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

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 It has been replaced by a floating image that has two elements.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.

EAS gives highest award to Sachi Kaushik

At the opening plenary session of the Aquaculture Europe 2017 event - organised by the European Aquaculture Society in Dubrovnik, Croatia - Sadisivam (Sachi) Kaushik, founder and director of the Fish Nutrition Joint research units of the Hydrobiology Station at St Pee sur Nivelle, was presented with an Honorary Life Membership of EAS.

Honorary Life Membership of EAS is an award given to those persons that have had a marked impact on the development of European aquaculture. Since 1981, EAS has bestowed this award on only 12 persons, including such names as Eric Edwards, Peter Hjul, Colin Nash, Courtney Hough, Pascal Divanach, Patrick Sorgeloos and Michael New.

The award was presented by the EAS 2016-2018 President Bjorn Myrseth, who introduced the awardee as a very well-known name in aquaculture – not only in Europe – but throughout the world. His name is synonymous with the word ‘nutrition’ – and it was therefore fitting that the award was made just after a very thought-provoking plenary presentation on the evolution of the human brain and the pivotal role of marine DHA and trace elements, entitled “Is substitution compromising our omega 3 (DHA) position?” by Professor Michael A Crawford of Imperial College, London.

Bjorn Myrseth described how, over a period of 30 years, Sachi Kaushik founded and directed the Fish Nutrition Joint research units of the Hydrobiology Station at St Pee sur Nivelle, France and many of his PhD and other students have gone on to become respected scientists in this field.

He has continuously supported the development of the EAS and has tirelessly supported aquaculture expansion through the FAO, UNDP, World Bank and other organisations. In 2015, he was made an Officer of the ‘Ordre du Mérite Agricole’ by the French government for his services to nutrition and to aquaculture.

He has published more than 300 papers and given countless presentations, expert consultations, articles and interviews on the issues of replacement of fish meal and fish oil, fish in/fish out ratios, human nutrition. Now retired from INRA, he is currently leading a migratory life between his home in the French Basque country and the University of Las Palmas in Grand Canaria, where he is the European Research Area chair on ecosystem approaches to sustainable aquaculture development in the eco-aqua initiative.

On calling Sachi to receive his award, Bjorn spoke of his pleasure and personal honour to make the presentation of Honorary Life Membership to him on behalf of the European Aquaculture Society. Judging from the appreciation showed by the audience, Sachi was a very popular awardee.

Photo caption:
New EAS Honorary Life Member Sachi Kaushik. Photo courtesy of MisPeces.com

AQUI Impact once again above 1

The 2016 Impact Factor of our peer-reviewed scientific journal Aquaculture International was 1.095 in 2016, hence rising above 1 for the first time since 2012. We very much hope that you will continue to submit quality papers and reviews to the journal and especially arising from presentations made at our Aquaculture Europe events. EAS members have access to all recent papers published online, by logging in and then going to the menu item 'Members' and clicking on 'AQUI online' on the drop down sub-menu.