"Farming the Waters for Food and People" is the theme of the Aquaculture 2010 conference organised by FAO, NACA and the Thai Department of Fisheries, to be held in Bangkok in June next year. The conference will review and address emerging issues in aquaculture development and build consensus on advancing aquaculture as a global, sustainable and competitieve food production sector.
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The European Aquaculture Society strongly supports the new EU Communication "Building a Sustainable Future for Aquaculture" published by the European Commssion and following a review of its 2002 strategy for the sustainable development of European aquaculture. Please have a look at the Commission's updated web page , where you will find the new Communication, as well as background and other information.

Eminent brain function and nutrition scientist Professor Michael Crawford discusses the vital role that seafood played in human evolution, the importance of seafood to human health, and the range of health problems, including an increase in brain disorders, caused by the decline in seafood consumption. Source: Seafood Sevices, Australia. Have a look...

The Global Aquaculture Alliance is accepting nominations for members to serve on its new Best Aquaculture Practices Salmon Farm Technical Committee. The 12-member BAP committee will draft facility certification standards for salmon farms under the direction of newly appointed Chairman Dr. John Forster. More information here .

The FAO has released its latest "State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture" (SOFIA) report, with a focus on the effects of climate change. According to the report, aquaculture now accounts for 47% of all fish consumed by humans as food. See here for more.

The European Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Platform (EATIP) had its Third Stakeholders Meeting and First General Assembly in Ghent, Belgium, with more than 100 stakeholders present. Presentations on the status of the Thematic Areas of EATIP are available here . Please contribute to the platform by becoming involved in the working groups under each Thematic Area that will develop a Strategic Research Agenda for European aquaculture.

Please visit the CONSENSUS web site . The consumer brochure and information and the final sets of CONSENSUS indicators for Best Practice and Sector Benchmarks are online (see menu item "How can we measure it" / Indicators as sector benchmarks) as static content, so that you can use the google translate tool (top right) to see them in many languages. Please use and share...

The new group - made up of EAS members - is addressing research topics that are relevant for developing shellfish culture in Europe and stimulating the formation of a corresponding research agenda. See here for more and join EAS to be a part of it.