Conference

The Sustainable Eel Group (SEG) is organising a panel discussion hosted by Ulrike Rodust MEP & Ricardo Serrão Santos MEP to promote a wider understanding of the issues concerning the conservation and sustainable management of eels. The focus will be on illegal trade, the impact of such trafficking on the status of European eel stocks and how it undermines ongoing efforts for the recovery of those stocks.

The event is open to all to attend, and the discussion will be preceeded by an exhibition of eel art works developed by students of Plymouth University.

The JONSMOD 2018 Conference will be held from 17 - 19 October 2018 in Florence, Italy and will be hosted by Consorzio LaMMA.

The main topics of interest to the JONSMOD 2018 conference will be:
  

Ocean microplastics have attracted increasing scientific, political and public concern as the impact they have on aquatic products, and the marine world in general, becomes increasingly concerning.

This conference will provide an opportunity for policy makers, civil society, scientific academia and food industry representatives to foster a multi-stakeholder debate and to highlight the potential of bio-based plastics as a sustainable alternative to tackle microplastics pollution.

A special conference, titled 'From COP21 towards the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030)', will take place in Paris from 10-11 Sep 2018. Since the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21), significant research has been conducted studying our understanding of the interactions between ocean, climate and biodiversity. The well-being of marine ecosystems is recognized as central to combat climate change, highlighting the need to support and develop ocean science.

The Aquaculture Innovation Europe Summit, a new conference which is part of the Animal Health Innovation series, is a two-day event aiming to bring to light cutting-edge modern technologies and solutions that are helping shape one of the most important industries for the future of global protein. The two-day event will encompass the three main areas of aquaculture: farm management, nutrition and health.

The 10^th Euro-Global Summit on Aquaculture & Fisheries, taking place this year in London, will see a significant number of speakers give talks to attendees at the event. The theme of this year's conference is 'Impeccable Growth of the Aquaculture & Fisheries Sector'.

The Vessel Performance Optimisation (VPO) conference is a one-day event that will take place in London on 20 June 2018. The event will consist of three core themes. These are Ship Design and Retrofitting, Performance Management and Ship Operations - Strategies For 2020 Compliance. Once these three topics have been covered, the day will conclude with a roundtable discussion.

The event will run from 09:00-18:00. There will be multiple breaks throughout the day to enable networking between attendees.

The 2018 edition of the Seaworks conference will take place in Southampton, UK from 3-5 July 2018. The event will mark the 21st edition of the Seaworks conference, and due to this significant milestone, this year's edition promises to be an exciting event!

Nausicaa, the National Sea Centre, is inviting interested individuals to the High Seas International Conference, to raise public awareness and mobilise civil society on the challenges of the High Seas. The conference is co-organised with l'Agence Française pour la Biodiversité (AFB), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Global Ocean Forum, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the World Ocean Network and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

In the Atlantic Ocean, one of the best-studied deep-sea regions is the Azores Triple Junction and surrounding platform.  This area is considered a hotspot of biodiversity, biogeochemical and oceanographic processes.