IMPASSE (Environmental impacts of alien species in aquaculture) will develop: guidelines for environmentally sound practices for introductions and translocations in aquaculture, guidelines on quarantine procedures, and risk assessment protocols and procedures for assessing the potential impacts of invasive alien species in aquaculture.

Website: http://www.hull.ac.uk/hifi/IMPASSE/ 

Project coordinator: Hull International Fisheries Institute, University of Hull

Start date of contract: 1 December 2006

Role of FEAP: FEAP will be part of the consortium. This consortium is established out of experts in the management of aquatic alien species, including persons who drafted the ICES and EIFAC Codes of Practice on Introductions and Transfers of Aquatic Organisms, and key contributors in complimentary EC projects.