EUROSHELL: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY TO SUPPORT THE EUROPEAN MARINE MOLLUSC PRODUCTION SECTOR

摘要

EUROSHELL is identifying current and future challenges facing the shellfish sector, and addressing ways to improve the knowledge transfer between science and the industry and ensure that science is applied to the research needs of the industry.The initiative focuses on identification of the underlying factors that inhibit effective knowledge management in the sector and organizes regional forums to facilitate dialogue between shellfish companies (especially through their regional or national producers' organizations) and researchers, with a strong focus on developing efficient methodology for knowledge transfer.Seven forums have taken or will take place: three in France (Brittany, Poitou-Charentes, Mediterranean Sea), one in Ireland, one in Spain, one in Italy and one in the Netherlands to get producers' inputs on these issues.