AquaTT Training News - February 2010

Author: AquaTT

Date: 28 Feb 2010

 

February 2010

A free e-mail news service provided by AquaTT on European Education & Training in Aquaculture.
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Contents

1. Education

2. Announcements

Announcements supplement is sent out with Training News. Please CLICK HERE to go to the archives. Please CLICK HERE for the AquaTT Calendar which gives you a comprehensive overview of events in the sector.

    3. Collaboration

    3. Other

    4. PiscesTT Jobs

    5. Student corner


    Education

    Workshop: Pathogen Combat workshop “Hygienic Processing”, 9 March 2010, Cork (Ireland)

    The EU FP6 project ‘Pathogen Combat’ attacks the pan-European problem of food derived diseases. For more information please click here.

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    Workshop: Understanding and quantifying mortality in pelagic, early life stages of marine organisms: experiments, observations and models (WKMOR), 22-24 March 2010, Aberdeen (Scotland)

    The workshop will focus on technical and methodological issues, important physical-biological processes, and on future research needs. For more information please click here.

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    Workshop: Vaccination of Early Life Cycle Stages of Fish, 7-8 April 2010, Copenhagen (Denmark)

    DAFINET and SCOFDA are responsible for the workshop bringing international experts together. Deadline March 10. Register by writing to pwk@life.ku.dk or visit http://www.dafinet.dk/Home.html

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    Phd course: “The Economics of Marine Resources: Ecological-Economic Modeling of the Marine Environment: Models and Management", 19-23 April 2010, Esbjerg (Denmark)

    The marine environment provides goods and services that is neither pure private nor pure public goods. Deadline is 19th March 2010. For more information please visit www.sdu.dk/fame

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    The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) offers courses led by high-profile scientists and instructors Advanced Course: New perspectives on marketing chains in small-scale fisheries and aquaculture, 26-30 April 2010, Zaragoza (Spain)

    The aim of the course is to provide small-scale sector participants with an integrated contemporary vision and understanding of the critical factors shaping seafood markets. For more information please click here.

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    Short course: Marine Taxonomy and Habitat Survey, 4-7 May 2010, Bournemouth University (United Kingdom) 

    This course will develop your skills in marine species identification and habitat assessment. For further information please click here.

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    Short course: Freshwater Fish Ecology, 4-7 May 2010, Bournemouth University (United Kingdom)

    This course will enable you to develop an applied understanding of the ecology of freshwater fish. For further information please click here.

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    PhD course: Stated Preference/Choice Research, 17-21 May, 2010 University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg (Denmark)

    Stated preference and choice methods have become one of the mainstream methods of environmental and resource management. Deadline 19th April. For more information please click here.

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    The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) offers courses led by high-profile scientists and instructors

    Short course: Introduction to Bayesian inference in fishery science, 7-11 June 2010, ICES, Copenhagen (Denmark)

    The objective of this course is to familiarise the participants with the basic concepts of Bayesian inference and to provide skills for solving simple problems. Deadline 30 April. For more information please click here.

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    Training programme: "Stock assessment (Introduction)", 14-18 June 2010, Copenhagen (Denmark)

    This course provides instruction, demonstration, and exercises in population modelling as applied to fishery resources. For more information please click here.

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    Short course: Aquatic Invasive Species, 6-9 September 2010, Bournemouth University (United Kingdom)

    This course will allow you to develop an applied understanding of the ecology and management of aquatic invasive species. For further information please click here.

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    Course: Introduction to Marine Data for Young Scientists, 6-10 September 2010, Oostende (Belgium)

    Applicants should have an academic degree in marine science. Deadline 31 May 2010. For more information please click here.

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    PhD course: “Strategic behaviour in fisheries: application of coalition games”, 6-10 September 2010, Helsinki (Finland)

    The course will include lectures, hands-on experience and students’ presentations. For more information please visit http://www.sdu.dk/fame.

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    Course: Basic Marine Data Management, 13-24 September 2010, Oostende (Belgium)

    The target audience is graduate marine scientists with responsibilities or strong interest in marine data management and analysis. Deadline 31 May 2010. For more information please click here.

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    Workshop: Digital Imaging in Fisheries Biology (DigiFish), 20-23 September 2010, Písek (Czech Republic)

    This workshop aims to bring experts together to discuss various aspects of utilisation of imaging techniques in fisheries biology. Registration is now open at www.digifish.cz.

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    Training course: “Opening the box: Stock assessment and fisheries advice for stakeholders, NGOs and policy-makers", 5-7 October 2010, ICES Copenhagen (Denmark)

    The course is directed at policy makers, NGO representatives and fisheries organisations. Deadline 25 August 2010. For further information please click here.

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    Course: Writing for professional publications (Marine Information Management), 22-26 October 2010, Oostende (Belgium)

    The target audience is Marine Information Managers and staff of Marine Libraries. Deadline 31 July. For more information please click here.

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    PhD and Post Doc opportunities in Europe with Marie Curie Actions

    The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) offers courses led by high-profile scientists and instructors

    Marie Curie Actions provide career opportunities for researchers. For more information please click here.

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    Collaboration

    MarineTT – Innovating to unlock the potential of European marine research

    The new MarineTT project (FP7) - European Marine Research Knowledge Transfer and Uptake of Results – will step up to the challenge to unlock the knowledge potential of previously funded research activities using an innovative approach to address the acknowledged problem of information and data rescue. MarineTT will design, trial and refine an analytical matrix which will evaluate the cost and benefit of transferring knowledge from the knowledge triangle, which includes innovators, researchers, and educators. MarineTT activities will extract research outcomes with a view to identifying what knowledge can be transferred for exploitation and to connect and transfer knowledge to key stakeholders. Project partners AquaTT and EurOcean will refine and improve databases and info-bases, starting with the EurOcean Internet portal resources. For more information please click here. If you would like to arrange an interview with the MarineTT project team, please contact Cristina Costa, to arrange a suitable time, on +351 213924497 or email eurocean@fct.mctes.pt.

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    Final conference VALLA - Validation of All Lifelong Learning in Aquaculture

    One of the most interesting results of the VALLA project – an EC funded Lifelong Learning project- is a dedicated software tool which enables course developers to define training units, such as courses, workshops, placements, etc., in terms of competences and learning outcomes, in accordance with European principles, in a user-friendly methodology. The tool has initially been developed for use in the aquaculture sector, but is generic and applicable to any sector. It has been designed so that any type of course, from a 1 day informal workshop to a full HEA module within a University course can use the tool.

    The tool will be one of the outcomes showcased at the final project conference, which will be held in Brussels on March 30. For more information, please check www.vallaproject.com or contact Marieke Reuver at marieke@aquatt.ie if you wish to attend the conference.

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    Aqua-tnet Annual Event 2010, 2-3 June, Szarvas (Hungary)

    All AQUA-TNET members and stakeholders are invited to attend this important event to find out about the activities and results of the project and debate the hot topics in Education and Training. The meeting will be hosted by the Research Institute for Fisheries, Aquaculture and Irrigation (HAKI) in Szarvas, Hungary.

    Please contact the AQUA-TNET secretariat at info@aquatnet.com for further information and registration.


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    The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) offers courses led by high-profile scientists and instructors


    Other

    Call for abstracts - Aquacultural Engineering Society’s 2010 Issues Forum, 18-19 August 2010, Virginia (USA)

    The forum is designed specifically for AES members. Deadline 19 March. For more information please visit http://www.recircaqua.com/aesabst.html

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    Call for abstracts – 8th International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture 20-22 August 2010, Virginia (USA)

    The Recirculating Aquaculture conference features presentations and poster sessions from leading experts in recirculating aquaculture. Deadline 19 March. For more information please visit http://www.recircaqua.com/abstract.html

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    Call for abstracts - ICES Annual Science Conference, 20-24 September 2010, Cité des Congrès in Nantes (France)

    ICES Annual Science Conference provides a forum in which an international community of marine scientists, professionals, and students gather to share their work. For more information please visit http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/asc/2010/abstractsubmission.asp

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    Call for papers – World Small-Scale Fisheries Congress, 18-22 October 2010, Bangkok (Thailand)

    The WSFC aims to address issues concerning small-scale fisheries around the world. Deadline 31 March. For more information please visit http://www.seafdec.or.th/wsfc2010/

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    PiscesTT Jobs

    Job vacancies, MSc & PhD vacancies and student placements on WWW.PISCESTTJOBS.COM

    PISCES TT jobs is a valuable free tool for employers, employees & students in the aquatic resources. Its service aims to foster an efficient means by which to link job-seekers, students, graduates and others seeking work and placements in the aquaculture, fisheries, and related sciences sectors with companies and organisations seeking qualified employees. Employers can post job vacancies (including permanent, temporary job vacancies, MSc/PhD and student placement positions) facilitating human resource development in the industry.

    At the moment there are 9 new vacancies. If you are interested in viewing or posting a job vacancy please go to http://www.piscesttjobs.com/ or contact aquatt@aquatt.ie Subscribe at http://www.piscesttjobs.com/feeds/ for live
    RSS updates of new job postings.

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    Students corner

    Student volunteers wanted to assist at Australasian Aquaculture 2010

    Volunteering for half of the event entitles student volunteers in the aquaculture and associated fields to a complimentary registration. Please click here.

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    HEA / Irish Independent Competition for Research Students "Making an Impact"

    This competition is open to research students inviting short submissions on the difference their research work will make to Ireland, or internationally. There are two awards of €2,500 each. Closing date 5pm 4 March. For full details please refer to www.hea.ie/impact.

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