22 October 2024 | 271 views | Better management practices, Genetics and Biodiversity, Hatchery and nursery, Health and Biosecurity, Nutrition and feeding, Artemia
The first ever IAAC conference was a free half day even held in Ostend, Belgium on 9 September, as a prelude to Larvi 2024, which ran from 9-12 September. NACA would like to thank the Larvi organisers for their kind use of the venue, De Grote Post. Around 80 people attended.
The conference featured twelve presentations introducing the IAAC and providing an overview of many of the issues surrounding Artemia, including management of salt lakes habitats that still provide the bulk of global Artemia supplies, Artemia biodiversity, hatching optimisation, and aquaculture of Artemia biomass in tanks and ponds. A key observation from industry, in line with the comments in the Rome training programme, was that shrimp postlarvae survival and growth is significantly improved if the amount of Artemia provided is increased past what is currently considered conventional wisdom.
The presentations are listed below. Video recordings of most will be posted on the NACA YouTube channel shortly (the programme below will be updated with links).
Programme
The first IAAC Members’ Meeting was held in the afternoon following the IAAC Conference. The proceedings involved two panel discussions, by the Academic Sector and Private Sector respectively. The panels included remote members participating via Zoom.
The Academic Sector panel was chaired by Gonzalo Gajardo with concluding remarks by Liying Sui, Vice-Chair of the IAAC Steering Committee. The panel featured a series of informative presentations followed by discussions on:
The Private Sector panel was chaired by Philippe Léger, who gave a welcome and introduction, with a round up by Patrick Sorgoos and concluding remarks by Yeong Yik Sung, Chair of the IAAC Steering Committee. The panel included presentations and discussions on:
Sustainable harvesting & production: ‘Practice’ vs ‘Ambition’
Artemia cyst certification & labelling
Artemia, still the preferred live feed? Why/not? – farmer’s perspective
Future of Artemia – Bridging the gap
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