Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF) has launched its online appeal to solicit donations from the global aquaculture industry and interested public to support its objective of alleviating poverty by improving livelihoods in developing countries. AwF has created an online secure donor page at its website at www.aquaculturewithoutfrontiers.org where companies and individuals can make donations using their credit card.

Aquaculture International (AQUI), our scientific journal is planning a new section called “Perspectives”. This contains short papers that describe in which direction a particular area of research is likely to develop.  Papers under “perspectives” would be available free of charge on the website of the journal “Aquaculture International” and would also be advertised in Aquaculture Europe. Knowing that writing articles is time consuming we are encouraging EAS members and others to send available text that would be more or less ready for publishing. “The state of the art and progress beyond” as required by FP7 or other project proposals could be ideal for that. Please send material to Gavin Burnell at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it For presenters of papers or posters at our AE2009 conference in Trondheim this summer, please also consider its publication in AQUI. Information for authors and submission is available here.

The AQUA-TNET PhD portal - http://www.phdportal.ugent.be - is a very interesting source where scientific and background information on finished doctoral research work throughout Europe is available. Over 100 PhD theses are now uploaded, with new PhD's adding every week. You can find (links to) full PhD - manuscripts, abstracts, related articles and author information. When available and free of copyright and privacy hampering, on-demand video streaming of the PhD - defence is possible.

Mercator Media, organisers of the Offshore Mariculture Conference 2010, have announced new dates for the conference, which will now be held from the 16-18 June 2010 at the Hilton Imperial Hotel, Dubrovnik, Croatia.  The technical conference will be held on the 16/17 June whilst fish farm visits will take place on the 18 June.  A gala dinner will be held on the 16 June at which guests will be able to view Dubrovnik at its best.  See http://www.offshoremariculture.com/programme.cfm

Draft standards for sustainable bivalve farming, created by the 300-plus participants of the Bivalve Aquaculture Dialogue, have been prepared and are available for comment. Final standards are expected by mid-2010. The standards will be for all cultivated bivalves, including clams, oysters, mussels and scallops. Issues addressed in the standards include organic enrichment, ecological carrying capacity and biosecurity. Anybody can provide input by reviewing the standards and completing the comment form, which are both available at www.worldwildlife.org/bivalvedialogue.

The second Lindsay Laird Student award for innovation in aquaculture has been won by Mr Gonçalo Santos, student at Wageningen University, Aquaculture and Fisheries group (the Netherlands) for his poster "Effects of dissolved carbon dioxide on energy metabolism and stress response in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)".
The award was presented by Dr Selina Stead, EAS President, at the EAS International Conference in Trondheim, Norway on August 16th. The award entitles the winner to select a laptop (to the value of 500 Euros) of his choice, as well as choosing an appropriate publication from Springer.

The full summary report of the Aquaculture Europe 2009 conference "New Research Frontiers" is now online. Please see the "Past Event Reports" list on the left side of this page to download the PDF file. As you can see, the outcomes of other EAS meetings are also posted there. Many thanks to all our AE2009 sponsors, speakers, chairs, presenters and especially participants. We look forward to welcoming you to Porto in October 2010.

The abstract CD of the Aquaculture Europe 2009 conference, "New Research Frontiers" is now for sale. If you could't get to Trondheim, you can still pick up this CD for just €15 (for EAS members, excl. postage). Follow the links in the box "EAS Publications" on the right to see the full list of EAS publications and the order form.