From the EAS President

FEATURE ARTICLE
- European consumer organisations give their feedback on sustainable aquaculture

ARTICLES
- Irish research group to investigate 'gill pathologies' in marine reared finfish
- Challenge to cod?
- First step towards aquaculture development in the Azores; an international workshop

RESEARCH FOCUS
- FABRE research priorities
- New knowledge on processing effects on fish feed components

MEMBER NEWS
- News from EAS Institutional members
- Minutes of the 2008 General Assembly of the European Aquaculture Society

NEW PUBLICATIONS

AQUACULTURE EUROPE MEETINGS UPDATE
- Aquaculture Europe 2008 Poster Awards and the Lindsay Laird Award
- Aquaculture Europe 2008 Summary report
- Submit your abstract to AE2009!

AQUACULTURE MEETINGS
- European fish reproduction and breeding projects (Reprofish & Aquabreeding) meet with the European fish hatchery industry
- Calendar
- Offshore Mariculture 2008

From the EAS President

FEATURE ARTICLE
- Stocking density and its influence on shape of Senegalese sole adults

ARTICLES
- EAS puts the emphasis on shellfish research
- Virus-resistant carp the objective of European project
- Perspectives on aquaculture in Israel
- A family-based genetic improvement program for sea bream and sea bass in Greece produces promising results

NEWS
- European Commission publishes minutes of seminars on implementing the European Fisheries Fund
- Vetimpleg
- EUROFISH International organisation seeks a new Director from May 2009
- INVE strengthens its financial structure
- WWF and Danish fish farmers in sustainability cooperation
- In cod we trust?

MEMBER NEWS
- Meet the new board
- Agenda General Assembly
- New members

NEW PUBLICATIONS

RESEARCH FOCUS
- AQUAMAX progress report of fish fed the new diets
- Profet Policy:
- “BLUE SEED” Using hatchery techniques to guarantee blue mussel production
- “DIPNET” Learning more about the transfer of pathogens in the sea
- “ECASA” An ecosystem approach for sustainable aquaculture
- “PROBIOPRISE” Contributing to biodiversity conservation: new opportunities for SME’s?
- “SPIINES 2” Addressing the constraints for commercial sea urchin aquaculture
- New aquaculture research facilities in The Netherlands

AQUACULTURE EUROPE MEETINGS UPDATE
- Submit your abstract to Aquaculture Europe 2009!

AQUACULTURE MEETINGS
- AquaMedit 2008
- Calendar
- Offshore Mariculture 2008
- Baltic aquaculture - Developing the potential of a modest industry
- 9th GLOBALGAP conference

From the EAS President

FEATURE ARTICLE
- A case study of R&D for small isolated aquaculture industries: genetic management of the domesticated Litopenaeus stylirostris shrimp population of New Caledonia

ARTICLES
- Controlled reproduction and domestication in aquaculture - Part IV
- Organic fish culture and its R&D in Israel
- Organic aquaculture development in the Philippines - the healthy way forward

NEWS
- IFFO Code of responsible practice
- Top UK sites for algae revealed
- Statistics on aquaculture production to be improved in the EU

NEW PUBLICATIONS

RESEARCH FOCUS
- BENEFISH - Evaluating the economic impact of maintaining the welfare of farmed fish
- REPRO-DOTT - Reproduction of the Bluefin tuna in captivity
- LUCIOPERCIMPROVE - Improving pikeperch larval quality and production
- RANA - Identifying disease risk to native fish from ornamental fish species

AQUACULTURE EUROPE MEETINGS UPDATE
- Meet the Aquaculture Europe 2008 thematic speakers!

ASSOCIATION NEWS
- Student group of European Aquaculture Society

AQUACULTURE MEETINGS
- Calendar
- Offshore Mariculture
- AquaGenome - European aquaculture producers trained in the recent developments and future applications of genomics

From the EAS President

FEATURE ARTICLE
- Controlled reproduction and domestication in aquaculture - Part III

ARTICLES
- A Chinese success story - An overview of the Tongwei Company
- Organic aquaculture development in the Philippines - the healthy way forward
- Focussing on research at Viking Fish Farms Ardtoe Marine Laboratory in Scotland

AQUACULTURE EUROPE MEETINGS UPDATE
- Best poster awards at Aquaculture Europe 2007
- It's still not too late to submit your abstract for Aquaculture Europe 2008

RESEARCH FOCUS
- AQUAETREAT - Farming out waste to help the environment
- SLIME - A study leading to informed management of eels
- SUSTAINAQUA - Focusing on sustainable and healthy freshwater aquaculture
- WAVE - Validation of working experience in aquaculture

NEW PUBLICATIONS

MEMBER NEWS
- EAS membership rose significantly in 2007
- A new cover for Aquaculture International!

NEWS
- EAS makes agreement with AquaInfo Magazine
- e-FreshPortal.com

AQUACULTURE MEETINGS
- CONSENSUS - Towards a European standard for sustainable aquaculture
- Aquaculture only way to fill the coming "fish gap" - Top ministers debate the future of fish farming
- Calendar
- Eastern Baltic conference - "New methods for new products and markets"
- International shellfish conference in The Netherlands