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ASEM Aquaculture Platform

AquaTNET Annual event Malaga, Spain June 28, 2012

Patrick Sorgeloos - Coordinator Jean Dhont - Secretary Ghent University (Belgium)

THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE ASIAN AND EUROPEAN AQUACULTURE SECTOR

ASEM Aquaculture Platform

The ASEM Aquaculture Platform: a bridge between European and Asian aquaculture sector

ASEM Aquaculture Platform

WHY ASEM AQUACULTURE Platform

• Reconcile concerns for seafood quality and safety

• Identify joint research, education and business opportunities

The ASEM Aquaculture Platform: a bridge between European and Asian aquaculture sector

FACILITATE A CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSION ON DIFFERENT APPROACHES AND SOLUTIONS

IDENTIFY A COMMON ISSUE/PROBLEM/CONFLICT

FORMULATE COMMONLY ENDORSED RECOMMENDATIONS

PUSH RECOMMENDATIONS ONTO POLICY LEVEL

CONVENE EXPERT STAKEHOLDER REPRESENTATIVES

MECHANISMS & THEMES

• Link with industry • Best Management Practices • Environment (IMTA) • Food safety & certification • Disease & Health management • Education • Gender issues and vulnerable stakeholder groups

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The ASEM Aquaculture Platform: a bridge between European and Asian aquaculture sector

UPCOMING EVENTS INTEREST Facilitating links between Asian and European industry

→ Vietnamese booming aquaculture industry: threat or opportunity? Seminar with European & Vietnamese key players, ESE 2012, Brussels, May 2012

→ Introduction to the Vietnamese aquaculture industry: meeting captains of industry and selected field trips to Vietnam in early 2013

→ Aquaculture in China: how will the growing domestic market affect export to Europe and/or create win-win opportunities? Special session at Aqua 2012, Prague, September 2012

→ EU and China in Blue BioTech: interests and opportunities? Meeting with leaders of Chinese key institutes & universities, Sept 2012, Brussels

Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA)

→ Status and future strategies for IMTA in China Special session at Aqua 2012, Prague, September 2012

Certification & Food safety

→ Emerging certification schemes: consumer protection or masked trade barrier? Case study on Vietnamese pangasius and shrimp industry.

Expert workshop, Can Tho, March 2013

Link with Vietnam

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