AquaServ - Research infrastructure services for sustainable aquaculture, fisheries and the blue economy

AquaServ provides access to a wide portfolio of complementary research infrastructures and their services (including facilities, instruments and expertise) needed to address the scientific challenges of sustainable aquaculture, fisheries and blue economy in support of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy, the Farm to Fork Strategy and the Sustainable Blue Economy Strategy.

AquaServ offers scientists from academia and industry remote and on-site transnational (TA) and virtual (VA) access to an advanced set of European research infrastructures related to research and management of marine and freshwater biological resources, aquaculture, food sciences and biotechnology.

AquaServ consists of 39 partners as well as other major networks such as European Marine Biological Resource Centre ERIC (EMBRC), the Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems ERIC, The Aquaculture for Excellence for Aquaculture in Fish (AquaExcel), and the Infrastructure for Promoting Metrology in Food and Nutrition (METROFOOD), as well as the International Council for Exploration of the Sea (ICES). It also includes the Research Infrastructure for Science and Innovation Policy Studies (RISIS) to bring contributions from the social sciences and to bring results nearer to policy makers ensuring societal impact.

From AquaServ, Luke has received funding to host international researchers working with Luke's blue bioeconomy infrastructure. The funding will cover travel and accommodation costs as well as the costs of using Luke's infrastructure. Luke's infrastructure services included are related to aquaculture (fresh water, sea water, RAS), biodiversity, aquatic ecology, otolith analysis, and spatial planning of fish farm locations. Foreign researchers can apply to utilize this funding on regular basis.