Organised by the German Agricultural Society (DLG) and organisers of the EuroTier China exhibition, The Global Aquaculture Summit Webinar 2020 took place on June 22nd, 2020. Due to COVID-19, the summit was held online in the form of a webinar. International expert speakers from Germany, Norway, China and Taiwan represented industry leaders from across the globe with their insightful presentations.
The seminar was opened by Dr Birgit Schmidt-Puckhaber, DLG. Beside her contributions as part of DLG in Frankfurt, Germany, she runs and lives on a fish farm in the North of Germany, together with her husband and three children. Dr Schmidt-Puckhaber spoke about her experience of aquaculture within Germany.
Firstly, she mentioned, most fish farms in Germany use ponds and raceways. There are very few cage systems that are commonly seen in countries such as Norway. Secondly, many, if not most of the fish farms in Germany, grow freshwater fish such as trout. German farms are also usually family-run affairs that sell their fish directly to the public through farm shops and restaurants, or they smoke the fish to be sold at a later date. Drawing upon her professional and personal knowledge, Dr Schmidt-Puckhaber outlined the parameters that must be optimised in order for farms to achieve high quality products:
• Production techniques
• Genetics and reproduction
• On-site management
• Feed and feeding
• Health and hygiene
• Processing and production quality
Dipl.-Ing Alexander Tautenhaun, Fish farmer
The next speaker was also from Germany, Dipl.-Ing Alexander Tautenhaun. Like Dr Schmidt-Puckhaber, Mr Tautenhaun is a fish farmer himself and has been operating a family-run fish farm in South-Eastern Germany for 35 years. Fortunately for him, COVID-19 has had little impact on his operation as he sells mostly through his own farm shop.
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