Events
Singapore prepares for World Aquaculture event
The deadline for submitted abstracts for World Aquaculture Singapore has been extended to 1 October. The World Aquaculture Singapore (WASingapore 2022) conference takes place between 29 November and 2 December, at the Singapore EXPO Convention and Exhibition Centre and Max Atria. Organisers expect around 1,000 attendees. WASingapore 2022 will be taking place as a large-scale…
Read MoreStandard Biotools webinar on salmon health – 7 October 2022
Join Standard Biotools for their upcoming webinar on fish health on 7 October 2022. Leisha McGrath from the Marine and Freshwater Research Centre in Ireland will talk about how parasitic amoeba is becoming a consistent threat to the salmon aquaculture market due to climate change, and how the ability to regularly monitor fish stocks for…
Read MoreInnovation on land and sea
Lessons from farming across different species will be a key theme at the Livestock & Aquaculture Innovation Summit, being held this year in London on 6, 7 & 8 September. The Summit, organised by Kisaco, begins with a day dedicated to aquaculture on Tuesday 6 September, including contributions from Jaime Santana, Fish Health Manager, Mowi…
Read MoreSeaweed conference offers a tasty treat
Kelp will be on the menu at Seagriculture USA 2022, the first international seaweed conference to be held in North America. Taking place on 7 & 9 September 2022 in Portland, Maine, the event will feature a live cookery demonstration courtesy of Atlantic Sea Farms, the first commercially viable seaweed farm in the United States.…
Read MoreBook now for AE2022 Rimini
The deadline for early bird registration at Aquaculture Europe, taking place this September in Rimini, Italy, has been extended to 1 August. Aquaculture Europe 2022 (AE2022), organised by the European Aquaculture Society (EAS), takes place over 27-30 September. This year key themes for the conference will be climate change, biodiversity loss, environmental pollution and waste…
Read MoreNew Brunswick set to host GOAL conference
The city of Saint John, New Brunswick on Canada’s Atlantic coast will play host to the GOAL Responsible Seafood Conference in 2023, it was announced yesterday. GOAL, the largest international seafood business conference of its kind, will bring 500 seafood industry leaders from around the world to Saint John. It will be only the second…
Read MoreMinister promises action on reforming aquaculture regime
Rural Affairs Minister Mairi Gougeon has promised to personally oversee the drafting of a new regulatory regime for aquaculture in Scotland. Speaking at the opening of the Aquaculture UK trade show in Aviemore, in the Scottish Highlands, she announced that a Ministerial Aquaculture Strategy Forum will deliver the recommendations made by Professor Russell Griggs OBE…
Read MoreSeafood Global Excellence award winners revealed
GlobeXplore of France and Pescanova España of Spain won the top prizes in the 2022 Seafood Excellence Global awards at Seafood Expo Global, the world’s largest seafood trade event. Among the other awards, a joint venture between two family-owned shellfish businesses, Krijn Verwijs Yerseke BV of the Netherlands and England’s Offshore Shellfish scooped two special…
Read MoreSeafish to host Barcelona pavilion
The UK’s producers will be represented at the world’s biggest trade show for the seafood sector, taking place in Barcelona later this month. Seafish, the public body supporting the industry, and UK Government are working together on trade events and a marketing toolkit to support UK seafood exporters. Seafood Expo Global (combined with Seafood Processing…
Read MoreMinister to open Aquaculture UK
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, is to open Aquaculture UK, the biggest event in the UK aquaculture sector’s calendar. The Minister will cut the ribbon on the first day of the exhibition, which runs from May 3-5 in Aviemore, Scotland, and will then launch what promises to be a lively…
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