2nd Aquaculture Congress 2022: Challenges and Prospects for a Blue-Green Aquaculture – Region of Western Greece (RWG)
On April 15 & 16 2022 members of the Region of Western Greece (RWG) participated in the 2nd Aquaculture Congress entitled “Challenges and Prospects for a Blue-Green Aquaculture”, organized by AMBIO SA. (www.ambio.gr) at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre with the support of the Hellenic Organization of Aquaculture Producers – HAPO (www.fishfromgreece.com).
The main focus of the congress was to highlight the dynamics of the industry in light of the new CFP, the recent developments on EU aquaculture guidelines, the Green Agenda and related initiatives such as “The Mediterranean: a model sea by 2030”, where the need for national and international collaborations are emphasized.
The agenda included topics related to the transition towards a sustainable and competitive aquaculture, the capability of contributing to climate neutrality, zero pollution, the development of the circular economy, ensuring nutritious and healthy food. At the same time, investment opportunities were highlighted in order to develop sustainable and competitive fish farming and to promote a spirit of cooperation between European, Mediterranean and Arab countries in order to enhance transnational and cross-sectoral economic cooperation.
The topics were divided into general as well as thematic parallel sessions and workshops over a two-day period. On April 16, Dr. Alkistis Parpoura and Dr. Erich van Ham of RWG gave a duo-presentation about ARIEL PLUS as part of the 4rth congressional Workshop Research & Development in Aquaculture: “The ARIEL PLUS Blue Community: Promoting small scale fisheries and aquaculture transnational networking in Adriatic-Ionian macroregion PLUS – Networking for sustainable production and reduction of environmental impact: a good practice” (in Greek). During the session they presented an overview of the outcomes and results of the ARIEL project as well as an outline of the goals of ARIEL PLUS.
In addition to the participation of the Greek aquaculture industry, and the presence of foreign investment groups and senior EU and governmental officials, companies and speakers from 13 countries participated in the congress: Greece, Cyprus, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, USA, India, Israel, Norway, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Portugal. A total of 550 people attended the sessions at the International Conference Centre, and approximately 200 viewers followed the congress on-line through live-streaming. In addition, 26 sponsors from 10 different countries had presentations at the Exhibition Hall: Greece, USA, India, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal.
More information can be found on the website of the Congress: www.aquaculture-congress2022.gr.
PROGRAM AMBIO AQ CONGRESS 2022
INVITATION AMBIO AQ CONGRESS 2022
ARIEL PLUS PRESENTATION 15-16_4_2022