July | August 2012

Aqua 2012 Preview

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TheAQUA events are co-organised by EAS andWASevery6years.AQUA

2012succeeds the2006event inFlorence,Italyandthe2000eventheld in Nice, France.The eventcomprises an international sci-entific conference, an interna-tional trade exhibition, work-shops for aquaculture producers,forumsorganisedbystudentsandby the European CommissionDirectorateGeneral forresearchand many other workshops andmeetings.

Theoverall theme for thisyear’smeeting is ‘Global Aquaculture:Securingourfuture’.

Presentat ions by the twoplenary speakers,PetterArnesenand Geoff Allan, will provideindustryandscienceperspectiveson the different aspects of thetheme, which has obvious impli-cations for global and regionalfood security and aquaculturetrade. It also refers to economicand environmental sustainabilityand the image of aquacultureactivities.

Alistair Lane, Executive Director, European Aquaculture Society, explains the history of AQUA events and what’s going on at AQUA 2012

Tell us about AQUA 2012The European Aquaculture

Society (EAS) is one of the twoco-organisers ofAQUA 2012. ItincorporatestheEAS“AquacultureEurope” and the WAS “WorldAquaculture” events. In addition,theUniversityofSouthBohemiaisourlocalorganisingpartner.AQUA2012isthethirdAQUAevent,suc-ceeding meetings in Florence in2006andNicein2000.

InPrague,wehopetobuildonthesuccesses of previous events,withhigh participation, good science, awell-attendedtradeeventandgen-erally favourable perception fromattendees.

Who is the event aimed at?AQUA 2012 is a global aquac-

ulture event so it is aimed at theglobalaquaculturecommunity.Thisincludes scientists, producers, sup-pliersandpolicymakersandlegis-latorswhowantthelatestscientificdataandtotakepartinallofthediscussions and networking thatarethe‘core’oftheseevents.Weexpectaround2,000participantsfrom60countriestobewithusinPragueinSeptember.

What are the themes of AQUA 2012?

There are different ways ofinterpreting the theme,‘GlobalAquaculture: Secur ing ourfuture’.

One way is food security.Thisis an issue for developing coun-tries but also for the USA andEuropebecausetheyrelyheavilyonimports.

Theeventwillalso lookattheimage and perception of aquac-ulture.Itisgenerallypositive,buttheactualproductionactivitiesofthesectorarenotgenerallywell-understoodbyconsumers.

AQUA 2012 will also addressthe management of resources -notably water and feeds – butalsohumanandmarketresourceswith an emphasis on educationand managing knowledge. Thisbringsustotheplenaryspeakers:PetterArnesenofMarineHarvestwill give an industry perspective

of theAQUA 2012 theme, whileGeoffAllan, of the Depar tmentof Primary Industries inAustraliaandwhoisapastpresidentoftheWorldAquaculture Society, willfocusonthescientificperspectivesofthetheme.

What can participants expect to see and do?

This is thebiggest general aqua-culture event so participants canexpect to see a lot.Therewill bealmost600oralpresentationsand400 posters on display as well as90 trade booths and numerousworkshops.TherewillalsobetheopportunitytogoonfarmtoursintheCzechRepublic.

I’vebeen toPrague a few timesinthecourseoforganisingAQUA2012andbefore.Itreallyisabeau-tiful city, with many things to doandsee.Hotelsandrestaurantsareplentifulandnotexpensive..

With so many industry shows, why should people attend AQUA 2012?

There’s increasing competitionbetween industry showsand scien-tific conferences butAQUA 2012hasdevelopedsomethingdifferent. Itbringstogetherbothoftheseelementsandshowshowaquaculture isdevel-opingacrossdisciplines,sothatpeopleworkinginoneresearchareaorsectorcan listen to sessionsonotherdisci-plinesandactivities.Inshort,itgivesa

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We have an excellent manage-ment team with John and MaryCookseyandwithMarioStael, andIworkwiththemtomakesurethat

everythingrunssmoothly.Iwilltrytosit inonafewsessionsbut, I’mnotsurethatIwillhavethetime.

One of things that interests meis the potential to use of macroalgae (seaweeds) as protein andlipid sources in feeds. Developingalgae as feed ingredients ratherthan using terrestrial plants could

reallyhelp solve theproblems of water,spaceandGMasso-ciated with usingterrestr ial plants. .Consumer s mayalsohaveissueswithfarmed fish eatingf e ed s p r edom i -nantly made fromter restr ia l p lantsthat could them-selves be used fordirect consumption.It would be morenatural for farmedaquatic animals toeat(farmed)aquaticplants…AtAQUA2012 there will beseveral sessions onnutrition, looking at

novel raw materials and ingredi-entsinfishfeeds.

How has the event changed and developed?

Wehavelotsofsuccessfulpressandmedia partners butwewould alsolike to develop contactswith non-

tradepressthatcouldbringsomeoforgoodnews to thegeneralpublic.Aquacultureresearch findingsdonotgenerally get well communicatedoutsideofoursphere,soweneedtodothatbetter.PoliticalwilltodevelopaquacultureinEuropeseemstobeatanall-timehigh,soweshouldusethisopportunitytospreadtheknowledgewearegenerating to supportpolicyanddevelop abalanced (legislative)frameworkforthesector.

Plenary speaker Petter Arnesen, Breeding Director, Marine Harvest

I have been working in aquacul-tureforalmost25years.Thesalmonindustrybeganaround40years agoandhasdevelopedgreatlyoverthelast20years.Nowitisrelativelysuccessful

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inScotlandandNorwaybuttherearesalmon industries inChile, the FaroIslandsandBritishColumbiaamongstothers.Itisstillalearningcurvebutwehavecomealongway.

AstheBreedingDirectoratMarineHarvest I use traditional breedingmethods rather than GM. Thesalmon industry isoneof the last inEuropenot touseGMproducts inthefishorthefeed.Atthemoment,thereisafairbitofoppositiontoGMfood fromconsumers and retailerseven though there is no scientificevidence that salmon is affectedbyGM. Yet for the feed industry, it isgettingharderandmoreexpensivetosourceGM-freerawmaterials.

The main issues in aquaculturetodayare feedresources includingrawmaterialsthatgointofeedandthemanagementoffarms.

There is a fair bit of aquacultureregulationtheEUbutthemainchal-lenge in the EU is to have moresitesofproduction.Atthemoment,the EU imports 65 percent of itsseafood.Goingforward,theEUwillhavetoincreaseitsproduction.

However, tradition fisheries areon the decline so there is a gapbetweentherequirementandwhattraditionalfisheriescanproduce.

This gap has to be covered byaquaculture and as a result, goodproductionsitesareneeded.Thisiseasiersaidthandone.Forexample,in Norway, the authorities are inchargeofgivingoutsitesbutthereareveryfewgrantedeachyear.

AtAqua2012,Iwillbespeakingabout the challenges associatedwith aquaculture in general andalsopointoutsomeofthemajorachievements inaquaculturesuchasfeed,geneticsandtheenviron-ment.

In the future, I will be workingon solving the challenges facedby aquaculture. There is greatpromiseinbreedingandgenetics.Therearenewtollscomingalongsuch as a genomics. The salmongenome is nowbeing sequencedand will hopefully be completedinthenextyear.Thiswillgiveusanew tool to use in our breedingwork.

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Havingenjoyedthesupportof MSDAnimal Healthas its only Premium

sponsor for some years, theEuropean Aquaculture Society(EAS)hasannouncedthatSINTEFAquaculture and Fisheries is itssecondPremiumSponsor.

While EAS actively targetssponsorsforitsannualAquacultureEurope event, the PremiumSponsors show their support ofthesociety‘asawhole’–andspe-cifically of its objectives –with afinancial contribution that allowsEAS to offer reduced member-ship fees for young persons andforthoseworkinginrelativelylowincomecountries.

The President of SINTEFFisheries andAquaculture, KarlAlmås,ispleasedtoshowSINTEF’ssupport for EAS.“CollaborationandparticipationinEASis impor-tant to us in SINTEF as it is anindustrial organization with astrongresearchfocuswhichisvitaltousandourresearchpartnersin

EU.This sponsorshipmakes clearour commitment and we lookforwardtostrengtheningourworkin EAS through this agreement”,saysAlmås.

The EAS President Elect(becomingPresidentinSeptember),KjellMaroni isalsopleasedtohavea secondPremiumSponsor,espe-ciallyone fromNorway.“It is verygoodtohaveatechnologyorientedresearch institute asSINTEF fromNorwayonboard as aPremiumsponsor. EAS need the contribu-tionfromPremiumsponsorsasanimportantbasis for theeconomyin addition tonormalmembers”,he says.“Premium sponsors arealso importanttomakeEASmoreknown in theaquaculture industryinEurope.”

AsPremiumsponsors,SINTEFwill be promoted through theEAS web site and its publica-tions, but also at the AQUA2012(September1-5inPrague)and AE2013 (August 9-12 inTrondheim).

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