A compilation of the AQUA 2018 session summary reports received from the session chairs has been compiled by the EAS secretariat.
AQUA 2018 was attended by 3003 participants from 109 countries. 800 oral and 317 poster presentations were given in a total of 81 sessions over the 4 days of the event. Not all sessions were reported and only simple editing has been made.
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This Special Session - held during the EAS WAS AQUA 2018 event - was convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations with support from Cirad (Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement) and NACA (Network of Aquaculture Centres of Asia-Pacific).
Agroecology is an approach based on the use of principles and concepts of ecology, with the aim of optimizing interactions between plants, animals, humans and the environment, while taking into account ecosystem services and the social aspects essential to the sustainability and equity of food systems.
For FAO, ten indicators make it possible to characterize agro-ecology: species diversity and biodiversity, co-creation and sharing of knowledge between actors, the valorisation of synergies between the various activities of the production system and with the environment, efficiency of resource use and recycling, resilience of communities and ecosystems (especially in the face of climate change), social and human values, cultural and culinary traditions, good governance and a circular economy and solidarity.
See the video summary and full programme of presentationsmade during the session.
At the opening plenary session of the EAS/WAS co-organised AQUA 2018 event in Montpellier on August 25th, the European Aquaculture Society gave its Distinguished Service Award to Dr. ir. Margriet Drouillon MBA, Aquaculture Business Developer at Ghent University in Belgium, for her commitment and contributions to the objectives and activities of the Society. AQUA 2018 was attended by 3003 participants from 109 countries.
Björn Myrseth, EAS President 2016-2018 introduced and presented the award in front of a packed auditorium at Le Corum in Montpellier. He explained the fact that although the award is made to those that have shown outstanding service to furthering EAS and its objectives, it is not just for those that have given many years of their life to EAS, but it is also about effort and impact. SEE MORE
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Aquaculture International (AQUI) is the peer-reviewed journal of the EAS. Its 2016 Impact Factor (IF) was 1.095, thus reaching one of the main objectives of the Editorial Board and EAS Board. In 2017, the IF rose again to 1.283.
We are proud to see that it has now exceeded the milestone level of 1 for the last 5 years and hope very much that this will encourage more publications from EAS members and non-members. See more on submitting papers to AQUI
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EAS members have a collective knowledge and experience that runs into thousands of years! ‘Senior’ members of EAS that have supported the society ‘since the beginning’ are also in many cases leaders in their fields of expertise and highly-cited authors.
Over recent years, our EAS Student Group has re-invigorated and strengthened our student membership and students that follow us on social media. Student participation at recent Aquaculture Europe events has also been impressive and an ideal chance to meet and have a chat with these ‘seniors’.
We therefore have the basis to put in place a mentoring activity, where students and seniors can interact informally and not just at AE events. We are calling this activity “Adopt a Student.” See more....
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