WWW.WAS.ORG • WORLD AQUACULTURE • MARCH 2017 9 26 June 2017 African Extrusion Seminar: Aquatic Feeds and Related Extrusion Products Wenger Manufacturing, Sabetha, Kansas USA Discussions on African aquaculture, extrusion cooking, drying, coating and related functions for production for all styles of aquatic feeds centered on profitability. Feed ingredient selection, grinding, methods of producing floating, sinking and slow sinking feeds. Related products include pet foods, ingredient creation, breadcrumbs for fish coating before frying giving a full review of extrusion possibilities. Contact Wenger at Jkearns@wenger.com, mauriciob@ wenger.com or RogerG@perendale.co.uk for the free registration form and invitation. Seating is limited. Biofloc Technology (Prof. Yoram Avnimelech) Tuition USD 160 + Biofloc Technology Guidebook USD 50 (50 percent off for participants from African countries) Opening ceremony — 1800 h Ministry DAFF and President of the African Union 27 June 2017 Plenary Feeding the Nine Billion: The Role of Aquaculture – Rohanna Subasinghe (FAO) African Perspectives on Aquaculture – Sloans Chimatiro (Worldfish) African Session Keynote Establish Value Chains – Tom Hecht Aquaculture Biosecurity Special Session (org. by IAVBC) This special session will review approaches for preventing, controlling or eradicating infectious diseases, particularly those involving disease surveillance, diagnostics, economic or other impacts, certifying disease freedom, OIE standards or National regulations. Special Session on Financing African Aquaculture (org. by Randall Brummett) This special session will review the status, growth potential and risk profiles of African aquaculture investments, with a focus on the amounts and types of capital needed to help the sector produce revenues, jobs and fish for a growing continent. The session will feature presentations from aquaculture specialists from a range of financial and development institutions interested in African aquaculture, and plenty of time for questions and discussion with a view to helping farmers better understand the constraints for bankers, and helping bankers understand the opportunities in the aquaculture sector. 1-2 July 2017 Aquaculture Biosecurity Workshop Open to 100 attendees to participate in facilitated table-top and on-farm training exercises for preventing, controlling or eradicating infectious diseases, using OIE standards. Lunch, workbook and transportation is included. To ensure a seat, register by 1 April 2017 at www.fisch.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de/biosecurity/iavbc_workshop_2017 3-4 July 2017 Farming with Aquaponics Workshop (R 5000) University of Stellenbosch, Mathematical Sciences and Industrial Psychology Building – Room 1005 For more information:aquaponics4everyone@gmail.com Workshops, Special Sessions and Tours Planned for World Aquaculture 2017 in Cape Town CONFERENCE TOURS: ABALONE, TROUT, OYSTERS OR MUSSELS? Still contemplating whether you might attend World Aquaculture 17 in Cape Town? Here’s something to tickle your fancy — three terrific conference fieldtrips, each visiting one of South Africa’s three largest aquaculture sectors have been organized. Each of the professionally guided tours will provide an opportunity to also enjoy some of the country’s finest wine and food. The region is well known internationally for its great wine and a trip to the winelands is a must do for anyone visiting Cape Town. Using this as a starting point, the conference organizers have put together three fieldtrips with visits to trout, oyster or abalone farms. The pre-conference fieldtrip (Mon 26 June) will depart from the CTICC and visit the magical Three Streams trout farm and smokehouse near the quaint town of Franschoek, followed by lunch in Stellenbosch. After lunch, a choice of tours to either the Stellenbosch University Biotechnology Laboratory or the Welgevallen salmon smolt RAS hatchery will be offered before returning to Cape Town after a full day. Two post-conference fieldtrips (both on Saturday 1 July) will leave the CTICC either up the west coast to Saldanha or to Hermanus in the east. Saldanha Bay is home to most of South Africa’s oyster and mussel farms and the tour will include a visit to oyster and mussel processing facilities and (weather depending) a boat trip to see oyster lines and mussel rafts in operation. After a relaxing lunch, the tour will move to the nearby town of Paternoster with a visit to a marine finfish hatchery and abalone settlement and nursery area. The other post-conference tour will be to the picturesque town of Hermanus, where abalone farming started in South Africa. The tour to will involve visits to an abalone farm, abalone feed mill and a nearby wave energy facility. An abalone tasting and lunch will follow before a guided walking tour of the Old Harbour and town. Before returning to Cape Town, the tour will visit a local winery where a chocolate and wine tasting demonstration will be held. So, now that you’ve decided that you will be attending World Aquaculture17, your only choice is to decide which tour to do. Space is limited so please register through the WAS website and book now to avoid disappointment.
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