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ABOUT LARVIORGANIZERS
SECRETARIATLaboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center (details) SCOPEMore than ever expansion of aquaculture will be needed in the coming years to fulfill mankind’s needs for animal proteins, due to the increasing human population, combined with stagnation of yields from capture fisheries. In spite of major successes obtained in a recent past, larviculture of fish and shellfish remains a bottleneck in the industrial farming of several species of commercial interest. This is especially the case in the production of the rapidly growing group of so-called ‘new’ aquaculture species. Contemporary larviculture faces new problems inherent to the diversification of technologies utilized, to ecological and socio-economic considerations, to new and highly challenging microbiological issues etc. But research in this field is also increasingly supported and stimulated by a variety of novel and sophisticated techniques and methodological tools. These allow an unprecedented and often fascinating insight into biological processes. Although they generally raise new research questions, they stand for a major leap forwards as compared to the empirical approach of a relatively recent past. Capitalising on the previous “larvi” symposia (in ’91, ’95, ’01, ’05, ‘09), the Aquaculture R&D Consortium of Ghent University, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the COST action “LARVANET” have joined again in the organizing committee for “larvi’13” and are inviting the academic as well as the private sector to attend the 6th Fish and Shellfish Larviculture Symposium. Bringing together European and non-European stakeholders, once again the latest progress in the sector will be reviewed, problems identified and avenues for future collaboration explored.SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
SPONSORINGAt the occasion of their 30th anniversary INVE Aquaculture will be the gold sponsor for the larvi 2013 conference. More private as well as public organizations are being solicited to sponsor the event. The complete list will be given in future announcements. Private companies with larviculture-related activities are invited to sponsor this symposium through advertisements in the program booklet and on the larvi 2013 website. Advertising funds will be used for invited speakers and to provide scholarships for researchers from developing countries. |
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