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Avg. duration: >8 months Validity: licence dependent Legal cost: variable Authority in charge: DDTM |
Process
Process Phase | Duration | Overview of tasks | |
Preparation | >3 months | Obtaining the required qualifications to be able to apply for a licence, including experience and education Project definition including a detailed description of your future farm, location and interaction with other marine users |
Process phase | Duration | Key tasks | Challanges |
Obtaining the required qualifications | Highly variable (depending on your current qualifications) |
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Project definition | 3 - 9 weeks |
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Process Phase | Duration | Overview of tasks | |
Public consultation & licence draft | 3-6 months | Application validation by the respective public authorities Advertisement and public consultation within the local community of the farm Remediation / address feedback by the Commission of Marine Cultures Licence draft including conditions by the Commission of Marine Cultures |
Process phase | Duration | Key tasks | Challanges |
Application validation | 2 months |
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Advertisement and public consultation | 30 days (simultaneously to application validation) |
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Remediation / address feedback | Highly variable depending on Comission meeting dates |
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Licence draft including conditions |
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Process Phase | Duration | Overview of tasks | |
Installation | Pre-installation preparations including obtaining the relevant food regulations Installation of your farm within the parameters of your granted licence |
Process phase | Duration | Key tasks | Challanges |
Pre-installation | >1 months |
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Installation |
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Key resources
Preparation | Public consultation & licence draft | Installation | General marine policies and regional guides |
Installation Guidelines for Seafarming (Guide d’installation – Elevages marins –, Comite Regional Des Peches Maritimes Et Des Elevages Marins De Bretagne) | Prefectural decree for structures of marine farms in Finistère (Schéma des structures des exploitations de cultures marines du Finistère) Installation overview leaflet of the installation process (Installer votre project en aquaculture) |
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Your fellow farmers
Algolesko, BrittanyAlgolesko is a French seaweed company farming Saccharina latissima on their 150 hectares, Natura 2000 classified lease off the coast of Lesconil, Brittany. Founded in 2013, Algolesko has now grown to 11 employees managing everything from producing seed to growing and processing seaweed. In its nursery, Algolesko produces the seaweed seed which is then transferred to its outgrowing lines that reach up to 2km into the sea. After harvest, Algolesko sells its seaweed fresh, salted, dried, frozen and processed into flours and serums to various sectors: Food industry, Cosmetics, Pharmaceutics amongst others. Algolesko aims to bring a premium seaweed offer to the market. “Our passion translates in our end product, which the market is more and more eager to discover” – Timothée Serraz |
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Contact us to be featured as a fellow farmerAre you a French seaweed farmer, or in the last strives of establishing your seaweed farm? If so, we would be interested in featuring you here as an inspiring example for future seaweed farmers. If you would like to be showcased, please contact us at: contact |