The Ninth Symposium of the World's Chinese Scientists on Nutrition and Feeding of Finfish and Shellfish (SWCSNFFS) will be held in Xiamen, China on 12-16 November, 2013 amid much interest from the global aquaculture community.
For 2013 the symposium will focus on the theme 'Low-carbon, high-efficiency, co-operation and innovation', and among the speakers from the science, aquaculture and R&D project management worlds, topics like sustainable development, quality control and collaboration between feed and additive companies are high on the agenda.
Personnel from International Aquafeed magazine will also leave a strong impression. Its publisher, the dean of animal feed journalism Roger Gilbert, will give the symposium a European perspective on the aquaculture feed industry chain, and Prof Kang-Sen Mai, Associate Editor for the magazine's Chinese edition, will give a talk on the sustainable development of the industry in China. Regular contributor Prof Dominque Bureau of the University of Guelph will also be present, speaking on the importance of nutrition in reducing aquaculture's environmental impact.
SWCSNFFS is China's leading aquaculture conference: this fact alone gives it global prominence given the level of opportunity in China's aquaculture sector. The country accounts for more than 70 percent of the world's production (in 2011 reaching 16.52 million tonnes), a fact largely attributable to the rapid development of aquatic animal nutrition and feed technology in China.
However, the use of formulated feed in China is still not widespread, and though the biggest in terms of production, it is far from a power. It still lags behind Western countries in the research and development of aquatic nutrition and feed technology: The symposium, above all, seeks to readdress the balance. In Xiamen this November it will provide a line of communication between academic and industry circles, in the hope of strengthening their cooperation and accelerate the development of aquaculture nutrition and technology.
This is the first time SWCSNFFS has visited Xiamen, one of China's first Special Economic Zones and an economic centre for the West Coast of Taiwan Strait. More than ten million tourists a year come to the city nicknamed the 'Garden of the Ocean', and The Aquaculturists will be there to cover it all.
Final registration closes on 31 October, 2013, so there's still time to book a place. For more information, visit www.9wcsnffs.org, or send an email to swcsnffs2013@163.com
For 2013 the symposium will focus on the theme 'Low-carbon, high-efficiency, co-operation and innovation', and among the speakers from the science, aquaculture and R&D project management worlds, topics like sustainable development, quality control and collaboration between feed and additive companies are high on the agenda.
Personnel from International Aquafeed magazine will also leave a strong impression. Its publisher, the dean of animal feed journalism Roger Gilbert, will give the symposium a European perspective on the aquaculture feed industry chain, and Prof Kang-Sen Mai, Associate Editor for the magazine's Chinese edition, will give a talk on the sustainable development of the industry in China. Regular contributor Prof Dominque Bureau of the University of Guelph will also be present, speaking on the importance of nutrition in reducing aquaculture's environmental impact.
SWCSNFFS is China's leading aquaculture conference: this fact alone gives it global prominence given the level of opportunity in China's aquaculture sector. The country accounts for more than 70 percent of the world's production (in 2011 reaching 16.52 million tonnes), a fact largely attributable to the rapid development of aquatic animal nutrition and feed technology in China.
However, the use of formulated feed in China is still not widespread, and though the biggest in terms of production, it is far from a power. It still lags behind Western countries in the research and development of aquatic nutrition and feed technology: The symposium, above all, seeks to readdress the balance. In Xiamen this November it will provide a line of communication between academic and industry circles, in the hope of strengthening their cooperation and accelerate the development of aquaculture nutrition and technology.
This is the first time SWCSNFFS has visited Xiamen, one of China's first Special Economic Zones and an economic centre for the West Coast of Taiwan Strait. More than ten million tourists a year come to the city nicknamed the 'Garden of the Ocean', and The Aquaculturists will be there to cover it all.
Final registration closes on 31 October, 2013, so there's still time to book a place. For more information, visit www.9wcsnffs.org, or send an email to swcsnffs2013@163.com
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