Aquaculture Europe annual conference, Rimini, 27-30 September 2022, Rimini

Aquaculture Europe annual conference, 27-30 September 2022, Rimini

FAO to organise a “Special Day”

This year’s annual Aquaculture Europe event, hosted by the European Aquaculture Society, is focused on discussing issues faced by industries that use marine, brackish, and freshwater resources. The event will focus on strategies for the development of the European Aquaculture sector in a responsible and climate neutral way. Aquaculture Europe will feature sessions on European Aquaculture as well as an international trade exhibition, industry forum, student sessions and activities, workshops, and updates on EU research.

One of the special sessions and workshops is the FAO “Special Day” organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. The event will take place within the conference programme on Wednesday, September 28. The theme for the day is “International Processes and their Implications to the European Aquaculture Industry”.

Special day is in line with the FAO’s commitment to global food industry development

The FAO is engaged in global actions that aim at assisting its Member countries in developing sustainable food industries and securing access to a healthy diet to all. The FAO recognizes that in current and future development of each sector of the food industry, the access to applied production innovations, appropriate governance and support policies along with economic and market forces all play, is important at the national, regional and global level. FAO, with its key mandate focused on food production, provides the global discussion and knowledge-sharing platform along with tools and guidelines that will enable countries to develop their aquatic food production industries. This includes ensuring that production and distribution of their products will help meet global environmental, social and economic sustainability issues.

The European Aquaculture Society's annual conference this year is titled "innovative solutions in a changing world".

The FAO special day topics of discussion

The event will focus on several relevant international processes and discuss their implications on the development of the European aquaculture sector. The first topic will be moderated by Austin Stankus and Matthias Halwart and is titled, “The Global Processes on Sustainable Aquaculture: what does it mean to European stakeholders?” It will focus on the outcomes of the Global Conference on Aquaculture Millennium +20 including the Shanghai Declaration and a review of European Aquaculture. The second topic is, “Genetic Resources in Aquaculture: Managing them Better”. Moderated by Graham Mair and Daniela Lucente, this presentation will discuss key issues for the current management of genetic resources in European aquaculture. The third topic of the day is titled “Markets for Aquaculture Products – Recent Changes and Trends” and will be moderated by Marcio Castro de Souza who will present the main market trends in the aquaculture industry. Finally, in line with ongoing recognition of the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture the final discussion will be moderated by Alessandro Lovatelli and titled “Small in Scale, Big in Value: Celebrating the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture.”