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Monthly Archives: January 2025

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Good Practice: Kauai Sea Farm, Hawaii, USA

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Kauaʻi Sea Farm is a restorative aquaculture operation, a family- owned and operated business, located on the southwest shore of Kauai, Hawaii – the Nōmilu fishpond, an extinct volcanic crater that filled with water. The farm is growing clams, sea cucumbers, and edible seaweed, while also restoring and preserving the historic Nōmilu Fishpond.

Find out more at: https://kauaiseafarm.com/


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Workshop – Navigating the Energy: Transition strategic goals for resilient and sustainable aquaculture

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The Energy Transition Partnership (ETP) for the EU Fisheries and Aquaculture sector, under the European Commission (DG MARE), is organising the workshop Navigating the Energy Transition: Strategic Goals for Resilient and Sustainable aquaculture, a hybrid segment workshop designed to inform the development of the energy transition roadmap for the EU aquaculture sector. The event will take place on 19 February 2024, 09:00-13:30 CET, online & in Brussels.

Building on earlier ETP sessions, this workshop, which is part of a series of events organized by the ETP, will explore the main challenges in the context of the energy transition and include case studies to promote informed discussions on the sector’s future energy transition.

The event will analyse:

  • Sector contributions: Identifying how the inland and offshore aquaculture sector can lead its energy transition until 2050.
  • Key challenges: Addressing obstacles that may hinder progress towards milestones and understanding their potential impact.
  • Conditions and solutions: Defining the actions and tools required to overcome challenges and ensure steady progress.

Registration is available at the following link: https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/95099873-b997-bf46-9a04-3b77ea1ebe30


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EUMOFA – Online Shop Retail Prices

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The European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA) EUMOFA team has added Greece to the online shops retail prices tool, available at the following address: https://eumofa.eu/online-retail-prices

Data for Romania is also available at the same link.

EUMOFA collects retail prices of fish products from online shops that are representative of the national markets being monitored. In order to ensure comparability, special attention was given to selecting products that are as much as possible common across Member States. Prices are collected daily and aggregated on a weekly basis.


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EUMOFA Monthly Highlights: Fisheries and Aquaculture in Türkiye

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The latest edition of the EUMOFA Monthly Highlights features a case study on Fisheries and Aquaculture in Türkiye.

The document is available at the following link: https://eumofa.eu/documents/20124/149085/MH+10+2024+FINAL.pdf/9076a12e-52ae-451d-908a-b35edafe1400?t=1734705980809


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AquaFarm 2025

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The 8th edition of AquaFarm, an international conference & trade show on aquaculture, shellfish farming, algaculture and fishing industry will take place on 12-13 February 2025, in Pordenone, Italy.

High-level international conference sessions including leading experts and an international trade exhibition featuring the industry’s main leading companies are being held as part of the event.

The topics covered include:

  • Decarbonization and energy self-generation and consumption in aquaculture;
  • Functional feeds for aquaculture;
  • New technologies in aquaculture (precision aquaculture, artificial intelligence, robotics, nanotechnology).

Find out more regarding AquaFarm 2025 and register at the following link:

https://www.aquafarm.show/en/


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The 2nd Annual European Blue Economy Conference: How can the Blue Economy support a more sustainable and competitive Europe?

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The 2nd Annual European Blue Economy Conference: How can the Blue Economy support a more sustainable and competitive Europe? will take place on 04 February 2025 in Brussels, Belgium.

The key themes of the conference are:

  • Marine Renewable Energy;
  • European Maritime Transport Industry;
  • Ports;
  • Sustainable Coastal Tourism;
  • Fisheries and Aquaculture.

Policymakers from the EU, its Member States, local governments, academics, non-governmental organizations, and representatives from the energy, maritime, shipping, and technology sectors will come together at the event to discuss the latest policies, initiatives and innovations that guarantee the EU Blue Economy can support a more competitive and sustainable Europe.

Registration and further details are available at the link below:

https://techforclimateaction.com/european-blue-economy/


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Training Course: Shellfish and Seaweed Production in Research Infrastructures

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AQUAEXCEL3.0 project, funded from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, is organizing the training course Shellfish and Seaweed Production in Research Infrastructures, which offers a thorough exploration of seaweed and shellfish production within research-focused infrastructure.

The course, which is split into two sections, combines online lectures with curated background literature. Essential topics are covered in the first section, such as techniques for producing shellfish from hatchery to grow-out stages and the production methods for seaweed from hatchery to land-based farming and extending to offshore cultivation. A recorded online lecture, along with procedural guides and selected readings, make up the second section.

The Live version (Part 1) of the course will take place online, on January 29th during 9:00 – 13:00 (CET). Following the execution of the live version, the non-live version (Part 2) will be made available to all registered applications.

Researchers, PhD and MSc students, technicians and industry professionals who want to learn about the important factors involved in the production of seaweed and shellfish are the target audience for this course.

In order to register, access the following link: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=sI6uudSy0EOinUfXJkPhgypypYo3CiFOgj4r6LNYWh9UQ1owVTRXOTZMTjNENjI2REJJM1ZUUk5FVy4u&origin=lprLink&route=shorturl

The deadline for registration is 27 January 2025, 9:00hrs CET.