Aquaculture ensuring environmental services

Name of measure: Aquaculture ensuring environmental services

Legal basis: Points (a) and (b) of Article 54(1) of Regulation (EU) No 508/2014

Measure summary: Aquaculture providing environmental services;

• aquaculture methods compatible with specific environmental needs and subject to specific management requirements resulting from the designation of NATURA 2000 areas in accordance with Directives 92/43/EEC and 2009/147/EC;
• participation, in terms of costs directly related thereto, in ex-situ conservation and reproduction of aquatic animals, within the framework of conservation and biodiversity restoration programmes developed by public authorities, or under their supervision.

Beneficiaries: Registered aquaculture companies and natural persons registered for supplementary activity of aquaculture on farms.

Selection criteria

Intensity of public aid: The public aid intensity is 100 percent of the eligible expenditure of the operation.