Identifying key stakeholders and developing a roadmap for the risk assessment : strategy document in the frame of work package 11 "Risk assessment and management recommendations" of the FP7 project AquaTrace

Escapes or releases of domesticated aquaculture fish pose a potential risk of adverse effects on native fish gene pools. The FP7 project AquaTrace applies molecular genetic tools, which will improve the ability for tracing farmed fish in the wild and for documenting their potential effects on wild conspecifics. Based on the scientific insights the project aims to provide a risk assessment and management recommendations concerning the genetic impact of aquaculture fish on wild fish gene pools. In the frame of the AquaTrace project, this document identifies the key stakeholders, sets out the lines of a risk assessment process and draws a roadmap for the risk assessment to be carried out.