Visit UGent, EWI, VLIZ, RCN, NTNU, JPI Oceans at Qingdao – Oct 28-31, 2011

brine shrimp Artemia maybe the first link between China and Ghent University ?

role of Artemia in the salt production process

Halobacterium bloom in the crystalizers

NaCl purity 90 99.6 %

Asian sea bass larva feeding on Artemia

shrimp postlarva feeding on Artemia

LARVICULTUREof

fish & shellfish

DISEASE CONTROL

NUTRITION

EGG QUALITYbroodstock nutrition

ZOOTECHNICALASPECTS

MICROBIAL CONDITIONSprobionts / pathogens

COMMERCIALCOMPETITIVENESS

UGent Aquaculture R&D Consortium 3 faculties – 12 departments

Development of innovative microbial management systems

Quantitative analysis of

the bacterial community

Qual/Quant analysis of

the bacterial composition

Biochemical analysis

Biochemical analysis

Host gene expression

analysis

Marker genes

Host gene expression

analysis

Marker genes

Fish and shellfish Fish and shellfish larvae validationlarvae validationFish and shellfish Fish and shellfish larvae validationlarvae validation

Gnotobiotic Artemia test

system

Gnotobiotic Artemia test

system

Quorum sensing analysis Probiotic bacteria Pathogenic

bacteria

Feeds

Antimicrobial PeptidesImmunostimulantsQuorum sensing Probiotic bacteria Pathogenic

bacteria

Micro Algae /Feeds

Antimicrobial peptidesImmunostimulants

PerformancePerformance

Artemiasystem

Gnotobioticmodel

systems

Gnotobiotic

Heat-shock proteins

2. Improved / more cost-effective SEED PRODUCTION

disease free

disease resistant

certified seed

Improved / more cost-effective SEED PRODUCTION

CAFnet/ASEM aquaculture platform partners from China and Europe

- Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences- Ocean University of China- Yellow Sea Fisheries University- Ghent University- Norwegian University of Science and Technology & SINTEF- Wageningen University, the Netherlands

with- Flanders Marine Institute VLIZ- Flanders Authority - Dept of Economy, Science and Innovation EWI- Research Council of Norway RCN- European Joint Programming Initiative “Healthy and Productive Seas and

Oceans

UGent Aquaculture R&D Consortium facilitator for new partnership in Marine BioSciences with China

Plenary Lecture I :Resources, technologies and services for

future aquaculture: a needs assessment for sustainable development

Patrick Sorgeloos (Ghent University, Belgium)

Priorities for future aquaculture

resulting in new concepts & products for a sustainable aquaculture

from empiricial farming

towards

a knowledge-based bio-industry

1. Complete independence from natural stocks through DOMESTICATION2. Improved / more cost-effective SEED PRODUCTION3. Better targeted SPECIES SELECTION4. Development of more efficient stocks through SELECTIVE BREEDING 5. More MICROBIAL MANAGEMENT for more sustainable production 6. Better understanding of IMMUNE SYSTEMS in vertebrates and invertebrates7. More INTEGRATED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS for plant and animal farming8. COASTAL AND OFF-SHORE FARMS of food and energy9. Full independence from fisheries stocks for LIPID AND PROTEIN INGREDIENTS in

aquatic feeds 10. More attention for INTEGRATION of restocking activities with FISHERIES

management11. SOCIETAL LEVERAGE:

• multi-stakeholder interaction• International cooperation on a win-win basis

Global primary production and food supply

total bioproductioncontribution to food

supply

terrestrial

marine

from Field et al. (1998) and Duarte et al. (2009)pr

otei

ns

quan

tity

fisheries & aquaculture

plants & animals

plants & animals

16 % of proteins2 % in quantity

STAGNANTCAPTURE FISHERIES

INCREASED AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION

INCREASED MARKETDEMAND

environmental problems?human health risks?

sustainable?

more responsible farming !

More INTEGRATED PRODUCTION SYSTEMS for plant and animal farming

Integration of culture of different trophic levels

MACROALGAEMOLLUSCS

FISH

COASTAL AND OFF-SHORE FARMS for food and energy

Role of aquaculture in environmental bioremediation

COASTAL AND OFF-SHORE FARMS for food and energy

8. COASTAL AND OFF-SHORE FARMS for food and energy

- )

Energy generation (wind, wave, thermal)

• more attention for integration of restocking activities with fisheries management through multidisciplinary cooperation: oceanography, marine biology, fisheries & aquaculture

More attention for INTEGRATION of restocking activities with FISHERIES management

• juvenile fitness• releasing strategies• impact on wild stocks

ViFINET

NACA

Asian Fisheries &AquacultureSociety

China AquaFishNet

slide 20 of 63Better Life – Patrick SorgeloosLaboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center

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