Eurofishmarket: ricerca, formazione, informazione e consulenza nel settore ittico

About us

EUROFISHMARKET Srl was founded in 2004 as a service company and it replaced AQUATILIA (a non-profit organisation founded by Valentina Tepedino in 2000 dedicated to fish and fishery products research). Eurofishmarket specialises in Advising, Consulting, Training, Research and Promotion of fresh and processed Seafood. Through eponymous Magazine, Publications, Events, Training and Technical Assistance, it is attracting Business Operators.


Eurofishmarket works closely with Control Bodies and Authorities, Companies, Media, Food and Beverage, Consumer Associations to educate and inform the end consumer about its activities and initiatives.


Eurofishmarket works together in association with Universities, Research Institutes, Ministries, Control Authorities, FAO and EU to provide real-time information of legislative, technical and scientific updates to Seafood sector, Eurosfishmarket’s continuous updates and clarifications are useful for companies of fresh and processed Seafood.

Consultancy Services to Private Sector Organisations

Eurofishmarket offers consultancy services at national level and deals with Fisheries companies mainly DO (Distribuzione Organizzata) and GDO (Grande Distribuzione Organizzata) to develop training and refresher courses at all levels.
360° of Legal Services and Technical Assistance:
  • Production – Identification of suitable site for an aquaculture facility, dealing issues, providing traceability solutions, designing traceability and quality verification systems, spur new innovations in technology to support the industry and so on.
  • Processing – Organising seminars and workshops on processing and product development for the local Seafood industry, 
  • Exposition and Management of Products – Advising and educating about product management, waste reduction, quality control through trainings and courses.
  • Labelling – Advise on labelling, packaging, composition, food safety of Seafood products.
  • Legal Assistance – Providing legal advice, assistance and dispute resolution.
  • Panel Testing and conducting refresher trainings and courses for managers, buyers etc.

Consultancy and training services for Public Agencies and Associations

Conducting refresher courses and training for public entities like Veterinarians, Harbourmasters, NAS, NAC and consumer institutions like Gambero Rosso, SlowFood, Identità Golose. In 2005, Eurofishmarket has collaborated with harbourmasters to identify the frauds in Seafood sector.

Editorial Products

  • Published Since 2004 in Italian and English, the technical and scientific magazine of Eurofishmarket which is specialised in fishery sector is distributed globally.
  •  “Grande Enciclopedia Illustrata dei Pesci” (The great encyclopaedia of fish) was published by Eurofishmarket with technical and scientific data of more than 600 species of fish distributed in Europe is directed to everyone interested in fishery sector.

Media

 

In collaboration with print and electronic media, Eurofishmarket is continuously offering services specialised in fish sector.  

Eurofishmarket has been a consultant for the entire first edition of television show “Pianeta Mare” on Rete 4 and from 2004, Eurofishmarket has been collaborating with experts on TV shows like “Linea Blu”, “Unomattina”, “Occhio alla spesa” and “Sabato & Domenica” which is broadcasted on RAI 1 and is made available on ‘Gambero Rosso’ channel.

The press uses Eurofishmarket as a major source of information related to Seafood sector (for reviews in the newspaper, Corriere della Sera, La Salute Repubblica, Focus, Repubblica, GdoWeek, Food, Sottozero, Io cucino, Il Gambero Rosso, SlowFood,Donna Moderna and so on)

The scientific research promoted and carried out by Eurofishmarket with Aquatilia have been published by International scientific journal, AOAC INTERNATIONAL and has been subject of conferences, seminars and training courses like ‘Controllo sanitario delle principali specie ittiche di interesse commerciale’ organised by  Società Italiana di Medicina Veterinaria Preventiva  and ASL G of Rome, 5th World Congress Food borne Infections and Intoxications to be held in Berlin and Consumer organisations like SlowFood, Identità Golose.

Eurofishmarket also offers partnership and proposals to consumer organisations like Altroconsumo, Salvagente.

Eurofishmarket designs and offers technical advice on advertising and promotion of information at all levels in the field of Seafood sector and is supported by established graphic and design partners.

 

Research

Eurofishmarket carries out exclusive research in attempt to resolve some of the most sensitive issues in the Fisheries sector. It also engages in research and development of innovative products and systems for conserving fish. Research is carried out in collaboration with specialised laboratories of both public and private and the research work is published periodically in the homonym journal and previews, abstracts of the same are made available webpage. Eurofishmarket also collaborates with the high end restaurants for sensory panel tests of processed fish products. Amongst the most successful research work of Eurofishmarket is to highlight the fraud in fish fillet industry, undeclared additives on the processed fish products and thawed products sold as fresh.

Research Projects – National

  • For the first time in Europe, to counter the numerous frauds in the fish market mainly products that are sold in fillets and steaks, Eurofishmarket has developed a project financed by the ‘Ministero delle Politiche Agricole’ in the aim to counter numerous frauds in the fish industry. Under the D.M. 5/8/2003, ‘Invitation to the presentation of research projects for the implementation of the National Research programme relating to the sixth Triennial plan for Fisheries and Aquaculture’ of the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali has approved the research project ‘Miglioramento della sicurezza alimentare, qualità e informazione del consumatore nella filiera ittica’ (Improving food safety, quality and consumer information in the seafood chain), this project wasdesigned to characterise the analytical IEF sarcoplasmic proteins of about 200 fish species commonly found in the Italian market and create a special program to archive the standards.
  • Eurofishmarket also worked on multimedia encyclopaedia of " Repertorio ittico in Europa " (Repertory of fish stocks in Europe – Description with technical information on 530 fish species) in association with UNIPROM through a project funded by the Ministero delle Politiche Agricole e Forestali (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).

 

Research Projects – Regional

  • Eurofishmarket along with Lombardia region and the Agriteam of Milan have released a CD regarding the fish products marketed in the Lombardia region and 10,000 copies of CD’s were circulated to all stakeholders and to secondary schools.
  • Eurofishmarket has collaborated with l’Università di Milano (University of Milan) in 2000 to work on a research project, Identification of fish species through Isoelectric focussing (IEF).
  • Eurofishmarket has collaborated with Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale of Venice and Padua University for extensive research and routine investigations on fish safety and also released a hand book, ‘Identificare il pesce in modo sicuro”(Safe Fish Identification).
  • Eurofishmarket has developed a research project along with Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale of Lazio and Tuscany to identify fish species through the Isoelectric focussing (IEF) and PCR (Polmersase chain reaction).
  • Eurofishmarket is also carrying out a research project with Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale of Umbria and Marche for fish species identification through IEF method.
  • Eurofishmarket has been collaborating with various universities and research centers of EU region for fisheries research work.

Video productions

Eurofishmarket produces television commercials, audio-visual materials useful for corporate productions and television with the support of partners.