AquaTT Training News - March 2007
Author: AquaTT
Date: 01 May 2007
March 2007 A free e-mail news service provided by AquaTT on European Education & Training
in Aquaculture. 1. Education
- Two-day workshop on welfare of farmed fish – nutrition, breeding and
diseases, University of Copenhagen (Denmark), 11 – 12 April 2007 2. Collaboration- Successful AQUA-TNET core group meeting, Barcelona (Spain), 19 – 20 March 2007 3. Announcements- Aquaculture Today 2007, 17 – 19 April 2007, Edinburgh (UK) 4. Other- Release of FAO’s “State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2006â€? 5. Student cornerWe welcome submissions from current students interested in presenting their views and experiences on the industry and education in Europe. The newsletter reaches almost 3500 recipients on a monthly basis and will serve as a good forum to get your ideas out to the differing sectors involved in the industry. An email stating your background and the potential title of your article should be sent to aquatt@aquatt.ie for review. Education
Two-day workshop on welfare of farmed fish – nutrition, breeding and diseases, University of Copenhagen (Denmark), 11 – 12 April 2007
SCOFDA, Sustainable Control of Fish Diseases in Aquaculture Research
School, organises a two-day workshop on “Welfare of farmed fish –
nutrition, breeding and diseases�, with support of Abilgaard
foundation/COST ACTION 867/SCOFDA. Short course: ‘Aquaculture Feed Management’, University of Glasgow (UK), 10 – 11 May 2007  The Universities
of Glasgow and Stirling are arranging a short 2-day course in feed
management for intensive aquaculture at the University of Glasgow on
10-11th May 2007. This is a postgraduate level course aimed at site
managers and others involved in optimising feed management in
aquaculture. Topics include the biology of feeding in fish, the
technology of feed production and delivery, environmental implications
of feeding fish, and management strategies for optimising feed usage.
The course is delivered by experts from the universities of Glasgow and
Stirling with additional inputs from experienced industry specialists,
and will be supported by an online Internet forum and materials. The course fee is £750 (Pounds Sterling) with discounts available for
EAS and WAS members, or for multiple bookings. The fee does not include
accommodation - a range of options are available locally. Further details are available at http://www.atc.stir.ac.uk/Courses/feeds.htm or e-mail atc@stir.ac.uk
Short course: ‘Environmental Monitoring and Management’, University of Stirling (UK), 14 – 16 May 2007  The University
of Stirling, Institute of Aquaculture is running a short 3-day course
in environmental monitoring and management for the marine cage
aquaculture industry on 14-16th May 2007. The course is at
post-graduate/manager level and will look at key issues of
environmental management and regulation in marine aquaculture,
especially the methods used to gather and assess environmental data and
information. One of the days will involve a field trip to use various
sampling and monitoring techniques. The course will also have inputs
from the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) and will be
supported by an Internet discussion forum with additional documents and
links.
The course fee is £995 (Pounds Sterling) with discounts available for
EAS and WAS members, or for multiple bookings. The fee does not include
accommodation - a range of options are available locally. New
Master of Science course ‘Aquaculture and Aquariology’, Warmia &
Mazury University in Olsztyn (Poland), start October 2007 The New Master
of Science in Aquaculture and Aquariology is a 1.5 - year programme at
university level covering the most important aspects of these fields.
For students following the regular 5-year study programme, Aquaculture
and Aquariology is the secondary-level education in fisheries.
Therefore those who have not completed the first-level fishery
education will be obliged to follow a course in basic fishery. The
course called “Basic Fisheriesâ€? will cover about 60% of the basic
programme and will continue for 3 semesters (for programme details, as
well as credit and ECTS points see web side: www.uwm.edu.pl/wosir/en.
The specialization course Aquaculture and Aquariology includes a practical training and thesis research projects. For the optional course (free choice), the student can select any course which is being provided at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Fisheries. There is a wide possibility for each individual student to tailor the study programme to his or her own personal preference. The relative large contribution of optional courses usually results in a very multidisciplinary composition of the student course programme. The strong collaborative overseas research and training links, a singular feature of the Faculty, allows access to pond and other aquaculture facilities for field experimental work and on-farm trials. Admission The Programme is open to the holders of undergraduate degree (Bachelor’s degree) and graduate degree (Master’s degree) in fisheries, aquaculture, animal husbandry, ichthyology, biology, agronomy, veterinary medicine, or any related area from recognised Colleges and Universities.
For more details: Practical short course ‘Aquaculture: Feed, Extrusion and Feed Formulation’, Istanbul (Turkey), 23 – 24 October 2007 This practical short course Aquafeed Eur-Asia 2007 will be held two days prior to the Aquaculture Europe 2007 event.
CollaborationSuccessful AQUA-TNET core group meeting, Barcelona (Spain), 19 – 20 March 2007  The
latest AQUA-TNET core group meeting took place in Barcelona (Spain),
19-20th March 2007. AQUA-TNET is the European Thematic Network in the
field of aquaculture, fisheries and aquatic resources management. This
multidisciplinary Thematic Network unites both academic and vocational
aspects of the European Union Bologna reforms and the establishment of
the European Higher Education Area in the field of Aquaculture,
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management. The Bologna Declaration in
1999 has initiated the widest reaching reforms to European higher
education in decades and imposes on all European Universities a new
organization of university studies.
The meeting in Barcelona consisted of core group meetings of all 6 Work
Packages and plenary meetings with core members, in which Work Package
progress and future plans were discussed. Also, a start was made with
planning the first Major Event (Annual Event), to be held June
2007. The AQUA-TNET network currently consists of 109 European partners, representing universities, training organisations, stakeholder associations and research institutes and comprises six themed work packages (WP), prioritising themes in education and training, encapsulating the changes taking place in the Bologna cycles. Three umbrella packages covering the needs of the industry (WP7), needs of research (WP8) and the role of science in society & consumers concerns (WP9), are merging different aspects of the other work packages from a specific point of view. During the meeting in Barcelona a first start was made with one of the three umbrella packages, merging the needs of research into the six vertical work packages.
Please check www.aquatnet.com for more information.
EurOcean
- European Centre for Information on Marine Science ad Technology - has
completed an inventory of 516 projects partly or entirely related to
marine science and technology and funded by various European
mechanisms.
It is the first time that such a comprehensive inventory, named EurOcean-MaP, of marine research projects funded in Europe has been achieved. This inventory gathers information on projects funded by COST, EUREKA, EUROCORES (ESF), 6th Framework Programme (DG Research), INTERREG III (DG Region), LIFE and SMAP (DG Environment). The Info-Base EurOcean MaP is available on-line, free of charge, at http://www.eurocean.org/contents.php?id=423 through a friendly-user interface. This interface provides the end-user with a set of efficient tools for searching, retrieving and printing information related to projects.
Contact: PESCALEX Progress Meeting - Crete Good progress has been made in the PESCALEX project in the 9 months since the Startup meeting. The PESCALEX website is now online at http://www.pescalex.org, using a content management design, which allows for a variety of useful features.
The Beginner Language module has now been designed and processed in English, while the translations into French, Spanish, Norwegian and Polish of the 24 Level 1 and 2 lessons are being carried out. The partners were able to test all the above features as well as the available content. They made suggestions and recommendations which will involve a lot of redesigning and reprogramming. A Spanish team from CETMAR attended a CLIL conference in Helsinki in June 2006 and made an important presentation which completely changed the thinking of the PESCALEX partnership concerning the pilot materials, both from the Content and the Language perspective. Therefore the partnership decided that the best way to make use of all the extremely relevant materials being developed in the project, was to invent a new type of learning tool capable of optimising the PESCALEX CLIL potential. The partnership language specialists came up with the idea of inventing a language game, based on one of the content modules, that could be either a simulation game or a board game, involving student teams of different nationalities, led by content teachers. This approach could simulate the team teaching approach advocated by current CLIL methodology. For more information and full minutes of the meeting please go to http://www.pescalex.org Announcements
Aquaculture Today 2007 Aquaculture
Today 2007 will bring together leading figures in the global seafood
industry to focus on the key issues affecting aquaculture development.
High profile speakers will advise delegates on how to attract outside investment, build consumer confidence and stay on top of market developments. Other issues up for discussion include offshore aquaculture, salmon market initiatives and developments in the shellfish sector. Now in its third year, Aquaculture Today is the UK’s leading aquaculture conference and is a highlight of the industry events calendar. For more information: http://www.aquaculturetoday.co.uk/ European Seafood Exposition The
European Seafood Exposition, co-located with Seafood Processing Europe,
takes place 24-26 April 2007 in Brussels, Belgium at the Brussels
Exhibition Centre.
The European Seafood Exposition is the world’s largest event of its kind, attracting over 22,000 attendees from across the globe. It brings together seafood- buyers and sellers from all over Europe and the world. With over 1600 exhibitors from more than 77 countries, ESE offers seafood business professionals access to a one-stop resource to reach global retail, foodservice and wholesale companies. More information: www.euroseafood.com Biennial
Conference of the European Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries
and Information Centres (EURASLIC): From Treasures of the Seas – To
Treasures of the Libraries The
12th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Aquatic
Sciences Libraries and Information Centres (EURASLIC) will be held in
Karadag, Crimea, Ukraine from May 2-4, 2007. The Conference Hosts are
the Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS), Marine
Hydrophysical Institute, and the Karadag National Reserve. The
Conference will bring together librarians and information specialists
from aquatic libraries in research centres, universities, government
agencies and the private sector, as well as representatives of
international organisations. The Conference provides a valuable
opportunity for the exchange of ideas and expertise, and experiences in
the dissemination of the relevant information in that field. The focus
of this 12th Euraslic Conference will be Digital Libraries and Rare
Book Collections. If
you are interested in attending and/or sponsoring this Conference,
please contact the Organiser: Olga Akimova, Head of IBSS Scientific
Library, Email: akimovaster@gmail.com International Symposium on Reproductive Physiology of Fish This
symposium is an opportunity for the presentation of the latest
scientific developments in the area of fish reproductive physiology. It
aims to generate new insights from the basic and applied knowledge
recently obtained in the field. Such studies include dealing with the
control of the reproduction in farmed fish, domestication of new
species and the impact of human activity (environmental modifications,
pollution, fisheries) on reproductive physiology of fish. The meeting
will report the striking developments emerging from the most recent
advances and consider this wealth of knowledge in the wider context of
the comparative physiology of vertebrate reproduction.
Symposium website available at: http://rennet.rennes.inra.fr/isrpf SEAFOODplus Conference ‘Seafood in a changing world’ SEAFOODplus
invites industry representatives, scientists and policymakers to attend
the fourth open SEAFOODplus Conference ‘Seafood in a changing world’
that will take place 4-6 June 2007 in Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao
(Spain). Authors outside SEAFOODplus are encouraged to submit posters.
Read more at www.seafoodplus.org
The seventh International Symposium on Fish Immunology, organised by the Nordic Society for Fish Immunology (NOFFI) (http://www.noffi.org) will be held 18th - 22nd June, 2007, and is hosted by the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling (http://www.stir.ac.uk). The conference will last for three and half days (19th - 22nd June 2007) and will consist of plenary and keynote lectures, oral and poster presentations covering both basic and applied fish immunology. There will also be a one-day workshop on the day prior to the conference (18th June 2007) aimed at PhD students and young researchers which will focus on new, cutting-edge antibody technologies in fish immunology. Symposium website available at: http://www.abdn.ac.uk/noffi/ Shanghai International Fisheries & Seafood Exposition 2007 More information available at: www.sifse.com Annual EAFE Conference Founded
in 1989, the European Association of Fisheries Economists (EAFE) is an
independent association of economists working in fisheries, including
the catching, aquaculture and on-shore sectors, in the member states of
the European Economic Area. The objectives of EAFE include promoting
cooperation in research in fisheries and aquaculture, assisting the
dissemination of information about fisheries economics among members,
and furthering understanding of the economics of fisheries and
aquaculture
The XVIIIth Annual EAFE Conference is intended to contribute to the EAFE objectives by providing a forum for the dissemination of recent advances in fisheries and aquaculture economics and management and to promote discussion amongst researchers, managers, policy makers and stakeholders in the fisheries sector.
Conference themes: World Seafood Congress 2007 The
World Seafood Congress 2007 will consist of a conference and an
exhibition dedicated to the theme of “Innovation in the Seafood
Industry� where exhibitors will showcase the latest technologies and
trends in new product and process development, quality assurance and
eco-labelling.
The Congress will be highly interactive; featuring a mix of plenary sessions addressed by leading experts from around the world along with tightly focussed breakout sessions that will encourage lively debate. These sessions will cover areas such as market access restrictions due to import authority requirements; the retail sector and the changing dynamics of seafood consumption; communicating the risks and benefits of eating seafood; seafood nutrition and sustainability; trends in sustainable fishing technology; seafood standard certification; consumer confidence and sustainability; models for managing fisheries sustainability; innovations in chemical risk management and testing; and the potential and challenges of the emerging functional foods markets.
The World Seafood Congress 2007 online booking is now open at the Congress website: www.worldseafoodcongress07.com
The
Forum on Fishery Science and Technology was created by the Chinese
Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS) in 2003. The purpose of the forum is
to establish a high level forum on fishery science and technology for
scientists in China as well as around the world, to provide a new
platform for fishery technical cooperation between China and other
countries, and to provide a channel for scientists all over the world
to share their experiences and achievements.
The 2007 Forum on Fishery Science and Technology will focus on the key fields of fishery research, including fishing (fishing technology, responsible fisheries), fishery resource and environment (sustainable utilization and protection of fishery resource, conservation and rehabilitation of fishery environment and ecosystem), aquaculture (fish farming technology, genetic breeding, nutrition and feed, disease control) and fishery product processing (processing technology, quality and safety), etc.
Call for Papers: The
European Aquaculture Society and Eurasia Trade Fairs have combined
their aquaculture events to launch the first “new formatâ€? Aquaculture
Europe event, which combines a scientific conference with the highly
successful Future Fish Eurasia Exhibition.
The interface between these two main features – the industry forum - will be filled by special events, including an industry day or ‘farmers day’, workshops for industry and the AE2007 student forum. As always, various social events will be a part of the Aquaculture Europe meeting. The conference theme Competing claims addresses the various levels of competition that aquaculture faces at present, but upon which its future development will depend. "Claims" exist from other stakeholders with respect to physical space, investment and other finances, resources (e.g. for feed raw materials and water resources), technology and others. More details on the EAS website: http://www.easonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=38 OtherRelease FAO’s “State of the World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2006â€? The
FAO has just released the "State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture
2006" at the 27th Session of the Committee on Fisheries that took place
in Rome in the beginning of March. "Shoals", E-zine by Fisheries Alumni of Wageningen International The
E-zine is a collective effort of the Alumni of Wageningen International
who have attended a short term course “Towards participatory fisheries
management� at Wageningen International, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
The E-zine documents the activities, achievements, and personal views
of the Alumni. Since the course caters to mid career Fisheries
Professionals from around the world, the group comprises of
researchers, policy makers, administrators etc from various countries.
This ever growing group actively communicates with each other through a
yahoo group (called fisheries_iac@yahoogroups.co.uk) about everything
related to fisheries. "Shoals�
is a quarterly E-zine and anyone interested in receiving a copy by
email is welcome to contact: Ashok B. Pillai. Email: pillai.ashok@gmail.com
Ashok B. Pillai, Deputy Director (Technical-Fisheries), National
Cooperative Development Corporation, 4, Siri Institutional Area, Hauz
Khas, New Delhi - 110 012 INDIA
New Global Aquatic veterinary Association Formed Emerging
from the needs of a large number of veterinarians already involved in
aquatic animal medicine, a new veterinary organization has been formed,
initially doing business under the name Aquatic Veterinary Association.
The need for the organization is compounded by the demands from owners
of companion aquatic animals, aquatic food species producers,
industries such as aquaculture, and governments for veterinary
assistance in aquatic animal health and welfare, public health and
seafood safety. For more information on this new aquatic veterinary
organization, to provide input into its development, or to become a
founding member, contact any of the interim Directors, or visit the
Association’s website at www.AquaVets.org
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