This webinar will focus on artemia, a small brine shrimp found naturally in hypersaline ecosystems – salt lakes, salt pans and salt works across the world. Presenters will explain artemia’s unique role in the aquatic ecosystem and explore ways for future investment opportunities. The webinar will be held from 12:30-14:00 GMT on 11 March.

The shrimp has rare biological characteristics that enable it to thrive in saline environments under climate change stress, and special nutritional properties that have made it an essential product for fish and shrimp hatchery production across the world, contributing directly to the sustainable production of over 10 million tons of high-value aquaculture products. Artemia is also emerging as a unique product with applications beyond aquaculture hatcheries, and its potential in animal and human food production in climate-stressed ecosystems. 

The webinar will be moderated by Michael Phillips, Co-Founder/Director and CEO, FutureFish Limited.

Participation (no registration required)

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Programme

• Opening Remarks 
  Christopher Ian Brett, Task Team Leader, Lead Agribusiness Specialist/Member of TTL-ABA, The World Bank
• The Role of Artemia in Modern Aquaculture: Sustainability, Challenges, and New Application
  Harrison Charo Karisa, Sr Fisheries Specialist, Environment Global Department
  Patrick Sorgeloos, Emeritus professor, Department of Animal Production, Ghent University
• Artemia Farming Across the World: A Global Overview of Development
  Liying Sui 
  Professor, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China, Director of Asian Regional Artemia Reference Center
• Market and Investment Opportunities in Artemia Farming
  Olek Kaminski, Project Lead, FutureFish Company Limited
• Closing Remarks
  Harrison Charo Karisa, Sr Fisheries Specialist, Environment Global Department

This event is organized as part of the World Bank Global ASA A Strategic Approach to Brine Shrimp (Artemia) Aquabusiness, supported by PROBLUE.

PROBLUE is the World Bank’s Blue Economy program that supports a sustainable and integrated development of marine and coastal resources in a healthy ocean. For any questions about the webinar please contact Dijana Ferizovic.