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5th Edition of
World Aquaculture and Fisheries Conference
June 09-11, 2025 | Rome, Italy
WAC 2021
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Title : A new era of cottonseed protein utilization is about to begin
Tom Wedegaertner, Agricultural and Environmental Research, Cotton Incorporated, NC, United States
Each year the cotton crop on the planet produces about 11 million metric tons of plant-based protein, as a byproduct of cotton production. Unfortunately, almost all this protein must be used as a supplement for ruminant animals or used for fertilizer. This vast plant-based protei [....] » Read More
Title : Replacement of fish oil by a high-dha microbial oil in salmon diets: Effect on growth performance, lipid composition and gene expression
Christopher C Parrish, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
The omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are essential nutrients for farmed fish and for their human consumers. Fish oil is one of the main sources of these long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; however, due to an increasing demand for [....] » Read More
Title : Integrated aquaculture in the elementary school curriculum
J L Giovanna Hesley, CropKing, Inc. Curriculum Development, United States
The combination of aquaculture and hydroponics has found a strong support structure in Tucson, Arizona. Tucson has had the benefit of research professors, Kevin Fitzsimmons and Gene Giacomelli at the University of Arizona. Fitzsimmons championed aquaculture in local high schools [....] » Read More
Title : Alternative seafood: Era of new potential segment
Amod Ashok Salgaonkar, A2S2 Enterprises, India
Carbon emission is one of the biggest challenge in most of the food producing industry mainly applicable to nonveg segment among which seafood / aquaculture is one of the important food category contributing significantly. The traditional ways of culturing seafood produce high em [....] » Read More
Title : Application of carp glycophorin from red blood cell membranes as an antibiotic reagent
Takahiko Aoki, Mie University, Japan
Glycophorins (GPs) are transmembrane glycoproteins that contain sialic acid. These proteins are found in the red blood cell (RBC) membranes of mammals, birds and teleosts. We demonstrated that the teleost glycophorin, isolated from carp (Cyprinus carpio), inhibits bacterial activ [....] » Read More
Title : An acoustic technique for the evaluation of fish behavior in aquaculture pond
Wen Miin Tian, National Sun Yet-sen University, Taiwan
Information regarding abundance, growth status and behavior of fish in aquaculture ponds is needed for farmers in conducting proper management practices. Developing proper and reliable methodologies for determining inventory, length distribution, movement behavior and distributio [....] » Read More
Title : Three new species and one new record of Sillaginids (Perciformes: Sillaginidae) from Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
Shilpi Saha, Ocean University of China, China
Study on Sillaginids was conducted from October 2018 in the coastal region of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Four hundred and seventy-three individuals of 5 species of family Sillaginidae under two genera (Sillaginopsis and Sillago) were collected from 8 different landing station [....] » Read More
Title : The effect of egg yolk as a natural croprotecant on viability and fertilization rate of giant grouper spermatozoa fourty eight hours after freezing
Abinawanto A, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
Epinephelus lanceolatus (Bloch, 1970), is the largest groupers. The distribution of this spesies is throughout the Indo-Pacific region. The status of E. lanceolatus according to the International Union for the Conservation and Nature is vulnerable. There are some factors in [....] » Read More
Title : The polymer materials and nanomaterials in the marine environment - from the microplastics to the Plastisphere
Agnieszka Dabrowska, University of Warsaw, Poland
The constantly growing amount of microplastics in the environment and their gradual fragmentation led to the expanding surface of plastics available for biota. It has been already named the Plastisphere and considered to be the eighth continent. Although many researchers focus on [....] » Read More
Title : Fisheries and aquaculture research and development in India
Wazir S Lakra, ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, India
Fisheries and aquaculture development in India has exhibited tremendous growth in recent years. Fish production in India has reached an all -time high of 14.6 million metric tons during 2019-20.The gross value added (GVA) by the fisheries sector to the national economy stood at I [....] » Read More
Title : Efficacy of probiotic and seaweed polysaccharide on freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii against Aeromonas hydrophila infection
John Thomas, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), India
Polysaccharide from red seaweed Gracilaria folifera has an interesting functional property of antioxidant activity and prebiotic effect. A feeding trial experiment was directed to examine the effect of probiotic bacteria Bacillus vireti 01 microencapsulated with G. folifera polys [....] » Read More
Title : Studies on Amyloodinium Infestation in European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) with Special Reference for Treatment
Samar Saad Mohamed Mohamed Seoud, Mansoura University, Egypt
Amyloodinium ocellatum, adinoflagellate which causes one of the most serious diseases of warm water marine aquaculture. The parasite produces a powdery or velvety appearance on infected fish, and the resulting disease is commonly referred to as “marine velvet,” velvet [....] » Read More
Title : Aquaculture and mari-culture development in Malawi: Gaps, constraints and unmet needs
Dickens P Mahwayo, GS Foundation, Malawi
Background Though there is great potential, the development of aquaculture and mari-culture in Malawi continues to lag behind though it is a sure and reliable alternative to the dwindling quantities of fish from capture fisheries. Other studies have revealed that the volume [....] » Read More
Title : Socio-economic dimension of aquaculture in Upper Tana River basin, Kenya
Otieno K Oginga, Kenya Wetlands Biodiversity Research Team (KENWEB), Kenya
Socio-economic assessment and mapping data can be instrumental tools in fisheries management. We mapped the localities of fish farms and characterized socio-economic factors of fish farming in the Upper Tana River basin, Kenya. Structured questionnaires for fish farmers and trade [....] » Read More
Title : Successful Larviculture of the giant Africa freshwater prawn Macrobrachium vollenhovenii in Cameroon
Judith G Makombu, University of Buea, Cameroon
The African River prawn Macrobrachium vollenhovenii is the largest of the local Palaemonidae prawns along the Cameroonian coast and an important target species for fisheries and aquaculture. A preliminary study on larviculture of this species was carried out at the IRAD-AQUASOL h [....] » Read More
Title : Perspectives on seaweed culture in Madagascar
Felaniaina M S LANTOVOLOLONA, Ministry of Agriculture, Madagascar
In 2018, the international production of algae reached about 35 million annual wet tons, with a predominant application for food (75%) and to a less extent to the agro-food industry (15%), cosmetics and the pharmaceutical industry (10%) (FAO, 2018). In the same year, the seaweed [....] » Read More
Title : The effects of nacre microstructure on green and pink Akoya pearls interference colors
Gunawan Muhammad, Mie University, Japan
Despite the importance of both pearl body and interference colors in determining pearl quality, the mechanisms of how different interference color expressed in Akoya pearls has not been comprehensively studied. We report novel information on relationships between pearl nacre micr [....] » Read More
Title : Evolving from marine resources to blue economy resources
Simone Smith Godfrey, South African International Maritime Institute, South Africa
This paper confirms that a smooth transition of moving from traditional marine resource value chains to blue economy resource value chains are not just possible, but vital for the competitiveness and sustainability of the industry. It functions from the very definition of the blu [....] » Read More