Join us online at the SDG-aligned Artemia Aquaculture Workshop, which will be held on 22 September, starting at 21:00 China Standard Time (13:00 UTC), via Zoom. Participation is free but registration is required.

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With the expansion of hatchery production, the demand for Artemia cysts has continued to increase and annual consumption is now estimated at 3,500 – 4,000 tonnes for the production of over 900 billion crustacean post larvae and fish fry by a hatchery industry valued at more than USD 2 billion and responsible for the final production of over 10 million tonnes of high-value aquaculture species. With approximately 90 percent of the current Artemia production harvested from inland salt lakes, the future of the hatchery industry could be at risk and requires urgent attention.

A new international interdisciplinary approach is needed to tackle these Artemia issues and opportunities, like the breakthrough in Artemia use in aquaculture following the 1976 FAO Kyoto conference. The purpose of the Artemia workshop is to explore needs and opportunities for a new international initiative to guarantee a more sustainable provision of Artemia, both from natural sources and from controlled extractive Artemia farming integrated with salt production and other fish/crustacean aquaculture.

The workshop will be held in conjunction with the Global Conference on Aquaculture Millennium +20. It is organised by the:

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• Laboratory of Aquaculture and Artemia Reference Center, University of Ghent
• Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific
• Artemia Association of China
• Asian Regional Artemia Reference Center