Training News July 2005
Author: AquaTT
Date: 07 Oct 2005
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A free e-mail news service provided by AquaTT on European Education & Training in Aquaculture.
Please submit any relevant information for dissemination in the newsletter to news@aquatt.ie
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Contents
5. Student Corner
Marinvest - Marine Investment for Future Prosperity Presentations in English & Chinese On-line
Collaboration
Source: European Aquaculture Association
Source: European Aquaculture Association
IntraFish & The Wave website Merge - June 2005
Source: IntraFish Media AS
. Aquaculture Europe AE2005 "Lessons from the Past to Optimise the Future" - 5th & 8th August
Source: The European Aquaculture Society
Source: Singleimage Limited
Source: Agra Conferences
Source: Thais Corporation S.A.C.
If you are interested in posting a job vacancy or registering for the service, please contact Lorraine Rafferty at lorraine@aquatt.ie AquaTT, the European Network for Education and Training, is providing the site as an additional service to compliment their flagship project, PISCES TT, found on the web at www.piscestt.com, host to a comprehensive education database, occupational profiles, virtual tours, a discussion forum, and marine sciences activities for children.
Student Corner
Hello, I am currently based at the University of Wales, Swansea where I have begun my first year of research as a PhD student. I will be working on the ontogeny of the immune defence mechanisms in the European green shore crab Carcinus maenas. Currently I am looking at novel disease in adult crabs but hope to start investigation into larval development later this year. A molecular approach will be taken to investigate the immune development in larvae. This will involve laboratory rearing of Carcinus larvae as well as on a semi commercial level. The overall aim of this study is to improve disease resistance of crustaceans under aquaculture conditions. I previously studied Aquatic Bioscience at the University of Glasgow, where I continued to complete a Masters of Research, in Marine and Fresh Water Biology and Ecology and Environmental Management. During this time I studied modules in Marine and Tropical Marine Ecosystems, as well as carrying out a research project on the physiological response of Nephrops norvegicus under stress conditions during commercial transport. This was my first introduction to crustacean physiology/immunology. During my undergraduate honours year I studied Fisheries and Aquaculture, this gave me a comprehensive and broad knowledge of the aquaculture industry, as well as giving me the opportunity to visit fish farms and scientific based aquaculture units. After my time in Glasgow I immediately took up my current position in Swansea. I recently attended an Aqua labs training course in Koupio, Finland, in Molecular Techniques, this has given me a basic introduction into Molecular biology and will prove invaluable to my continued research. So far so good! Fiona Eddy If you would like to write an article for the student corner please contact Lorraine Rafferty at lorraine@aquatt.ie
The main target audience for this newsletter is teachers, trainers and students in the aquaculture area but will also be of interest to policy makers, companies and associations. AquaTT welcomes any feedback regarding content, presentation and user-friendliness of the newsletter. Please forward this mail to any colleagues that may be interested. Please submit any relevant information for dissemination in the newsletter. DISCLAIMER: AquaTT provides this newsletter as a free service to interested parties. Most of the information is provided by AquaTT. Where it is not, the source of the news is provided in the text of the news brief or else AquaTT attributes the news to the coordinating body as the "Data Source Provider". In no way does this newsletter, by promoting events not coordinated by AquaTT, intend to wrongly or inappropriately claim projects, news, etc. as its own nor is it responsible for incorrect information provided from other sources. "Training News" is a promotional tool and forum for both AquaTT and other organisations.
1. Education
- AQUALABS "Freshwater Aquaculture and the Environment" - Szarvas, Hungary 22th - 27th August 2005
- E-Aqualex: the New Face of the Aqualex Glossary of Aquaculture
- The Economics of Fisheries Management and Fish Markets Intensive Course - Bergen, Norway 3rd - 14th October 2005
- Traceability of Fish and Fish Products: Technologies & Management Systems - Zaragoza, Spain 17th - 21st October 2005
- 'DesignACT'- Designing the Aquaculture Centre of Technology - facing the unmet needs in European Aquaculture - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
- Marinvest - Marine Investment for Future Prosperity Presentations in English & Chinese On-line
2. Collaboration
- Fisheries and Sustainable Development Symposium (FSDS) - Ghaemshahr, Iran 9th - 10th November 2005
- The Economics of Aquaculture with respect to Fisheries Seminar - Civitavecchia (Rome) 9th - 10th December 2005
3. Announcement
- Intrafish & The Wave website Merge - June 2005
- European Aquaculture Society "Aquaculture Europe 2005" - Trondheim, Norway 5th - 12th August 2005
- Singleimage Seminar - Web Tools for EU Research Contracts - Cambridge, UK 7th September 2005
- 4th Annual Conference "Value Added Seafood Capitalising on Market Growth" - London, UK 27th - 28th September 2005
- EXPO PESCA - Lima, Peru 24th - 26th November 2005
4. Other
- Post your student placement, MSc/ PhD positions and temporary/permanent vacancies in Aquaculture, Fisheries and Marine Science on WWW.PISCESTTJOBS.COM
- The PhD vision at the University of Wales, Swansea - Fiona Eddy
AQUALABS "Freshwater Aquaculture and the Environment" - Szarvas, Hungary 22th - 27th August 2005
The closure date for applications is indicated absolutely as July 22, 2005. The complete application form with training course programme and guidance notes are available to download on the AquaTT website. Please send complete applications (application form, motivation letter, recommendation letter, CV and Proof of Identity) via e-mail to lorraine@aquatt.ie
Source: AquaTT
Aqualex, the popular aquaculture glossary, is now available online at http://www.aqualexonline.com. Users can now register for a free 7-day trial and can subscribe for full E-Aqualex access as an annual member for the impressively low subscription rate of €25. Multiple user rates are negotiable upon request.
DEFINES
E-Aqualex stores scientifically credited terms and definitions for over 3,000 aquaculture and marine science terms.
E-Aqualex provides terms & full definitions, through text and sound, in six languages: English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian and Spanish.
E-Aqualex is an invaluable tool for professional, personal or academic pursuits in marine science & aquaculture.
For further information on the glossary visit the website or contact Erin McVeigh at info@aqualex.org
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The Department of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration will be running an Intensive PhD Course at the school in Bergen. The course will consist of 36 hours of lectures over two weeks, Monday October 3rd to Friday October 14th. The examination will be in the form of homework assignments to be handed in and approved by the lecturers. The credits given for approved participation will be 7.5 ETCS.
2. Game-theoretic approaches to the management of shared resources
3. Analysis of fish markets
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Traceability of Fish and Fish Products: Technologies & Management Systems - Zaragoza, Spain 17th - 21st October 2005
Food traceability, and in particular fish traceability, is today high on the agenda of fish inspection services and fishery industries all around the world. This advanced course is organised by the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), through the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza (IAMZ), with the collaboration of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), through the Fisheries Department, and the Centre for Marketing Information and Advisory Services for Fishery Products in the Arab Region (INFOSAMAK) and will take place at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Zaragoza from the 17th to 21st October 2005. The course will be given by well qualified lecturers from international institutions and from research centres, universities and public companies in different countries.
For further information and application details visit: www.iamz.ciheam.org or contact the Institute at iamz@iamz.ciheam.org or +34 976 716000
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'DesignACT'- Designing the Aquaculture Centre of Technology - facing the unmet needs in European Aquaculture - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Since April 2005, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have been coordinating a European 6th Framework project 'DesignACT'. The project will design a European Aquaculture Centre of Technology in Mid-Norway with the aim to establish a new large-scale experimental facility for technology research and training that will address the future needs in the European aquaculture sector. Special focus will go to offshore fish farming and developing more competitive and cost-efficient production technologies for sustainable production of new and existing aquaculture species. The centre will provide installations, equipment, instruments and cultivation methods on a full-scale, giving researchers the opportunity to validate models or theories developed at their home institute.
For further information visit: www.designact.org. If you would like further information or to collaborate in this new and exciting initiative contact:
Alexandra Neyts,
Researcher/project manager,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Department of Biology
Trondhjem Biological Station
7491 Trondheim, Norway
Fax: +47 73591597
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MARINVEST is partially funded by the EU Asia Pro Eco Programme (Promoting sustainable solutions for the environment between Asia and Europe) and aims to transfer the technology of environmental monitoring to promote socio-economic progress and environmental improvements in the aquaculture sector throughout the Shandong region of China. The partners of MARINVEST are AquaTT (Coordinator), Scottish Aquaculture Training Association Ltd. (SATA), Yellow Seas Fisheries Research Institute (YSFRI), and the Qingdao Association for International Science & Technology Cooperation (QAISTC).
Two Marine Investment for Future Prosperity (MARINVEST) seminars took place in China in May/June 2005 titled; "implementing EU Environmental and Shellfish Safety Criteria." The complete presentations from the seminars are available in English and Chinese on the AquaTT website. Refer to the following link: http://www.aquatt.ie/aquattinitiatives/currentinitiatives/marinvestseminar.php
Source: AquaTT
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Fisheries and Sustainable Development Symposium (FSDS) - Ghaemshahr, Iran 9th - 10th November 2005
Department of Fisheries Sciences and Technology in Islamic Azad University of Ghaemshahr (IAUG), IRAN, along with National partners, have announced the 1st Fisheries and Sustainable Development Symposium (FSDS), for November 9th - 10th, 2005 in Iran. The symposium will focus on the following issues: Fish and Shellfish Aquaculture, Fish Biology and Ecology, Fishing Technology, Processing and Preservation of Fish Product, Biochemistry and Physiology of Fish, Feeding and Fish Nutrition, Fish Genetics Breeding and Biotechnology, Stock Assessment and Fish Disease. The deadline for full papers is August 2th, 2005.
For further information visit: http://www.easonline.org/agen/description.asp?id=332 or http://www.ghaemshahriau.ac.ir
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The Economics of Aquaculture with respect to Fisheries Seminar - Civitavecchia (Rome) 9th - 10th December 2005
European Association of Agricultural Economists 95th seminar will take place at the University of Tuscia in Civitavecchia, main harbour to Sardinia, 50 miles north of Rome. The main objective of the seminar is to bring together economists and other scientists involved in this productive activity and focus on the opportunities for and interactions between artificial fish rearing and restocking depleted natural populations at sea. The deadline for full papers is September 1st, 2005.
For further information on registration and submission of papers visit: http://www.easonline.org/agen/description.asp?id=316 or contact: Lorenzo Venzi, University of Tuscia at lvenzi@unitus.it
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Announcements
On Monday June 13th, The Wave and IntraFish websites merged to create a comprehensive online seafood news website. The site replaces both the current Wave and IntraFish websites with a one-stop-shop for seafood news. To visit the site users can log on to www.intrafish.com with their IntraFish or Wave username and password to enjoy the new site.
For further information visit: www.intrafish.com or contact: info@intrafish.com
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European Aquaculture Society "Aquaculture Europe 2005" - Trondheim, Norway 5th - 12th August 2005
The European Aquaculture Society are organising the following events to further the development of "SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE" at Trondheim, Norway from August 5th - 12th:
. AE2005 Innovation Forum - 6th August
. AE2005 EU Forum on the 6th & 7th Framework Programmes of RTD - 7th August
. A unique workshop on “Wild and Farmed Salmon – Working Together� - 9th August
. Recirculation Aquaculture Technology Workshop - 9th - 10th August
. Aqua Nor 2005 - 9th - 12th August
. A special Aquaculture Innovation Network event - 9th August
For further information visit: http://www.easonline.org/agen/AquaEuro2005/AE2005_workshop.asp#InnoForum
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Singleimage Seminar - Web Tools for EU Research Contracts - Cambridge, UK 7th September 2005
EU research projects share lots of information and involve joint working amongst organisations from many different countries. There are many software tools which can support them, from shared workspaces to resource planning and reporting tools, from electronic meetings to web content management. At this seminar, several project coordinators and participants in FP6 projects will explain how they use these tools for a range of functions and what gave their consortia the greatest benefits. They will share their experiences of simple tools for sharing files and discussion fora, to more complex ones for research community building, for reporting project progress to the EU, and web-based video conferencing.
For further information contact: Sue Kerr, Singleimage Limited at sue.kerr@singleimage.co.uk or +44 1480 497712
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4th Annual Conference "Value Added Seafood - Capitalising on Market Growth" - London, UK 27th - 28th September 2005
The 4th Annual Conference "Value Added Seafood - Capitalising on Market Growth" will take place at the Regent's Park Holiday Inn, London from the 27th - 28th September 2005. The seminar will bring together top level speakers from Ireland, UK, Denmark and Australia. This conference will focus on innovative product case studies, market trends and opportunities for growth, growing the market for seafood ready meals and adding value to the frozen seafood category. Other informative sessions at the conference will address the market for value added shellfish, organic shrimp, value added salmon, ensuring the quality and safety of seafood products and traceability within the food supply chain.
For further information visit: www.agra-net.com or contact Agra Conferences at conferences@agra-net.com or +44 (0) 1892 511807
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EXPO PESCA - Lima, Peru 24th - 26th November 2005
The 2nd International Fair "EXPO PESCA" will take place in Lima, Peru from 24th - 26th November 2005. This exhibition is the only technical event in Peru specialising in Fishing and Aquaculture. The event offers the opportunity for the main suppliers of equipment/services and producers of Seafood and Aquaculture food from all over the world to meet with key decision-makers from Peru and Latin America.
For further information visit: http://www.thaiscorp.com/expopesca/english/expopesca.html
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Other
Post your student placement, MSc/ PhD positions and temporary/permanent vacancies in Aquaculture, Fisheries and Marine Science on WWW.PISCESTTJOBS.COM
AquaTT's human resource service PISCES TT Jobs (www.piscesttjobs.com), which has more than 400 registered candidates with comprehensive CVs, has recently been revamped with innovative features such as e-mail alerts for all registered candidates when a new vacancy is posted. This is an exciting and valuable free online service for employers and potential employees in aquaculture and related science sectors. Using a secure and innovative site format, employers and job searchers can post job vacancies and CVs, respectively, thus facilitating human resource development in the industry.
Upon registration, employers can post and instantaneously edit job vacancies, including permanent, temporary, MSc/PhD and student placement positions. Companies and farms will only receive CVs of those applicants who are qualified for the position requirements. To ensure privacy and lessen the hassle of unsolicited calls and queries, company/organisation contact details will not be published online. Companies can also post positions on the website with their contact details if they wish to handle the applications and queries.
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The PhD vision at the University of Wales, Swansea - Fiona Eddy
AquaTT through its extensive network has realised that essential information on upcoming changes is not being effectively disseminated to all parties. Thus, AquaTT is producing this free news service "TRAINING NEWS" specifically for the Aquaculture industry. The newsletter is intended to keep you informed of developments in Education & Training and related areas. Support material will be available on the new European Education Forum website www.piscestt.com . All old Training News will be archived on the piscestt site.