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The impact of Directive 2010/63/EU on cephalopod research

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Here we discuss several impacts of some of the changes that have occurred since the implementation of Directive 2010/63/EU and of other regulations and directives on the scientific research involving cephalopods. Changes that correspond to a significant turning point of policies require responses from all those involved in research with cephalopods (including aspects of aquaculture research) as well as those responsible for their daily care and welfare.

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  1. http://ec.europa.eu/fisheries/cfp/index_en.htm.

  2. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32008L0056.

  3. See the list available at https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/arrive-animal-research-reporting-vivo-experiments.

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Giulia Di Cristina contributed to this work as partial fulfillment of the PhD project carried out within the curriculum of Veterinary Sciences (University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy) and supported by a SZN PhD fellowship. We thank Dr J. Pereira (IPMA, Portugal) for continuous and knowledgeable contribution. We are grateful to Professor Torsten Wiesel for his enthusiasm and genuine interest for cephalopod biology research.

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  1. Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121, Naples, Italy

    Giulia Di Cristina & Graziano Fiorito

  2. Division of Biomedical Sciences, St George’s University of London, London, UK

    Paul Andrews

  3. Association for Cephalopod Research – CephRes, Naples, Italy

    Paul Andrews, Giovanna Ponte, Viola Galligioni & Graziano Fiorito

  4. Animal Center, FNUSA-ICRC, Brno, Czech Republic

    Viola Galligioni

  5. Chair of the COST Action FA1301 – CephsInAction, Naples, Italy

    Giovanna Ponte

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Di Cristina, G., Andrews, P., Ponte, G. et al. The impact of Directive 2010/63/EU on cephalopod research. Invert Neurosci 15, 8 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10158-015-0183-y

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