; University of Zadar

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