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5th Edition of
World Aquaculture and Fisheries Conference

June 09-11, 2025 | Rome, Italy

WAC 2025

Virendra Goswami, Speaker at Aquaculture Conferences
Keynote Presentation (In-Person)
Virendra Goswami, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India

This Study aims to apply Artificial Intelligence and Remote Sensing (AIRS) to study Aquatic toxicology, Air-Sea CO2 exchange, Ocean Energy, and correlate with Climate Variability to develop physicochemical and Spectroscopic methods, to control Aquatic pollution resulting due to t [....] » Read More

Anna Pyle, Speaker at Aquaculture Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Anna Pyle, Radboud University, Netherlands

Covering less than 1% of Earth's surface, freshwater bodies are critical yet endangered ecosystems. Freshwater species populations in rivers have experienced an alarming 83% decline since 1970, primarily due to threats like urbanization, pollution, deforestation, and dam cons [....] » Read More

Eftekher Ahmed Khan, Speaker at Aquaculture Conference
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Eftekher Ahmed Khan, Hope for the Poorest, Bangladesh

Aquaculture is breeding, raising, and harvesting fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants. Basically, it's farming in water. U.S. aquaculture is an environmentally responsible source of food and commercial products, helps to create healthier habitats, and is used to rebuild stocks [....] » Read More

Van Wynsberge Simon, Speaker at Aquaculture Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Van Wynsberge Simon, Ifremer, IRD, ILM, UPF, UMR 241 SECOPOL, Vairao, 98725, Tahiti, French Polynesia

Sea Surface Temperature (SST) maps are necessary for managing marine resources in a climate change context, but are lacking for most of the 598 world's atolls. We assessed the feasibility of using the Landsat-8 (L8) satellite to infer SST maps for four French Polynesia atolls [....] » Read More

Vidya Padmakumar, Speaker at Aquaculture Conference
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Vidya Padmakumar, EcoDiversity Lab, Canada

The increasing prevalence of aquatic pollution poses significant threats to ecosystems and human health, necessitating innovative management strategies. Smart sensors and real-time monitoring systems, integrated through the Internet of Things (IoT), have emerged as transformative [....] » Read More

Mary Ghobrial, Speaker at Fisheries Conference
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Mary Ghobrial, National Institute of Oceanography & Fisheries, Egypt

Shallow lakes shift rapidly from clear-water conditions with abundant submerged aquatic vegetation to turbid-water conditions, dominated by phytoplankton, with poor water quality. Therefore, native vegetation in those lakes is severely degraded worldwide. Lake Manzala showed [....] » Read More

Teo Chee Loong, Speaker at Fisheries Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Teo Chee Loong, Agri Season Sdn. Bhd, Malaysia

The cultivation of microalgae at a pilot scale for aquaculture feed presents a promising solution for sustainable and efficient feed production. This study explores the cultivation techniques, optimization of growth parameters, and harvesting methods of selected microalgae specie [....] » Read More

Ming An Lee, Speaker at Aquaculture Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Ming An Lee, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan

Climatic variability significantly impact global fisheries by altering oceanographic conditions, potentially affecting fishing yields and species composition, and studying climate change's effects is crucial for understanding marine ecosystems, predicting disruptions, and inf [....] » Read More

Sandipan Mondal, Speaker at Aquaculture Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Sandipan Mondal, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan

Examining the consequences of worldwide climate change on fisheries is essential as it directly impacts the well-being of marine ecosystems, the sustenance of millions of individuals, and the security of global food supplies. Thus, understanding these impacts is crucial for devel [....] » Read More

V T K Dayarathna, Speaker at Fisheries Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
V T K Dayarathna, Ocean University of Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka

Sea Cucumbers (Class Holothuroidea of the Phylum Echinodermata) are very important elements in the benthic marine ecosystem as they play unique role in maintaining the stability of the ecosystem. They possess several chemical characteristics which are important in medicine and ph [....] » Read More

Jake Liam Hebb, Speaker at Fisheries Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Jake Liam Hebb, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom

In 2022 England and Wales landed over 3000 tonnes of the European lobster (Homarus gammarus), providing an important protein source, and facilitating jobs. Previous studies have shown that the filter feeding of mussels can be detrimental to the development of juvenile lobsters, w [....] » Read More

Khosrow Aeinjamshid, Speaker at Fisheries Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Khosrow Aeinjamshid, Research Deputy of Iranian Shrimp Research Center, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Cold plasma is an innovative technology that enables the production of oxygen allotropes, such as reactive oxygen species, from fresh air at ambient temperature and atmospheric pressure. In the present study, the produced active oxygen allotropes were discharged into shrimp po [....] » Read More

Utku DURAN, Speaker at Aquaculture Conferences
Oral Presentation (In-Person)
Utku DURAN, Laboratory and Veterinary Health Program Çaycuma Food and Agriculture Vocational School Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University,, Turkey

In recent years, Turkish Salmon, one of the most prominent products in Turkey's aquaculture sector, has attracted attention with an export volume of 1 billion dollars. Individuals of rainbow trout weighing 1000 grams or more are called salmon in Turkey. However, labeling this [....] » Read More

Virgilio B Ratunil, Speaker at Aquaculture Conferences
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Virgilio B Ratunil, Surigao del Norte State University, Philippines

Puerulus naturally settles in Surigao del Sur's water during the early months of the year. Its arrival was caused by an ocean current that carried them from Papua New Guinea to the Southern Philippines, where they settled as puerulus. Many fishermen rely on puerulus collectio [....] » Read More

Wajid Ali, Speaker at Fisheries Conferences
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Wajid Ali, Ocean University of China, China

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are small, potent molecules that serve as a crucial first line of defense across a wide range of organisms, including fish. In this study, we investigated the antimicrobial properties of a novel peptide, spanning residues 52 to 80 of the full-length [....] » Read More

Suzanne Redelinghuys, Speaker at Aquaculture Conferences
Oral Presentation (Virtual)
Suzanne Redelinghuys, The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa

As the world’s population continues to grow, there is an increasing demand to identify sustainable food sources and progress ethical aquaculture practices. Echinoculture represents a time-honored and effective means of ensuring food security, additionally offering economic [....] » Read More

Angkasa Putra, Speaker at Aquaculture Conferences
Poster Presentation (Virtual)
Angkasa Putra, Pukyong National University, Korea, Republic of

Saline intrusion in rice fields often compels farmers to abandon these areas, rendering them unproductive and fallow. This study explores an innovative solution: integrating a rice-shrimp system in the brackish water environment. We aimed to evaluate the implementation of this sy [....] » Read More

Obe Bernadine Wuraola, Speaker at Fisheries Conferences
Poster Presentation (In-Person)
Obe Bernadine Wuraola, Ekiti State University, Nigeria

This study was aimed at evaluating the growth response of hybrid catfish (Heteroclarias) (?HeterobranchusbidorsalisX ?Clariasgariepinus) fed raw pumpkin (Cucurbitapepo) seed meal based diets at varying inclusion levels. Fingerlings of average weight 5.89g were stocked in 15 plast [....] » Read More

Edward Josephine Bolaji , Speaker at Aquaculture Conferences
Poster Presentation (In-Person)
Edward Josephine Bolaji , Ekiti State University , Nigeria

Physicochemical properties play essential roles in the maintenance of healthy aquatic ecosystems. The need for water quality monitoring is paramount to safeguard the public health and also to protect the water resources in Nigeria from pollution and degradation. Hence, this study [....] » Read More

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