Announcement
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Report-Roadmap-to-scaling-up-hatchery-production-V7.pdf
We are delighted to announce that the co-developed Roadmap to scaling up Ostrea edulis hatchery production in Europe is now available to download on the NORA website.
The roadmap is the product of input from >100 stakeholders across governments, regulators, hatcheries, research institutions, NGOs, and industry, including that of the NORA community.
The roadmaps sets out clear actions, timelines, and roles required to deliver a resilient and coordinated seed supply chain by 2040. Greater, more diverse and more consistent seed production is needed to meet the legislative requirements to restore European native oyster reefs across Europe.
The roadmap identifies partnership with aquaculture as a key step in increasing demand for native oysters and for securing diverse investment for scaling up production, such that we as a community can deliver a regenerative Blue Economy.
This roadmap sets out the strategy to achieve the necessary increase in native oyster seed supply from hatcheries, by ensuring long-term market certainty, regulatory clarity, investment incentives, and research and skills development frameworks. Together, these actions will unlock the production capacity necessary to restore keystone European ecosystems and accelerate development of regenerative aquaculture.