Session Title: Thriving Blue Economy through Sustainable Aquaculture

Date: Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Time: 10:40 - 13:10 (Hammamet, Tunisia local time)

Location: AFRAQ, Hammamet, Tunisia - Room: Cesar 

 

Session context:

At Aquaculture Africa (AFRAQ) this year, this session, hosted by WorldFish, raises awareness of Asia–Africa BlueTech Superhighway (AABS) and engages participants in a comprehensive discussion on developing and scaling sustainable, nature-positive and climate-smart coastal and marine aquaculture, particularly Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA), one of AABS’ key objectives as a pathway to fostering a blue economy. The session will delve into themes covering aquatic animal health, feed and nutrition, genetics, scalable IMTA systems and postharvest challenges and solutions.

It will also provide an opportunity for students to present their research related to aquaculture, IMTA and postharvest challenges related to food loss and waste, food safety and market access of aquaculture products; with the chance to win prizes based on abstracts submitted to AFRAQ.

WorldFish Senior Scientist, Dr Leila Basti, will lead the session with an important discussion on the key challenges in improving aquaculture and how AABS addresses these with the following panelists:

 

Dr David Mirera
Senior Research Scientist and Assistant Director in charge of Mariculture Research and Development, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI), Mombasa, Kenya

Dr David Verner-Jeffreys
Senior Scientist for Aquatic Health, Aquatic Food Biosciences, WorldFish Headquarters, Penang, Malaysia

Dr Yahya Ibrahim Mgawe
Chair of the Board of Directors of Tanzania Fisheries Research Institute (TFRI) and ex-CEO of the Fisheries Education and Training Agency (FETA), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

 

About AABS

AABS harnesses South–South collaboration to assess, adapt and scale evidence-based innovations and models for delivering nature-positive impact through aquatic food systems. Implemented by WorldFish in collaboration with a host of partners, AABS aims to transform the livelihoods of coastal communities across Asian and African countries, particularly for women and youth, and help restore marine and coastal ecosystems by developing sustainable and resilient aquatic food systems. Funded by UK International Development under the Blue Planet Fund, AABS is being implemented in two phases over seven years (2023–2030).

 

Presentation title Session name Session date Time assignment Room location
Innovative renewable energy solutions for a resilient aquaculture value chain in Egypt - Mohamed Fathi Eliwa Thriving blue economy through sustainable aquaculture (Session #3) Wednesday, November 20   Cesar
Student writing workshop Student session (Session# 13) Wednesday, November 20 14:00PM-15:30PM  
Establishment of cold tolerance in nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus next generation Biotechnology Genetics and Genomics (Session # 16) Thursday, November 21 9:00AM Cesar
WorldFish research program on aquatic food biosciences Sustainable aquaculture development Thursday, November 21 9:00AM-15:40PM  
Aquaculture genetic improvement programme in zambia: the current status, opportunities, challenges and adaptable lessons learnt from its implementation Sustainable aquaculture development Thursday, November 21 9:00AM-15:40PM  
Increased sustainability in the aquaculture sector in sub-Saharan Africa through improved aquatic animal health management Aquatic animal health, welfare, biosecurity (Session # 17) Thursday, November 21 9:40AM Odyssey
Tackling the threat of antimicrobial ressitance in aquaculture in Asia and Africa using a One Health approach Aquatic animal health, welfare, biosecurity (Session # 17) Thursday, November 21 10:00AM  
Application of the geometric morphometrics approach in the discrimination of shape changes between O.Andersonii generations undergoing genetic improvement in Zambia Biotechnology genetics and genomics (Session # 16) Thursday, November 21 11:40AM Cesar
Investigating the mechanism of heat-shock protection in ISKNV infected tilapia brain cell line Aquatic animal health, welfare, biosecurity (Session # 17) Thursday, November 21 15:00PM Odyssey
Aquaculture production within planetory bounderies-intensification and digitalisation GIZ Special session Friday, November 22 10:40AM-12:40PM  
CGIAR One Health Initiative output Panel member AABS session Friday, November 22 9:00AM-15:40PM Cesar
Stakeholders panel debate Climate change special session: “The role of aquaculture under climate change. Friday, November 22 15:00PM-15:40PM  

 

WorldFish will also have a booth at Aquaculture Africa

We look forward to your active participation.

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