May 2, 2012, SCOTLAND, UK – Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) Chairman, Professor Phil Thomas, will speak at the World Fisheries Congress in Edinburgh on the role of aquaculture in the context of sustainable fisheries.
Occasionally circumstances conspire to bring forward certain events at a particularly propitious time – a point at which there is a pressing need for discussion and a special opportunity for that discussion to take place. Thus it is that the dedication of a major part of the sixth World Fisheries Congress to aquaculture is a signal event, coming at a time when aquaculture increasingly can be seen as the future dominant source of fish supply for the world’s growing population.
The Congress, which takes place in Edinburgh from 7-11 May is being hosted by the Fisheries Society of the British Isles on behalf of the World Council of Fisheries Societies. The meeting is scheduled on a four year cycle, and this year there are dedicated aquaculture sessions on the 9, 10 and 11 May.
These cover: Aquaculture and Sustainable Feed Supply; Aquaculture and Stock Improvement: Fish Welfare, Capture Fisheries and Aquaculture; and Aquaculture, Fish Nutrition and Health. The agenda across the three days is therefore almost all-encompassing and addresses many of the most prominent topics of current debate within the global aquaculture industry.