Business management, investment, insurance and risk assessment, stock management and husbandry and innovative technologies are amongst the topics for the 2014 call for papers.
Mercator Media Ltd, organisers of the fifth Offshore Mariculture Conference are pleased to announce that following a very successful event in Izmir, Turkey in 2012, the 2014 event will be held on the 9-11 April in Naples, Italy.
By moving farms into cleaner, deeper waters, conflict between the offshore aquaculture industry and coastal users will be reduced and it will also provide a much better environment for aquaculture operations to exist. The aquaculture industry needs to keep growing globally and aquaculture remains the fastest-growing animal-food-producing sector, now accounting for around half of all fish consumed today. The Offshore Mariculture Conference will examine the progress and prospects for farming offshore covering everything from the latest legislation, investment and financial issues, managing, marketing and the day to day running of an offshore business to the latest technical advances that will help to make the life of the marine aquaculturist easier.
The Call for Papers has been released and abstracts on the following topics must be submitted by Friday 6 September:
The latest international developments in offshore aquaculture:
International legislation, policies strategies and developments
Business management:
Investment, insurance and risk assessment
Marketing of “offshore” products
Species choice, integrating with seaweed/renewable energy systems
Spatial planning, Integrated Coastal Zone Management
Stock management and husbandry:
Fish welfare
Health management strategies
Feeding strategies
Stock management to control reproduction
Innovative Technologies:
Harvesting and processing technologies
Cage engineering
Onshore facilities (including hatcheries)
Containment systems and other strategies for escapes
Moorings, feed systems, cages and netting
The deadline to submit an abstract is Friday 6 September 2013. Send your 200 word abstract, together with a biography and photograph of the Speaker, to conferences@offshoremariculture.com.
For further information about speaking, sponsoring or attending as a delegate, please email conferences@offshoremariculture.com or call the Events team on +44 (0)1329 825335.
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