歐盟水產科研領先地位正在被中國取代

 

　　
　　譯/中國水產頻道特邀作者 胡路怡 校對/美國動物蛋白及油脂提煉協會 李鵬　　
　　By SeafoodSource staff
　　
　　16 January, 2013 - Europe is gradually losing its position as the world’s leading center of aquaculture research to Asia, particularly China, according to Jean Dhont, secretary of the ASEM Aquaculture Platform, an EU funded research program promoting EU-Asia cooperation in aquaculture. Europe badly needs to build research relationships in Asia to secure its relevance as well as future seafood stocks from Asia, says Dhont.
　　
　　2013年1月16日-據ASEM水產平臺（歐盟捐資建設的亞歐水產合作組織）的一位秘書Jean Dhont介紹，由于亞洲，特別是中國水產研究的興起，歐洲水產的研究將逐漸喪失原有的領先地位。為加強亞歐水產業的聯系和保證未來亞洲的水產品供應源，歐洲迫切需要同亞洲建立研究合作。
　　
　　“We need to build partnerships now because in the future Asia will take over the lead in technology and innovation and won’t need us,” says Dhont, a researcher based at the Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center at Belgium’s Ghent University.
　　
　　比利時根特大學的水產研究員Dhont表示，“我們現在就迫切需要同亞洲建立合作伙伴關系，因為在不就的將來，如果亞洲將接管世界最先進的創新技術，他們將不再需要我們了�！�
　　
　　Dhont says China has leaped ahead of Europe in the area of polyculture: simultaneously cultivating multiple species of fish, seaweed and shellfish in giant tracts of coast. “Previously it was tradition, but now they’re approaching these in a more scientific way, for instance documenting the positive environmental effects of the polyculture approach … Imagine what the situation would be with coastal eutrophication if they would not be farming and harvesting millions of tons of seaweed on an annual basis from these coastal lagoons.”
　　
　　Dhont 表示中國在混養技術方面已經遠遠超過了歐洲，中國沿�？梢酝瑫r進行多種魚類、海帶和貝類的混合養殖�！爸�前，這種養殖方式僅僅只是傳統，但現在他們用更加科學的方法進行生產。例如：記錄一些混養模式帶來的良好環境效應；推斷評估海帶養殖緩解沿海瀉湖水體富營養化的作用�！�
　　
　　China is keen to develop coastal polyculture as a "strategic alternative to its stagnating fisheries landings," says Dhont. “Although the West remains focused on monoculture, at least for the time being, there’s particular interest in this more holistic and sustainable approach in using the seas for food and energy production.” Western aquaculture researchers are also keen to study the socio economic aspects of this “to understand who owns what in such large exploitations and who pays for what.”
　　
　　“中國積極發展沿海混合養殖以取代停滯的捕撈漁業�！盌hont表示，“盡管西方國家依然專注于單一品種的養殖，但至少目前看來，他們對這種綜合利用海洋來生產食物和能源的可持續方式抱有極大興趣�！蔽鞣剿�產業的學者們同時進行著社會經濟方面的研究，去嘗試著理解面對如此大規模的開發的投資方和獲益方.
　　
　　Dhont believes changing trends in demand offer opportunities for win-win partnerships, and connections with Asia could be vital for Europe. “European producers are often frustrated that they find it hard to get access to the Asian market while cheap Asian product is flooding the European market, allegedly because Asian producers are not burdened by the higher quality and socio economic standards of production Europeans need to cope with … Yet demand in Asia is changing as domestic demand for aquatic products rises … and ultimately we will be seeking production which won’t be adequate to supply our [EU] demand. Hence it’s vital that we establish partnerships in Asia now, so we can jointly tackle the huge challenges and share opportunities for business activities.”
　　
　　Dhont相信趨勢的變換將為亞-歐水產合作提供雙贏的機會, 而與亞洲的聯系對于歐洲也至關重要。歐洲的生產者常常為本地水產品難以打入亞洲市場而苦惱，而亞洲的水產品卻能廉價地進入歐洲。因為亞洲的水產業往往不需要如歐洲水產業那般承擔繁瑣的品質及社會經濟標準。由于亞洲本地的水產品需求量也在不斷上漲，最終歐洲將難以尋找到更多了供應源。因此，歐亞水產現在就急需要建立合作，以共同應對將來的嚴肅的挑戰，分享商業機遇。
　　
　　Funded by the EU and Flanders state government in Belgium, the ASEM Aquaculture Platform has been keen to foster partnerships by inviting Chinese academics to participate at European conferences while also bringing EU entrepreneurs and policy makers to China and Vietnam on field trips.
　　
　　由歐盟和比利時法蘭德斯州政府贊助的ASEM水產平臺熱衷于提供亞歐水產合作服務。ASEM將邀請中國的水產界學者參與歐洲會議，同時帶領歐洲的企業和政府官員前往中國和越南進行實地考察。
　　
　　While China is moving ahead in key areas of research it remains keen to learn from Western counterparts. Dhont says Chinese aquaculture and fishery academies are particularly keen to send research students and staff to western universities where scientific methodology and discipline is more established. Even though China has made huge leaps to catch up with Western research efforts, its research institutions remain of hugely varying standards and poorly connected, says Dhont. This is due to the absence of any tradition of collaboration. For instance, the Chinese Aquaculture and Fisheries Network (CAFNET) is “strongly committed to seeking internal cooperation but concrete actions are slow to come about.” Likewise, in Vietnam, Dhont and his colleagues spent five years assisting the Vietnamese Network for Fisheries and Aquaculture Institutes (VIFINET) to set up before it was formally endorsed by the Vietnamese government.
　　
　　雖然中國水產業發展迅速，但依然需要向西方學習。Dhont表示，西方大學的研究方法和學科發展相對成熟，推動中國水產學術研究的良好方式是將中國的學生和學者派遣前往西方的大學學習和進修。盡管中國在趕超西方的科研投入方面已經有了巨大的飛躍，但是中國學術尚未形成一套合理的標準，科研院所相互之間的聯系也比較有限。這可能是由于中國的科研界缺乏合作的傳統。例如：“中國水產漁業網絡（CAFNET）曾經承諾加強國內合作，但是最終的實施缺舉步維艱。”同樣的，在越南，Dhont和他的同事用了5年的時間建立越南水產漁業網絡（VIFNET），才最終得到越南政府認可。

 

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