Larvi 2017 7th fish & shellfish larviculture symposium

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larvi 2017
7th fish & shellfish larviculture symposium
ghent university, belgium
4-7 september 2017

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME

Sunday September 3

Early registration and setting up of posters from 2pm until 5pm.

Monday September 4

Registration of participants at the Conference Center and setting up of posters from 8.30am onwards.
Official Opening Session at 5.30pm with keynote presentations:
“Managing the microbial world of larvae: an ecological approach”
by Olav Vadstein, on behalf of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
“Mediterranean Marine Fish Hatcheries: Update on Progress and Trends”
by Isabel Represas, INVE Aquaculture (Belgium), Regional Sales Director Europe, Africa and Middle East
Afterwards you are all invited to the opening reception
Tuesday September 5

SESSION I. BROODSTOCK MANAGEMENT, MATURATION AND SPAWNING
zootechniques, nutrition, egg and larval quality, domestication, sperm quality, genetics, germplasm preservation, genomics and proteomics, transgenics and GMOs, ...
SESSION II. DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY AND DEFORMITIES
ontogeny, developmental biology, behavior, …
Wednesday September 6

SESSION III. LARVAL NUTRITION
nutritional requirements, feeding schemes, live food and its substitutes, …
SESSION IV. LARVICULTURE AT COMMERCIAL SCALE
culture systems, environmental requirements, socio-economic aspects, …
Thursday September 7

SESSION V. MICROBIAL MANAGEMENT FOR HEALTH
prebiotics, probiotics, diseases and pathogens, viral and bacterial challenge tests, vaccination, phage therapy, …
Session summaries & concluding remarks

Symposium Banquet

http://www.aquaculture.ugent.be/larvi/programme.htm