Keynote Presentation
Title : Remediation of water pollution by catalytic oxidants over the oceanic transitional areas (OTAS)
Virendra Goswami, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) & ‘Environment and Peace Foundation, India
ABSTRACT: It aims to develop Physicochemical and spectroscopic methods to characterize the in-situ chemical speciation of the inorganic contaminants and develop technologies for remediation of water pollution by catalytic oxidants over Oceanic Transitional Areas (OTAs). Next, to [....] » Read More
Title : Hydropower Plant Development, Forest Recompensing and Water Governance in Central Highlands of Viet Nam
Tran Huu Nghi, The Centre for Tropical Forest Research Viet Nam, Vietnam
By 2016 about 98% of households in rural area of Viet Nam were electrified. The total of power system production of the country reached 159.45 billion kWh in 2016, of which contribution from hydropower plants occupy more than 30%. So far, Viet Nam planned to convert about 50,000 [....] » Read More
Title : Aquaponic Text/workbook
J L Giovanna Hesley, BASIS Tucson Primary, Tucson, United States
School gardens are a powerful tool for teaching many subjects and developing a healthy lifestyle. Ms. Hesley has created an aquaponics workbook for teachers of young scholars from 5 to 18 years. Each section contains lessons that focus separately It contains sections each with a [....] » Read More
Title : Making the most of cottonseed protein
Tom Wedegaertner, Agricultural and Environmental Research, Cotton Incorporated, NC, United States
As a by-product of cotton production, cottonseed protein is a sustainable source of high quality, plant-based protein that is widely available wherever cotton is grown. Unfortunately, the 11 million metric tons of cottonseed protein produced by the global cotton crop every [....] » Read More
Title : Aquaculture challenges and opportunities in city-state Singapore
Diana Chan, Aquaculture Innovation Centre, Singapore
Singapore is a city-state with a population of close to 6 million people. About 95% of the food consumed comes from foreign imports. Singapore is not an agricultural country but there are about 110-120 coastal foodfish farms with at least 10 land based farms. In order to re [....] » Read More
Title : The Aquatech Revolution: digital business law considerations!
Katherine Hawes, Principal Solicitor, Aquarius Lawyers ASIP Director, Australia
Aquaculture has become a focus for venture capitalists and other types of investors who are diving into the opportunity. With the significant rise in aquaculture venture funding that supports innovation and emerging technologies that is a significant reshaping of the aquacu [....] » Read More
Title : First report of Anthocyanin as nutralizer against Takumi (Flubendiamide 20% WDG) induced toxicity in Labeo rohita
Neelanjana Choudhury, AISECT University, Hazaribag, Jharkhand, India
Takumi (Flubendiamide 20% WDG) insecticide is used against various borer insect pests like, stem borer, pod borer, leaf folder, semilooper etc. Borer insects are major insect pests of Rice crop. Hence, the insecticide is popularly used to manage the borer pests in paddy fields. T [....] » Read More
Title : Parasitic infestation and ecological stress on the marine fish community in Egypt.
Nisreen Ezz El Dien Mahmoud, Department of Parasitology, Cairo University , Egypt
Fish is an important protein source and is consumed by almost every population in the world. Fish diseases particularly the parasitic have great impacts on fisheries and aquaculture through their effects on fecundity, growth and marketability. Parasites have been shown to lowe [....] » Read More
Title : An overview of the aquaculture sector in Egypt: current trend and the development strategies
Sahar Fahmy Mehanna, National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Egypt
Abstract: Fish production from aquaculture plays an important role in increasing the fisheries production globally. In Egypt, fish production through aquaculture has emerged as the utmost potential way to meet fish demand, food security, livelihood, employment and nationa [....] » Read More
Title : Solvents efficacy on the extraction of bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of Padina tetrastromatica and Gracilaria tenuistipitata seaweeds collected from Bangladesh
Mohammad Khairul Alam Sobuj, Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute, Bangladesh
Seaweeds are now recognized as a treasure of bioactive compounds. Beneficial health effects of seaweeds vary with the different aspects especially geographical location of the seaweed. However, the seaweed of Bangladesh is still unexplored. So, this study was designed to explore [....] » Read More
Title : Earthworm vermicompost to enhance shrimp white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei growth and inhibite AHPND disease in a experimental culture.
Gerardo Rodriguez Quiroz, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
In Mexico the annual shrimp aquaculture rate production is growing, and thus demands more feeding inputs and diseases inhibitors. Among organic fertilizers, Eisenia foetida solid humus is considered as a great promoter for plankton growth, helping to develop these aquatic organis [....] » Read More
Title : The use of marine spatial planning in the management of the blue economy
Simone Smith Godfrey, CSIR Smart Mobility, South Africa
The paper reviews Marine Spatial Planning from its very definition and investigates the models of Marine Spatial Planning existing currently, entrenched in institutions. It also considers the relationships in where its custodianship currently falls within the myriad of blue econo [....] » Read More
Title : Efficacy of antibacterial compounds isolated from seaweeds for controlling Aeromonas Salmonicida infections in Oreochromis Mossambicus
John Thomas, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), India
Aquaculture is an important activity responsible for the production of protein rich animal food worldwide. Aquaculture production has increased, due to the continuous expansion of cultured fish and shellfish species. Sea weeds are valuable natural assets in aquaculture due to the [....] » Read More
Title : Pollution of sediments by heavy metals in Lagos Harbour - sources, pathways and management
Awwal Bamanga, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Nigeria
The coastal zone is influenced by human activities such as fishing, industries and shipping and can become vulnerable due to these persistence anthropogenic actions. Often enclosed and semi-enclosed marine areas such as harbours can become polluted, and this is detrimental to sed [....] » Read More
Title : Recent developments in the aquaculture of shrimps
SSS Sarma, National Autonomous University of Mexico, FES Iztacala, Mexico
Aquaculture of shrimps is a highly lucrative industry, and it accounts for more than half of the total shrimps sold globally. Among the common species cultured in Mexico are Litopenaeus vannamei, Penaeus stylirostris and Penaeus setiferus. South-Asia, China, India, Brazil, Mexico [....] » Read More
Title : Role of plant by-products and supplements in fish feed formulation
Syed Makhdoom Hussain, Government College University Faisalabad, Pakistan
The goal of this talk was to summarize the current state of knowledge about using plant by-products and supplements in fish culture, as well as their potential for further usage in aquaculture production, because global fish consumption has increased while total fish product [....] » Read More
Title : The Ghost nets in Adriatic Sea and impact in the fishery sector
Jerina Kolitari , Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania
Habitats, coastal zone and ecosystems services always attracted humans and human activities. But this intensive concentration of population and excessive exploitation of natural resources puts enormous pressure on our coastal ecosystems leading to biodiversity loss, habitats dest [....] » Read More
Title : Use of medicinal plants as antimicrobials for sustainable aquaculture
Ana Claudia Sanchez Ortiz, University of Guadalajara, Mexico
The need to produce food under strict quality standards and reduce the impact on the environment, leads to development of food industry, particularly aquaculture practices. Minimizing the impact of this industry, implies the use of non-chemical antimicrobials and better practices [....] » Read More
Title : Rural aquaculture and food security in Morocco (semi-arid zone)
Mustapha Hasnaoui, University of Sultan Moulay Slimane, Morocco
In recent decades, aquaculture dominated all animal production sectors in terms of growth and is increasingly contributing to food security, poverty reduction, creating jobs and sources of income. In front of a global situation of declining catch fisheries, population growth proj [....] » Read More
Title : Tilapia lake virus (TiLV) from Vietnam is genetically distantly related to TiLV strains from other countries
Thao Phuong Huynh Ngo, Biotechnology Centre of Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam
Tilapia lake virus (TiLV) is reported as a threat to tilapia aquaculture in 16 countries from four continents with outbreaks causing up to 90% mortality. Our study is the first one working on TiLV from Vietnam. We propagated successfully a TiLV isolate HB196-VN-2020 from a diseas [....] » Read More
Title : The Horizontal Integration of a Shellfish Farm in a Broader Business Model
Perry Raso, Matunuck Oyster Farm, United States
The demand for Eastern oysters over the last two decades has increased year after year. This steady continuous growth has created opportunity not only for oyster farmers and other businesses immediately supporting the shellfish aquaculture industry, such as gear and transportatio [....] » Read More
Title : Effect of Traditional Processing Methods on the Cultivated Fish Species, Egypt. Part I. Mineral and Heavy Metal Concentrations
Mahmoud Mahrous M Abbas, Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Minerals in seafood can be essential, non-essential, or toxic to human consumption. Minerals such as iron, copper, zinc, and manganese are essential and play important roles in biological systems. Meanwhile, mercury, lead, and cadmium are toxic, even in trace amounts. However, es [....] » Read More
Title : Evaluating Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) as an approach to disease and environment management for sustainable semi-intensive pond culture of Penaeus monodon (Fabricius, 1798)
Jay D Tering, Mindanao State University at Naawan, Philippines
Waste inorganic (nitrogen and phosphorus containing compounds) products from aquaculture results in the environmental degradation of water bodies. The problems on waste accumulation, environmental deterioration, and diseases in aquaculture have been minimized by eco-based method [....] » Read More
Title : Fisheries and aquaculture research and development in India
Wazir S Lakra, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, India
Fisheries and aquaculture development in India has exhibited tremendous growth in recent years. Fish production in India has reached an all -time high of 14.8 million metric tons during 2020-21.The gross value added (GVA) by the fisheries sector to the national economy stood at I [....] » Read More
Title : Research on the construction of rice, soft-shelled turtle and fish compound ecosystem and the technology of planting and breeding
Jiang Yelin, Fisheries Research Institute, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Fish farming in rice fields is a green farming model vigorously advocated by China in recent years. The water resources, weed resources, and aquatic biological resources in the rice fields constitute a complex ecosystem. Using the turtle’s active and diligent foraging habit [....] » Read More
Title : Distribution of marine mussels species of the genus mytilus along the chilean coast
Jorge E Toro, Institute of Marine and Limnological Sciences, Austral University of Chile, Chile
Abstract: The chilean native blue mussel Mytilus chilensis, is an economically important marine resource in Chile. The M. chilensis aquaculture began in 1943 in Chiloé Island, southern Chile, and the aquaculture production increased rapidly from 3,864 t in 1993 to 398,2 [....] » Read More
Title : Food preferences of silver carp fry (Hypophthalmichthys Molitrix, Valenciennes) in the nursery ponds of deroua fisheries station, Morocco
S Farid, Université Sultan Moulay Slimane, Morocco
This work consists in studying the feeding preferences of the silver carp fry Hypophthalmichthys molitrix in the nursery ponds of the Deroua station (Fkih Ben Saleh, Morocco).It was carried out on 153 specimens of silver carp fry whose size varied from 0.6 to 4 cm, caught between [....] » Read More
Title : Effect of a purification process on bacterial load in mussels broodstock reared in hatchery
Samah Fettach, National Institute of Fisheries Research, Morocco
In bivalve hatchery, broodstock founds one of the most important bacterial sources for larval cultures due to the vertical transmission of bacteria. In Amsa shellfish station (INRH_Tétouan, Morocco), the discharge of bacterial load from reared broodstock originated from na [....] » Read More
Title : Composition and distribution of top commercially exploited sea cucumbers in selected areas of Mindanao, Philippines with notes on their market value and conservation status
Marnelle B Sornito, Mindanao State University at Naawan, Philippines
Sea cucumbers provide a significant source of livelihood in coastal communities; however, the resource is in peril due to overharvesting and lack of sustainable management. The study aims to highlight the composition and distribution of the most exploited sea cucumber species in [....] » Read More
Title : Cold Stunned Sea Turtle Diet Analysis in Cape Cod Bay from 2015-2020
Lucille McWilliams, Pawling High School, United States
As water temperatures drop in November, Kemp’s Ridley, Loggerhead, and Green sea turtles cold-stun in Cape Cod Bay. The foraging ecology of these sea turtles remains an understudied area of research. In this study, we aim to assess the diet of these turtles using a multi-ti [....] » Read More