Regional Workshop on Sustainable Marine Finfish Aquaculture for the Asia-Pacific

September 30-October 4, 2002, Halong City, Vietnam


A Regional Workshop on Sustainable Marine Finfish Aquaculture for the Asia-Pacific is to be held in Halong City, Vietnam, from 30 September to 4 October 2002. The workshop is one in a series undertaken by the Asia-Pacific Marine Finfish Aquaculture Network. Previous workshops have concentrated on specific aspects of grouper and marine finfish aquaculture, such as socio-economics, live reef food fisheries, etc. This workshop will concentrate on recent improvements in production technology for marine finfish aquaculture, and will incorporate the end-of-project workshop for the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) project FIS/97/73 Improved hatchery and grow-out technology for grouper aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region.  The overall objectives of the 2002 workshop are to:

·         Outline the status of marine finfish aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region.

·         Provide detailed technical results of research projects on sustainable marine finfish aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region, including ACIAR project FIS/97/73 Improved hatchery and grow-out technology for grouper aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region.

·         Provide a forum for young researchers involved in the development of sustainable marine finfish aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific region to present their results and interact with other researchers.

·         Review the R&D needs for sustainable marine finfish aquaculture development in the Asia-Pacific region.

·         Identify potential collaborative projects to assist the development of sustainable marine finfish aquaculture development in the region.

The workshop is open to all interested participants.  For more details please refer to the web site http://www.enaca.org/grouper/ or contact:

Dr Mike Rimmer
Principal Fisheries Biologist (Mariculture & Stock Enhancement)
DPI, Agency for Food and Fibre Sciences - Fisheries and Aquaculture
Northern Fisheries Centre
PO Box 5396, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia
Phone: +61 7 4035 0109
Fax: +61 7 4035 1401
E-mail: Mike.Rimmer@dpi.qld.gov.au


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