Berlin in October will be the place to be for RAS stakeholders

EAS and NordicRAS have made an agreement to hold their events in conjunction with each other at the Estrel Hotel and Congress Centre in Berlin in October. The 5th NordicRAS workshop will be held on Monday October 7 and Tuesday 8 morning, leading directly into AE2019, which starts on the evening of the 7th. The RAS sessions of AE2019 will start from the 8th to avoid crossover and allow NordicRAS attendees to participate in AE2019.
The underlying idea is to have a strong focus on RAS in a hosting country where it is a key strategical development objective. For participants, this would allow to attend both events and hence save time and travel. Those taking part in both events will also have a discounted registration fee.

The aims of the Nordic Network on Recirculating Aquaculture Systems are to co-ordinate and strengthen research and development of Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) in Nordic countries. The network welcomes all with an interest in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, including interested parties outside the Nordic Countries.
AE2019 takes the theme “Our Future - Growing from Water.” AE2019 covers the full scope and diversity of European aquaculture. The thematic plenary and technical parallel sessions will comprise submitted oral and poster presentations. AE2019 will also feature an international trade exhibition, industry forums, student sessions and activities, satellite workshops and updates on EU research.

EURASTIP Exchange Programme – Third Round

Receive up to 3000 Euro to connect with aquaculture 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 Euro are available per exchange (subject to eligibility criteria) to support international innovation and collaboration.

Deadline: 27 January 2019
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/

Diversify compilation

Over the past 5 years, EAS has been publishing articles in our magazine and newsletter of the EU DIVERSIFY project - Exploring the biological and socio-economic potential of new/emerging candidate fish species for the expansion of the European aquaculture industry – co-funded by the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union.

As DIVERSIFY concludes with the final stakeholder meeting held in Brussels on November 22, we have produced a special compilation of 9 articles published in our “Aquaculture Europe” magazine of the between 2014 and 2018.

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AQUA 2018 Compilation of Session Summaries

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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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