Aquaculture Webinars Series

SeaWeb's Seafood Choices program in conjunction with NOAA have developed webinars to address current topics in aquaculture. Click on the links below to view and listen to the webinars held in 2012-2013.

• 'Protein Production Efficiency of Finfish: Are they the super-chickens of the sea?' presented by Professor Ole Torrissen, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway (3/20/2013)

• 'Feast or Famine: Aquaculture's Role in Sustainably Addressing Emerging Issues in US and Global Food Supply' presented by Sebastian Belle, Executive Director for the Maine Aquaculture Association (1/16/2013)

• 'Disease interactions between Farmed and Wild Fish' presented by Kevin Amos, Aquatic Animal Health Coordinator for the NOAA Aquaculture Program (11/28/2012)

• 'The Case for the Aquaculture Dialogues and the ASC' presented by José Villalón, Director of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Aquaculture Program (10/17/2012)

• 'Moving Forward: Implementing the NOAA & DOC Aquaculture Policies' presented by Dr. Michael Rubino, NOAA (9/19/2012)

• 'USDA/NOAA Alternative Feeds Initiative Update' presented by Michael Rust, Science Coordinator at NOAA Office of Aquaculture (7/18/2012)

• 'IMTA- How to Manage Diseases in an Artifical Ecosystem' presented by Dr. Ian Bricknell, Director of the Aquaculture Research Institute, University of Maine (6/20/2012)

Credit: Ned Daly, SeaWeb