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EU4Algae Info Session

The EU4Algae Initiative aims to promote sustainable and innovative algae-based solutions in Europe.

An online info session, aiming to provide an overview of the EU Algae Initiative and to explain how the EU4Algae is contributing to its implementation, will take place on 15 June 2023.

The target audience includes stakeholders from the algae value chain, including researchers, industry representatives, policymakers, and other interested parties.

Registration for the event and further information are available at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZcz2puJiLeUTEGnUpRk0HeaujpW2zoHkwtB4FHqIumkvQag/viewform

Türkiye – Aquaculture Increase

According to the Turkish Statistical Institute the aquaculture industry in Türkiye registered a 9.1% increase in 2022.

In 2022, out of the 514,805 tons of aquaculture production in Türkiye, 368,742 tons were produced in the sea and 146,063 tons in inland waters.

The most important fish species farmed were trout with 145,649 tons in inland waters and sea bass with 156,602 tons and sea bream with 152,469 tons in the marine area.

Good Practice: Calverton Fish Farm – Nottingham, United Kingdom

In 1940 the Trent Fishery Board, a precursor of the Trent River Authority, opened the Calverton Fish Farm, on Moor Lane, with the aim of breeding thousands of fish to stock rivers and still waters around the country. 

Conference – Joining Forces for the Energy Transition in the EU Fisheries and Aquaculture

The European Comission is organising the conference Joining Forces for the Energy Transition in the EU Fisheries and Aquaculture, which will take place on the 16th of June 2023 in Brussels, Belgium.

All concerned stakeholders with a link to the energy transition in the fisheries and aquaculture sector, including stakeholders from the fisheries and aquaculture sector, the ancillary activities sector, the processing sector, fishing port authorities, shipbuilders, gear manufacturers, NGOs, research organisations and academia, financial institutions, the energy sector and national and regional public authorities, are expected to join and to engage under the Energy Transition Partnership.

The programme includes the following panels: Joining forces for the Energy Transition Partnership, Enabling the energy transition, Skills & Finance for Innovation, Enabling the energy transition, and Knowledge, Research and Innovation. It will also feature an exhibition on Best Practices in Energy transition.

For registration and more information on the event please access the link below:

https://etransition-fish-aquaculture.eu/

Aquaculture Systems – A Basic Overview

The video below, produced as part of the Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative, project funded by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), provides a basic overview of common aquaculture systems including ponds, raceways (flow-through), recirculating and aquaponics systems.

Guidelines on Aquaculture Restocking and Stock Enhancement

The publication Guidelines on aquaculture restocking and stock enhancement, prepared by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), aims to support Mediterranean and Black Sea countries in restocking and stock enhancement while preventing harm to biodiversity, natural habitats, ecosystems and related ecosystem services, based on good practices and the best available knowledge. 

The publication starts with an introduction on the background and the scope of the guidelines and highlights that national aquaculture regulatory frameworks should include provisions regulating aquaculture restocking and stock enhancement, it identifies the general principles for stock enhancement that should be followed and provides guidance on broodstock management, reproduction, the release of juveniles and potential management programmes.

You can check out the guidelines at the link below:

https://www.fao.org/3/cc3840en/cc3840en.pdf

Good Practice: Frugé Aquafarms and Cajun Crawfish in Branch, Louisiana, USA

Cultured Aquatic Species Fact Sheet Collection

FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Division compiled a fact sheet collection on the most important species in aquaculture, aiming to provide useful information for everyone interested in learning about the steps to be followed in order to start raising aquatic species and the current techniques at the global level.

The fact sheets are regularly updated and are available at https://www.fao.org/fishery/en/culturedspecies/search.

EUMOFA Workshop – Blue bioeconomy: latest trends and innovation in the algae sector

On 25 May 2023, during 14:30-15:45 CET, at the European Maritime Day in Brest, France, the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA) is organising the workshop Blue bioeconomy: latest trends and innovation in the algae sector.

The workshop will focus on the main findings of the 2022 edition of Blue Bioeconomy Report, a study published every two years which addresses the trends and innovation in the sectors from an EU perspective, and will encourage the audience to provide feedback that will be channelled into the work of EU algae-related initiatives.

The workshop will end with a Q&A session and a group discussion.

Registration is available until 19 May, at the following link: https://european-maritime-day-2023.b2match.io/signup

World Aquaculture and Fisheries Conference 2023

Magnus Group is organising the 3rd Edition of World Aquaculture and Fisheries Conference (WAC 2023) during May 24-25, 2023 as a hybrid event in Tokyo, Japan and virtually.

The main theme of the event is “Panoramic View of Innovations That Impact Life Below Water.”

The aim of the conference is to increase awareness of, and support small-scale and artisanal fisheries and aquaculture’s contributions to global sustainable development, particularly their role in food security, nutrition, alleviating poverty, and natural resource sustainability.   

During the event, experts, practitioners, decision-makers, business innovators, and young professionals from various sectors from all around the world are expected to come together to network, share ideas, stimulate fresh thinking, and find solutions to today’s most critical aquaculture and fisheries related concerns. 

The two days conference includes leading keynote speakers, tech speeches by industry professionals, oral presentations, poster sessions, panel discussions, invited talks, presenting the latest technology in exhibition areas, and open conversations.

For more information and registration, please access the link below: https://www.worldaquacultureconference.com/