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PAST PROJECTS

 

Baseline surveys and environmental monitoring of aquaculture activities

Project report title

Client

Year

Report on a video survey of the benthic assemblages and bottom types present at a site off Ras il-Qala, Gozo.

Deep Sea Aquaculture Ltd, Malta.

2001/2002

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project; Benthic Monitoring Programme; Report on the second monitoring session: March 2001.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta.

2001/2002

Malta Mariculture Ltd Tuna Penning Project; Report on a video survey of the seabed at a site in the vicinity of Malta Mariculture Ltd’s offshore fish farm site in the Malta-Comino Channel, identified for a tuna-penning project.

Malta Mariculture Ltd, Malta

2001/2002

Malta Mariculture Ltd Tuna Penning Project; Marine environmental monitoring programme: Posidonia oceanica.

Malta Mariculture Ltd, Malta

2001/2002

Malta Mariculture Ltd Tuna Penning Project; Report on analyses of sediment samples collected from Malta Mariculture Ltd’s offshore fish-farm site in the Malta-Comino Channel.

Malta Mariculture Ltd, Malta

2001/2002

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project; Report on a video survey of the seabed in the vicinity of the ‘Imperial Eagle’ dive site, made in February 2002.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2002

FishandFish Ltd Tuna Penning Project; Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in June 2001 from FishandFish Ltd’s tuna-penning site and from two control sites, off the Il-Hoffriet/Delimara coast.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2002

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project; Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in November/December 2001 from the Azzopardi Fisheries’ tuna-penning site and from control sites, off the St Paul’s Bay/Qawra coast.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2002

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project; Report on a video of the seabed in the vicinity of the ‘Stubborn’ dive site off Qawra, made in April 2002.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2002

Malta Fish farming Ltd Tuna penning Project. An ecological assessment of an area off Xrobb L-Ghagin (southeast Malta) proposed for a tuna-penning farm.

Malta Fish farming Ltd, Malta

2002

Report on a video survey of the benthic assemblages and bottom types at a site off Xrobb L-Ghagin, southeast Malta.

Malta Fish farming Ltd, Malta

2002

FishandFish Ltd Tuna-penning Project; Benthic Monitoring Programme; Report on the first monitoring session.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2002

Deep Sea aquaculture Ltd Tuna-penning Project: A preliminary ecological assessment of two areas off Qala (Gozo) and an area off Munxar (Malta), considered as potential sites for a tuna-penning farm.

Deep Sea aquaculture Ltd, Malta

2002

Malta Mariculture Ltd Tuna-penning Project. Monitoring Programme: Benthic Biotic Diversity; Report on the first monitoring session.

Malta Mariculture Ltd, Malta

2002

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna-Penning Project. Report on the state of Posidonia oceanica meadows present in the vicinity of Azzopardi Fisheries’ tuna-penning site: first monitoring session March/April 2002.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2002

Report on a survey of the benthic assemblages and condition of the seabed in the area of Malta Fish Farming Ltd’s Fish-farm off il-Munxar, southeastern Malta.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2002

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd Tuna-penning Project. Benthic Monitoring Programme; Report on the third monitoring session.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2002

Report on a survey of the benthic assemblages and the condition of the seabed in the area of Fishandfish Ltd’s fish-farm off il-Hofriet, southeastern Malta.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2002

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project. Report on a video survey of the seabed in the vicinity of the tuna-pens made in October/November 2002.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2002

Report on a video survey of the benthic assemblages and the condition of the seabed in a locality adjacent to Fishandfish Ltd’s tuna-penning site off il-Hofriet, southeast Malta.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2002

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project. Benthic Monitoring Programme. Report on the fourth monitoring session:  April 2002.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2003

FishandFish Tuna-Penning Project.  Benthic monitoring programme.  Report on the second monitoring session: June 2002.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2003

Fishandfish Ltd Tuna-penning project. Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in June 2002 from Fishandfish Ltd’s tuna-penning site, and from two control sites, off the Il-Hofriet/Delimara Coast.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2003

Malta Fish Farming Ltd Tuna-Penning Project.  Benthic Monitoring Programme.  Report on the first monitoring session: October 2002.

Malta Fish farming Ltd, Malta

2003

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project. Report on a video survey of the seabed in the vicinity of Azzopardi Fisheries tuna-penning site off Comino, made in February 2003.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2003

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project. Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in January 2003 from the Azzopardi Fisheries’ tuna-penning site and from control sites, off the St Paul’s Bay/Qawra coast.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2003

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna-Penning Project. Report on the state of Posidonia oceanica meadows present in the vicinity of Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd’s tuna-penning site: second monitoring session, March 2003.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2003

Fishandfish Ltd Tuna-penning project. Report on a video survey of the seabed in the vicinity of the ‘Blenheim’ dive site, made in May 2003.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2003

Malta Fish Farming Ltd Tuna-Penning Project.  Report on video quadrats of the seabed at Munxar Reef (southeast Malta), made in June 2003.

Malta Fish farming Ltd, Malta

2003

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project. Benthic Monitoring Programme. Report on the fifth monitoring session: January 2003.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2003

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project. Report on a video survey of the seabed in the vicinity of the ‘Irqieqa dive site’, made in June 2003. 

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2003

Malta Fish Farm Ltd Tuna-Penning Project.  Report on the state of Posidonia oceanica meadows in the vicinity of Munxar Reef and off St. Thomas’ Tower: first monitoring session June 2003.

Malta Fish farming Ltd, Malta

2003

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project. Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in April 2003 from the Azzopardi Fisheries’ tuna-penning site and from control sites, off the St Paul’s Bay/Qawra coast.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2003

Malta Mariculture Ltd Tuna Penning Project;  Marine environmental monitoring programme: Posidonia oceanica; Second monitoring session: June 2003 monitoring session. 

Malta Mariculture Ltd, Malta

2003

FishandFish Tuna-Penning Project.  Benthic monitoring programme.  Report on the third monitoring session: June 2003. Malta: unpublished report, Independent Consultants; 19pp.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2003

Fishandfish Ltd Tuna-penning project. Report on a video survey of the seabed in the vicinity of the tuna-pens off il-Hofriet, made in October 2003.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2003

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project. Report on a video survey of the seabed in the vicinity of the tuna-pens made in October 2003.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2003

Malta Fish Farming Ltd Tuna-penning project. Report on a video survey of the seabed in the vicinity of Malta Fish Farming Ltd’s tuna-pens off Xrobb l-Ghagin, made in October 2003.

Malta Fishfarming Ltd, Malta

2003

Malta Mariculture Ltd Tuna Penning Project; Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in June 2003 from Malta Mariculture Ltd’s offshore fish-farm site in the Malta-Comino Channel.

Malta Mariculture Ltd, Malta

2003

A report on information sources on the marine biotic environment within Maltese territorial waters prepared for the Malta Centre for Fisheries Sciences (MCFS) in connection with the National Data and Information Aggregation Scheme (NDIAS) being set up as part of FAO’s MedSudMed sub-regional FAO fisheries project.

Malta Centre for Fisheries Sciences (MCFS)

2003

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project. Benthic Monitoring Programme. Report on the sixth monitoring session: April 2003.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2003

Malta Mariculture Ltd Tuna-penning Project. Monitoring Programme: Benthic Biotic Diversity; Report on the second monitoring session: June 2003.

Malta Mariculture Ltd, Malta

2004

Report on a survey of the benthic assemblages and the condition of the seabed in the area of FishandFish Ltd’s fish-farm off il-Hofriet, southeastern Malta.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2004

Malta Fish Farming Ltd Tuna Penning Project. Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in October 2003 from Malta Fish Farming Ltd’s tuna-penning site, and from two control sites, off the Munxar / St. Thomas’ Bay area.

Malta Mariculture Ltd, Malta

2004

Malta Fish Farming Ltd Tuna-Penning Project.  Benthic Monitoring Programme.  Report on the second monitoring session: October 2003. 

Malta Fishfarming Ltd, Malta

2004

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project. Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in November 2003 from the Azzopardi Fisheries’ tuna-penning site and from control sites, off the St Paul’s Bay/Qawra coast.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2004

Report on a video survey of an offshore area off Zonqor point (South-eastern coast of Malta), made in April 2004 as part of baseline ecological surveys in connection with the establishment of an ‘Aquaculture zone’.  Report 1 – Preliminary video characterization.

Malta Centre for Fisheries Sciences (MCFS)

2004

Malta Fish Farm Ltd Tuna-Penning Project.  Report on the state of Posidonia oceanica meadows in the vicinity of Munxar Reef and off St. Thomas’ Tower: second monitoring session April 2004. 

Malta Mariculture Ltd, Malta

2004

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project. Benthic Monitoring Programme; Report on the Eight monitoring session: March 2004.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2004

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project. Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in March 2004 from the Azzopardi Fisheries’ tuna-penning site and from control sites, off the St Paul’s Bay/Qawra coast.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2004

FishandFish Ltd Tuna-penning Project; Benthic Monitoring Programme; Report on the fourth monitoring session; June 2004.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2004

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna-Penning Project. Report on the state of Posidonia oceanica meadows present in the vicinity of Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd’s tuna-penning site: Third monitoring session, April 2004.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2004

Malta Mariculture Ltd Tuna Penning Project;  Marine environmental monitoring programme: Posidonia oceanica; Third monitoring session: August 2004 monitoring session. 

Malta Mariculture Ltd, Malta

2004

Fishandfish Ltd Tuna-penning project. Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in June 2004 from Fishandfish Ltd’s tuna-penning site, and from three control sites, off the Il-Hofriet/Delimara Coast

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2005

Malta Mariculture Ltd Tuna-penning Project. Monitoring Programme: Benthic Biotic Diversity; Report on the third monitoring session: July 2004.

Malta Mariculture Ltd, Malta

2005

Report on a video survey of an offshore area off Zonqor point (South-eastern coast of Malta), made in April 2004 as part of baseline ecological surveys in connection with the establishment of an ‘Aquaculture zone’.  Report 1 – Preliminary video characterization.

Malta Environment and Planning Authority

2005

Malta Mariculture Ltd Tuna Penning Project; Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in July 2004 from Malta Mariculture Ltd’s offshore fish-farm site in the Malta-Comino Channel.

Malta Mariculture Ltd, Malta

2005

Malta Fish Farming Ltd Tuna Penning Project. Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in October 2004 from Malta Fish Farming Ltd’s tuna-penning site, and from two control sites, off the Munxar / St. Thomas’ Bay area.

Malta Fishfarming Ltd, Malta

2005

Malta Fish Farming Ltd Tuna-Penning Project.  Benthic Monitoring Programme.  Report on the third monitoring session: October 2004.

Malta Fishfarming Ltd, Malta

2005

Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in November 2004 from the Azzopardi Fisheries’ tuna-penning site and from control sites, off the St Paul’s Bay/Qawra coast.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2005

Report on benthic surveys made at Pisiculture Marine de Malte Ltd’s fish farm site in Mellieha bay in March – May 2005

Pisiculture Marine de Malte Ltd

2005

Report on benthic surveys made at Pisiculture Marine de Malte Ltd’s fish farm site off Mistra bay in March – May 2005

Pisiculture Marine de Malte Ltd

2005

Report on benthic surveys made at Pisiculture Marine de Malte Ltd’s fish farm site off St Paul’s Islands in March – May 2005

Pisiculture Marine de Malte Ltd

2005

Report on a survey of an offshore area off Zonqor point (south-eastern coast of Malta), made in April 2005 as part of baseline ecological surveys in connection with the establishment of an ‘Aquaculture Zone’.

Malta University Services Ltd (for Malta Environment and Planning Authority)

2005

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project. Benthic Monitoring Programme. Report on the ninth monitoring session: November 2004.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2005

FishandFish Ltd Tuna-penning Project; Benthic Monitoring Programme; Report on the fifth monitoring session; June 2005.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2005

Fishandfish Ltd Tuna-penning project. Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in June 2005 from Fishandfish Ltd’s tuna-penning site, and from three control sites, off the Il-Hofriet/Delimara Coast.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2005

Malta Fish Farming Ltd Tuna-penning project. Report on a video survey of the seabed in the vicinity of Malta Fish Farming Ltd’s tuna-pens off Xrobb l-Ghagin, made in November 2005.

Malta Fishfarming Ltd, Malta

2005

Fishandfish Ltd Tuna-penning project. Report on a video survey of the seabed in the vicinity of the tuna-pens off il-Hofriet, made in November 2005.

Fishandfish Ltd, Malta

2006

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project. Report on a video survey of the seabed in the vicinity of the tuna pens made in October-November 2005.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2006

Malta Fish Farming Ltd Tuna-penning project.  Report on video quadrats of the seabed at Munxar Reef (southeast Malta), made in April 2006.

Malta Fishfarming Ltd, Malta

2006

Malta Fish Farm Ltd Tuna-Penning Project.  Report on the state of Posidonia oceanica meadows in the vicinity of Munxar Reef and off St. Thomas’ Tower: third monitoring session April 2006.

Malta Fishfarming Ltd, Malta

2006

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project.  Report on analyses of sediment samples collected in November 2005 from Azzopardi Fisheries’ tuna-penning site and from control sites, off the St. Paul’s Bay/Qawra coast.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2006

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project.    Benthic monitoring programme.  Report on the tenth monitoring session: November 2005. 

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2006

Malta Fish Farming Ltd Tuna-Penning Project.  Report on a video survey of the seabed in the vicinity of Malta Fish Farming Ltd’s tuna-pens off Xrobb l-Ghagin, made in October 2006. 

Malta Fishfarming Ltd, Malta

2006

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project.    Report on a video survey of the seabed in the vicinity of the ‘Stubborn’ dive site, made in September 2006. 

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2006

Azzopardi Fisheries Tuna Penning Project.    Report on the state of Posidonia oceanica meadows present in the vicinity of Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd’s tuna-penning site: Fourth monitoring session, April 2006.

Azzopardi Fisheries Ltd, Malta

2006