99997 - TRANSIZIONE BLU DEGLI ECOSISTEMI MARINI E DELLA PESCA

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Docente: Alice Ferrari
  • Credits: 3
  • SSD: BIO/05
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Ravenna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Marine Biology (cod. 8857)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course, the student knows the basic concepts about the evaluation of the effects of fishery activity on marine ecosystems and the mitigation of human impacts on fishery resources according to the CFP (EU Reg.1380/2014) and GFCM Mid-term Strategy. The student will gain kowledge for the enhancement and management of fishery activity based on the bio-ecological approach and on the technological innovation of the supply chain. The student is able: - to integrate science, production and socio-educational components; - to propose mitigation measures to ecosystems' alterations; - to propose flexible models for the management of wild resources actively expressing and debating those proposals.

Course contents

- the Italian small-scale fishery sector

- National and European legislation of Italian fishery

- Alieutic resources and seasons, food webs and reproductive cycles

- Introduction to fish stocks in the Adriatic Sea

- Mitigation of anthropic impacts in terms of resources, gears and management

- From sea to fork: transformation of seafood products and certification schemes

Teaching methods

After the lectures, a final round table will be held by students who, in small groups, will design and propose innovative solutions for a sustainable fishery.

Assessment methods

The oral exam will be held in Italian or English and will include three main questions. One of these will concern the project proposals exposed to the other students during the round table.

Office hours

See the website of Alice Ferrari