ADVANCING INTEGRATED AGRICULTURE- AQUACULTURE THROUGH AGROECOLOGY

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.

Margriet Drouillon receives EAS Distinguished Service Award

At the opening plenary session of the EAS/WAS co-organised AQUA 2018 event in Montpellier on August 25^th, 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

EURASTiP Exchange Programme

Receive up to €3000 to connect with aquacculture experts in Europe and South-East Asia

Maximise existing and new collaborations and strategic partnerships between Europe and south-east Asia in the aquaculture sector with the EURASTiP Exchange Programme. Opportunities are available for industry, researchers and educators from both regions to connect and gain new perspectives while sharing innovative ideas to help develop long term partnerships. Bursaries of up to €3000 are available per exchange (subject to eligibility criteriaa) to support international innovation and collaboration.

Deadline: 30 September 2018
More details and to apply: see flyer, and http://www.eurastip.eu/exchanges

Contact:
Industry & Research Exchanges: Miek Eggermont, Ghent University, Belgium. Mieke.eggermont@UGent.be
Educator Exchanges: Marieke Reuver, AquaTT, Ireland. Marieke@aquatt.ie

EURASTiP is an EU-funded H2020 project promoting multi-stakeholder contributions to international cooperation on sustainable solutions for aquaculture development in south-east Asia. For more details, see the project website: http://eurastip.eu/

Aquaculture International Impact Factor continues to rise!

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

New site template - so where do I log in?

You may have noticed the the old 'login' box is no longer on the left on your screen. It has been replaced by a floating image that has two elements.
On the top (the 'head') is the login box. After login, scroll down to the bottom of the page, where you will see your profile picture. Click on that to edit your profile and manage your connections.

Below that, the + sign takes you to the 'join EAS' page, where you can quickly and easily become a member.

EAS Mentoring: “Adopt a Student” - and get FREE EAS membership

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....

AQUA 2018 - Aquaculture in Occitanie

The upcoming AQUA 2018 event #We R Aquaculture (see box on the right), co-organised by EAS and WAS, will take place in Occitanie.
This is the name given to one of the new ‘super regions’of France, created in 2016 from the former regions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées. Occitanie comes from the historical name of the broader region of southern France and the historic use of the Occitan language and its various dialects.

This article has been published by EAS in its "Aquaculture Europe" magazine and by WAS in its "World Aquaculture" magazine. Click on the image to get the article.

AE2017 Summary Report now online!

The AE2017 Summary Report is now available here.

You'll also see links on that page to the programme, posters, participants list and poster awards.

AE 2017 was a great success, attracting a total participation of 1.688 from 62 countries. Of the full conference delegates (1294), 255 were students. The trade show presented products and services from 92 exhibitors and had 394 visitors. A total of 437 oral and 356 poster presentations were given during the conference.