Monthly Archives: August 2012

New AwF-Arizona Farmer to Farmer Grant

AwF and the University of Arizona have been awarded a second project to support Farmer to Farmer assignments to work with small scale aquaculture in Kenya and Mexico.

AwF volunteers will travel to Kenya and Mexico to assist local AwF partners to share techniques for sustainable aquaculture. Special emphasis will be on best management practices with freshwater and brackish water fish culture.

The funds are from the US Agency for International Development.

AwF’s Past-Chairman, Kevin Fitzsimmons, will co-ordinate the project. Registered AwF volunteers, who are also US citizens and interested to assist the project should contact Dr. Fitzsimmons.

A copy of the proposal outlining the work to be undertaken can be viewed by clicking here.

Student-organized fundraiser for AwF at AQUA 2012 in Prague

AwF director David Little has coordinated with European Aquaculture Society (EAS) and World Aquaculture Society (WAS) student groups to organize a raffle with proceeds to benefit AwF’s mission of alleviating poverty through aquaculture.

The students wanted to have a clear use for the funds raised and have selected the 1000 day movement to draw attention to the importance of nutrition in early childhood development.

Benedikt Frenzl, president of the EAS students and a student at the University of Stirling, created a flyer to promote the raffle and the objective of the fundraiser – The 1000 Day Initiative: Making the link between aquaculture and the vulnerable. The slogan being used is Fish – Our contribution to a healthier nutrition for children. A copy of this flyer will be in each delegate’s conference bag.

Please support this great initiative as generously as you can afford, and thank these students for rising to such a challenge.

AwF Financial Summary 2003-2012 now available

The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that a financial summary of the income and expenditures of AwF from its founding in 2003 until May 31, 2012 is available on our website. To view the report, click here.

In reviewing this summary, we hope that those that have supported AwF over the years will be encouraged to continue, knowing that we have achieved so much with the donations they have provided. For those just learning about AwF, we hope you will be inspired to contribute generously to enhancing our capacity to fulfil our mission.

Aquaculture Elsevier Conference, 3-7 November 2013, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain

The Aquaculture Elsevier Conference: To the Next 40 Years of Sustainable Global Aquaculture, will be held 3-7 November 2013 at the Palacio de Congresos de Canarias in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain.

This conference will not only celebrate the last 40 years of outstanding science accomplishments in aquaculture it will identify the top science challenges for the next generation of global aquaculture. The conference will be essential for helping assist in a generational change to new leaders for the next science accomplishments needed to double global aquaculture production. You should attend if you are at the cutting edge of science understanding genetics, diseases, feeds, ecological interactions, and sustainable systems.

Sessions

• Aquaculture hatcheries: Science advances and future research needs
• Combining marker assisted selection with classic selection programs
• Transdisciplinary research needs for the expansion of aquaculture in rural economies
• Raw materials and feed ingredients needed for the future of aquaculture
• Interactions of aquaculture and the environment
• Research institutions and research strategies in aquaculture

Abstracts now being accepted, please visit conference website.