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Malta Aquaculture Producers' Association
St. Paul’s Bay, Malta
Malta
Centre for Fisheries Sciences
Malta Aquaculture Research Centre
The National Aquaculture Centre (NAC) was set up at Fort San
Lucjan in 1988 by the Ministry for Food, Agriculture and
Fisheries. The primary aim was to pioneer the development of
fish farming as a new industrial activity in Malta. In 1992
a pilot marine hatchery was established for the production
of sea bass and sea bream. After a slump in sea bass and
bream production in the late 90’s, the centre covered
research work on both fisheries and aquaculture and was
renamed as the Malta Centre for Fisheries Sciences in 2001.
Research on the amberjack started in 2006, when the hatchery
technology was improved and the rearing of sea bream and
amberjacks started. Since then, the hatchery has developed
substantially and research is now carried out on the
amberjack, blue-fin tuna, sea bream and sea bass with other
species such as the grouper and meagre in the pipeline.
Today the Centre has once again become an aquaculture
centre, named the Malta Aquaculture Research Centre (MARC) -
the only research facility on Malta for hatching marine
species for mariculture. Many improvements have been made in
the marine hatchery to accommodate amberjack and bluefin
tuna larvae. The main stream of research focuses on the
diversification of species to be produced for mariculture,
with success obtained on a national level with the Amberjack
Project and on an EU level with the SELFDOTT project. MARC
also houses the Turtle Rehabilitation Unit that falls under
the same Ministry.
Aquaculture Stewardship Council
The ASC's mission is to transform aquaculture towards
environmental sustainability and social responsibility using
efficient market mechanisms that create value across the
chain.
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