OFFSHORE MARICULTURE CONFERENCE 2012

17-19 October • Hilton Hotel Izmir • Turkey Two day Conference, including Gala Dinner ( Hosted and organised by the Turkish Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock). 19 October 2012: Visit to offshore fish farm

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Central Union of Turkish Producers Conference Programme Progress and prospects for offshore aquaculture This is a must attend event for anyone involved in, or looking to become involved in, this rapidly expanding sector of the aquaculture market. Including: farming companies, research organisations and suppliers looking to update themselves on the latest policies, products, research and case studies within the fin/shell fish and seaweed offshore farming sectors. With 80% of Turkish fish farms based offshore, the spotlight on Turkey will be of particular relevance to Government officials from farming nations looking to learn how they can adapt Turkey’s successful spatial planning policy into their own Ministries of /Environment and Tourism. Conference chair: Neil Sims, co-Founder and co-CEO, Kampachi Farms. Welcome by: Dr Durali Kocak, Director General for Fisheries & Aquaculture, Turkish Ministry of Food Agriculture & Livestock. Keynote speakers: Paul Holthus, World Ocean Council and Alessandro Lovatelli, Aquaculture Officer, Aquaculture Management and Conservation Service (FIRA), Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO of the UN

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Conference Gala Dinner The Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock the first day of presentations the delegates will be in Turkey, the host country of the 2012 Offshore able to take a short stroll from the conference hotel Mariculture Conference, will arrange and host to the pier, where the hosts from the Ministry will the Conference Gala dinner on 17 October 2012. be waiting to welcome delegates onboard the The gala dinner, which is known for its grandeur and yacht. Following a welcome reception the Lamia excellent networking opportunities, will this year be will then start its cruise of the Izmir bay while held onboard the Lamia super yacht designed by the guests are enjoying an exquisite buffet of Turkish famous Italian architect Guiseppe De Jorio. Following farmed .

DAY 1: 17 OCTOBER 2012 SESSION 3 – Equipment update by manufacturers

08.15: REGISTRATION AND COFFEE 14.10 Participants to be confirmed 09.00: WELCOME ADDRESS : Dr Durali Kocak, Director General for Fisheries & Aquaculture, SESSION 4 – Species and feed Turkish Ministry of Food Agriculture & Livestock 14.40 Offshore Marine Fish Culture in the Americas: Status, Issues and Perspectives SESSION 1 – Introduction to Offshore Mariculture and keynote presentations Darryl Jory, Editor & Development Manager, Global Aquaculture Alliance 09.20 Is this progress? Using the metrics of the Offshore Mariculture Conferences 15.00 Offshore Aquaculture in Portugal – development and integration of new species 2006-2012 P Pousão-Ferreira, Offshore Fish Farm Pilot-Project of Olhao, INRB, I.P./ IPIMAR and C.A.P. Chairman: Neil Sims, co-Founder and co-CEO, Kampachi Farms Andrade, Centro de Maricultura da Calheta 09.40 Ensuring a place for offshore mariculture: The threats and opportunities of This presentation will describe the offshore aquaculture operations in the country and the ocean governance, planning and industry interactions culture systems in use; namely tuna traps, fish cages and long-lines for oysters, clams and Paul Holthus, Executive Director, World Ocean Council mussels. The establishment of marine areas for offshore aquaculture development and promising results farming new fish species may ensure production diversification and 10.00 Moving further offshore: FAO's perspective on technical, environmental and competitiveness of the industry for the future. policy implications Alessandro Lovatelli, Aquaculture Officer, Aquaculture Management and Conservation 15.20 Challenges in the supply of quality “seed” to the offshore fishfarming Service (FIRA), Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO of the UN industry: the mesocosm hatcheries of semi-intensive methodologies 10.20 Bremerhaven Declaration on the Future of Global Ocean aquaculture C.A.P. Andrade and Natacha Nogueira, Centro de Maricultura da Calheta Recommendations for the development of a new industry Mesocosm hatcheries using semi-intensive culture methodologies are well positioned to Harald Rosenthal, Programme Chair: Aquaculture Forum Bremerhaven, , supply juvenile fish to the offshore fishfarming industry and contribute to the sustainable President: World Sturgeon Conservation Society development of aquaculture. This presentation will describe the experience at Centro de Maricultura da Calheta where a mesocosm hatchery for the production of 10.40 COFFEE BREAK Sponsored by gilthead seabream and other species has been established.

SESSION 2 – Planning and development: international case studies 15.40 Genetic Strategies for offshore aquaculture: Improvement v mitigation 11.10 Planning and management of aquaculture parks for sustainable development of potential impacts of cage farming in the Philippines Charles C Greg Lutz, PhD, Aquaculture Research LA (Louisiana State University Patrick G White, Senior Aquaculture Consultant, Akvaplan Niva Agricultural Center) The Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has developed the In brood stock and hatchery management, it is not uncommon for two conflicting concept of Mariculture Parks to facilitate the development of responsible and sustainable genetic “goals” to emerge. One involves “improvement,” and another, more complex and cage culture development and provide livelihood opportunities along the coasts. abstract goal, involves avoidance of potential genetic impacts from escapees on local This paper will present the results of the study that was developed to identify new populations. The genetic make-up of both captive and wild populations must be regularly cage farming areas, including the use of GIS which helped identify site exposure and wave monitored, additionally, an understanding of local gene flow may be required, but height whilst minimising the impact to the environment. methodologies are available to identify population structure on local and regional scales. 11.30 Strategy for the sustainable development of shellfish farming in the open ocean 16.00 Nutritional Support to Fish Health in Offshore Mariculture of the Basque country Dr. Umberto Luzzana, Product Manager, Skretting Southern Europe Dr Diego Mendiola, AZTI-Tecnalia, Marine Research Division Farmed fish in offshore mariculture live in a variable and challenging environment. Offshore production offers a new perspective for shellfish in the Cantabric Sea, Active nutrition is a powerful tool to support fish health, either by preparing the fish to face as no expans ion of this food production sector within int erti dal , subtidal or open stressful situations, such as wintertime for gilthead seabream, or by providing specific ocean environment has occurred. When the regional government decided to promote nutrition for adverse conditions, such as high summer temperatures for European seabass. aquaculture, a comprehensive data set relating to: reduction of users’ conflicts; Immune system stimulation, gut health and microbiology should all be part of nutritional technology and operational requirements; physical, geomorphic, human use, solutions to support fish health. oceanographic and ecological considerations for the selection of sites for open ocean shellfish culture; market analysis, and business models, was developed and these 16.20 Questions and answers results will be presented. 16.30 Coffee break Sponsored by 11.50 Navigating the regulatory currents of offshore aquaculture in Western Australia John Eyres, Officer, Aquaculture Branch, 16.50 Plenary discussion on governance of mariculture in International Waters Western Australia Government Neil Sims, Kampachi Farms, Harald Rosenthal, Programme Chair: Aquaculture Forum The Western Australian Government is endeavouring to remove unnecessary regulatory Bremerhaven, Germany and Alessandro Lovatelli, Aquaculture Officer, FAO impediments to the growth of the aquaculture industry and establish aquaculture as an equal user in coastal zone management. This paper will look at the process involved 17.20 Round up of day one with the identification and establishment of Aquaculture Zones that will streamline the environmental approval process for commercial projects within zoned areas and provide an 19.00 Meet in Hotel reception “investment ready” platform for investors. 19.30 Conference Gala Dinner hosted by Turkish Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Livestock 12.10 Allocation Zones for marine Aquaculture (AZA), a tool for improving governance Held on board the Lamia super yacht, following a welcome drinks reception, the Lamia of responsible aquaculture in the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean will cruise the Izmir Bay. (GFCM) area Hayri Deniz, Vice-Chair of Aquaculture Committee, General Fisheries Commission for DAY 2: 18 OCTOBER 2012 Mediterranean (GFCM) Increasing attention has been paid by the GFCM to the aspects related to the development of 08.30: Coffee and registration marine aquaculture activities, particularly to sites selection and management related issues. Session 5 – Integration with other technologies and new approaches to farming Because of this in 2012, at its 36 Session (Marrakesh – Morocco,) the GFCM adopted an ad hoc resolution concerning “Guidelines on Allocated Zones for Aquaculture” (AZA). 09.00 Co-location of offshore aquaculture and wind energy projects – feasibilities This presentation will describe the experience and the role of the GFCM in strengthening and constraints cooperation as the preferred means for the governance of fisheries and aquaculture Michael W Ebeling, Institute of Sea Fisheries, Bela Buck, Alfred-Wegner-Institute activities at regional level. This presentation will cover the biological, physical and economic assessment of fish, mussel and macroalgae mariculture in offshore wind farm sites, based on the results of 12.30 Questions and answers various projects. Different uses of the products will be discussed and their impacts on 12.40 Lunch Lunch sponsored by economic profitability will be the focus of the paper.

For further information call +44 (0) 1329 825335 or email [email protected] Book online at www.offshoremariculture.com or fax back to +44 (0)1329 825330 Visit to offshore fish farm – 19 October 2012 Over 80% of Turkey’s fish farmers are located processing operations. The tour will conclude with offshore and, following two days of technical a boat trip out to see Camli’s offshore Seabass and presentations and discussions, delegates will have Seabream cages. the opportunity to participate in a visit to one of Delegates should be aware that this will be a full Turkey’s largest and most successful producers, day’s excursion not returning until late afternoon/ Camli/Pinar who are based in Izmir. The tour will early evening. Coach transfers will be provided start with a short presentation at the company’s between the Hilton Hotel and Camli/Pinar’s premises , offices followed by a visit to their hatcheries and and buffet lunch/light refreshments will be provided.

09.20 Open Ocean Culture of Macroalgae, Use of Algal Extracts in Diets for Marine Session 8 – Husbandry and site services Finfish, and Bioenergy From Macroalgae Dr. Gamze TURAN, Ege University, Fisheries Faculty, Aquaculture Department and 14.30 Exposed industrial salmon farming – experience and needs for development Dr. Amir Neori, Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research Ltd Finn Victor Willumsen, Managing Director and Guttorm Lange, AquaCulture Engineering AS Besides being a healthy and nutritious food, as well as the source of compounds for ACE was behind a 2011 scientific study that analysed data collected from some of the most other industrial applications, macroalgae (or, seaweeds) are core elements of integrated exposed farms in Mid-Norway. The focus was technology, safety and fish welfare and the multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) which is an emerging technology. This presentation study gave a prioritized list of operations and technology most needed to be developed for analyzes the current production of seaweeds, as well as their usage in diets for marine such exposed conditions. The results show that competence and experience, interface finfish and bioenergy production. And, it suggests that seaweed-based IMTA can play between boats and the cages, nets, surveillance of fish, people and structures and reliable a fundamental role for sustainable mariculture. weather forecasts were among the most important. 14.50 Service vessels for operation of exposed salmon sites 09.40 Questions and answers Mats Augdal Heide, Product Designer, Sintef Fisheries and Aquaculture Many Norwegian salmon farms are situated in exposed locations and the use of large cages 09.50 Coffee break Sponsored by in combination with rough weather conditions have made operations, such as mooring in - stallation, cleaning and changing nets, major challenges. Whilst designs for large cages are SESSION 6 – Innovative cage technologies being developed, more capable service vessels have not been. To rectify this, the industry has joined forces with R&D in the project “Service Vessel 2010” to 10.20 Strengthening of cage components develop design specifications for the next generation of service vessels. Ludvig Karlsen, Associate Professor, Department of Marine Technology, NTNU This paper will describe the experience with the Norwegian certification system for all 15.10 Aquaculture livestock insurance floating salmon cage farms. These relate to strengthened requirements for designs and Cédric Audor, Guian, Aquaculture Livestock Insurers materials for steadily increasing dimensions of the cages, both in surface area and net With aquaculture, the fish, crustaceans or even the molluscs your farm represents the depth, and the main problem areas which have been disclosed for more exposed farming future income of your business. Losing this source of income as a result of a claim cites, are also described and discussed. will deprive your business of its livelihood. Given these risks, livestock insurance is not something you can afford to ignore. How is the aquaculture insurance trade today? 10.40 Development of shark resistant aquaculture containment nets What could be covered? What’s new in terms of aquaculture livestock insurance? Margot van Wunnik, Application Development Specialist, DSM Dyneema B.V. and Felipe Ramirez, Marketing Manager, DSM Dyneema B.V. 15.30 Questions and answers All warm water aquaculture sites, and some cold water aquaculture sites, are susceptible 15.40 Coffee break Sponsored by to attacks from sharks. Utilizing new lab tests and collecting data from sea trials in shark infested waters drove development efforts to create a hybrid netting using Dyneema® fiber SESSION 9 – The Turkish offshore sector – planning, execution and success in an Ultra Cross Knotless® Braided construction. This presentation will make extensive use of photos and videos demonstrating the severity of shark attacks, the challenges of 16.10 Turkey’s successful spatial planning policy story which includes turning crises creating a netting solution, and the success of the project. to our advantage in offshore mariculture Hayri Deniz, Aquaculture Department DG of Fisheries & Aquaculture, 11.00 Copper-alloy mesh/International Copper Association installation of pens in Turkish Ministry of Food Agriculture & Livestock the Dardanelles In 2008 the Turkish Government developed a National Mariculture Development Plan Dr. Murat Yigit, Canakkale University (NMADP) to minimize conflicts and to provide stable grounds for the future growth of the marine aquaculture sector. Integrated coastal zone management models were developed 11.20 The prospect of Single Point Mooring (SPM) cages for offshore mariculture and implemented with the consensus of all related institutions and stakeholders and in 2009 Mohamed Shainee, PhD Stipendiat, Department of Marine Technology, NTNU inshore marine farms were moved to new allocated offshore zones. Although early days, In a series of recent work, the single point mooring (SPM) cage concept has been identified results have already shown very important improvements for the aquaculture sector. Turkey as a potential mariculture cage concept in offshore waters. SPM fish cage systems now has a 25% share of the European sea bream and sea bass market and is the 3rd for offshore are also gaining support for its environmentally friendly and fastest growing country in the World in aquaculture. economically favourable characteristics. The paper will investigate the submergence characteristics of the SPM cage system in various wave and current regimes to determine 16.40 Case study 1: The Success Story of Kilic Deniz in Turkish Off-Shore Sector if SPM cage concepts offer hope for being efficiently used in offshore mariculture. Oznur Yildiz Basruh, Kilic Sea Products Project and Quality Systems Manager Kilic Deniz, founded in 1993, is one of the leading companies in Turkey and one of the best 11.40 Growing shrimp in open ocean net pens on single point moorings in the Mediterranean Basin, with its constantly increasing fingerling production capacity, its Steve Page, President, Ocean Farm Technologies fingerling sales to the other aquaculture companies in Turkey and fish production capacity. Since 2009 Aquapod™ net pens have been installed on several types of moorings; The success of Kilic Deniz, while becoming a leading Aquaculture Company of Turkey with however recent installations have all been on unique tension-leg single point moorings its complete integrated structure, its role in the international environment, sustainable and (SPM) that have proven to be very successful. The challenges and successes of open durable financial performance, organisational structure and constantly growing market will ocean shrimp cultivation will be presented along with detailed descriptions of the single be stated in this paper. point mooring systems. Adaptations of growing techniques for different environments, 17.00 Case study 2: Pinar Fish Farm and use of the SPM for various fish species will also be presented. The economic and Mrs Ozlem Guzel, Research & Development Manager, Camli Feed Co operational advantages and disadvantages of SPM vs. grid moorings are compared as Pinar Sea Products is the pioneer of a modern and integrated fish farming in Turkey which applicable to different scales of operation. has been established as a first aquaculture facility in 1985. In 2011 the production capacity has reached 60 million fry fish and 4000 tons/year table-size fish. Pinar, has been also the 12.00 PoKi Pen, the Velella Project and next steps first aquaculture facility using “ off-shore production system” in Turkey. Through using this Neil Anthony Sims, Gavin Key and Michael Bullock, Kampachi Farms latest technology, production comprises period of 22 months from egg to market size, The Velella beta-trial tested an unanchored pen array entrained in regional ocean-current requiring steady monitoring and proper quality controls throughout this tough process. eddies in the lee of the Big Island of Hawaii. This trial represented the first farming of fish Pinar is aware of the obligation “clean environment”, “continious production” and in U.S. Federal waters, and the world’s first unanchored fish pen trial. This presentation “” for next generations reviews recent research and development by Kona Blue Water Farms and Kampachi Farms to develop new technologies and resolve the remaining challenges to sustainable, scalable, 17.20 Questions and answers profitable open ocean mariculture. 17.30 Discussion session 2: based on today’s sessions plus some blue sky thinking! 12.20 Questions and answers 18.10 Conference Round up 1230 Lunch Lunch sponsored by 18.20 Conference close

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