Aquaculture Europe 2010 wil be held in the beatiful city of Porto, Portugal from October 5-8, 2010.
Abstract submission and conference registration are now available online
Please submit your abstract to AE2010 and become part of Europe's major aquaculture event.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION IS APRIL 15, 2010.

The FAO Aquaculture Service calls for contributions to the development of a worldwide overview and databank of Codes of Practice, Codes of Conduct, Best (Better) Management Practices, Technical Guidelines, etc. in aquaculture. These documents could be sent to FAO in hard copy format or electronic format, or, if available online, by informing FAO of the relevant website, internet link or URL. For further information on the scope of this initiative, please visit FAO's aquaculture gateway page.

Three studies carried out for the Committee on Fisheries of the European Parliament are now available online (search under Fisheries). The studies - Evaluation of the Impact of « A strategy for the Sustainable Development of European Aquaculture » COM (2002) 511 Final (Coordinated by the EAS and available in ES,DE,EN,FR,IT); Regulatory and Legal Constraints for European Aquaculture (available in ES,DE,EN,FR,IT) and European Aquaculture Competitiveness : Limitations and Possible Strategies (available in EN) - were done to assist the Committee in formulating its opinion on the Commission 2009 Strategy for the development of European aquaculture.

Conference programme announced plus early bird booking - 20% discount available until 15 March 2010! Chaired by Arne Fredheim of CREATE/Sintef, the 2010 Offshore Mariculture Conference Programme will include presentations on key policy and research updates by prestigious speakers from EATiP, FAO and NOAA. In addition papers on practical offshore farming operations, updates on manufacturers' latest products, spatial planning and monitoring, spotlight on Croatia and case studies from Croatian and international fish farmers will be included. More information here. Members of EAS have a 10% discount on registration fees!

EAS is proud to announce the AE2010 Gold Sponsorship of Portuguese aquafeed company, AQUASOJA.
AQUASOJA is the fish feed brand of SORGAL, SA. SORGAL, SA is part of a large Portuguese agro-industrial group. SORGAL has produced quality feeds for animal farming for more than 50 years and has always conducted its activities focussing on cost-effectiveness, animal welfare and feed safety as top priorities. Visit Aquasoja

Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF) has launched its online appeal to solicit donations from the global aquaculture industry and interested public to support its objective of alleviating poverty by improving livelihoods in developing countries. AwF has created an online secure donor page at its website at www.aquaculturewithoutfrontiers.org where companies and individuals can make donations using their credit card.

Aquaculture International (AQUI), our scientific journal is planning a new section called “Perspectives”. This contains short papers that describe in which direction a particular area of research is likely to develop.  Papers under “perspectives” would be available free of charge on the website of the journal “Aquaculture International” and would also be advertised in Aquaculture Europe. Knowing that writing articles is time consuming we are encouraging EAS members and others to send available text that would be more or less ready for publishing. “The state of the art and progress beyond” as required by FP7 or other project proposals could be ideal for that. Please send material to Gavin Burnell at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it For presenters of papers or posters at our AE2009 conference in Trondheim this summer, please also consider its publication in AQUI. Information for authors and submission is available here.

The AQUA-TNET PhD portal - http://www.phdportal.ugent.be - is a very interesting source where scientific and background information on finished doctoral research work throughout Europe is available. Over 100 PhD theses are now uploaded, with new PhD's adding every week. You can find (links to) full PhD - manuscripts, abstracts, related articles and author information. When available and free of copyright and privacy hampering, on-demand video streaming of the PhD - defence is possible.