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  • Aquaculture Canada 2011 Logo Design Competition

    GET YOUR CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING!!!

    Design an original logo for the conference

    WINNER RECEIVES $250

    Submit designs to: aac@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca by September 17, 2010

     

    COMPÉTITION POUR DESSEIN DE LOGO

    DÉMONTREZ VOTRE CRÉATIVITÉ!!!

    Le meilleur dessein d’un logo original recevra $250

    Envoyez le tout au: aac@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca

    Date limite de réception le 17 septembre 2010

     

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  • Meet the New 2010-2011 AAC Board of Directors

    The Aquaculture Association of Canada's Board of Directors are elected by Association members annually. The Board of Directors help to lead the Association in conjunction with the AAC President (Tillmann Benfey), Vice President (Joy Wade), Secretary (Shelley King) and Treasurer (Caroline Graham). The AAC would like to welcome the following members to the Board of Directors for 2010-2011.


    Céline Audet, Tim Jackson, Gehan Mabrouk, David McCallum and Shelley King

     

    Read their Biographies ...

     

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  • Did you present at Aquaculture Canada - Cold Harvest 2010?

    Interested in Submitting an Extended Abstract?

     

    The Aquaculture Association of Canada will publish contributed oral and poster presentations in the Proceedings of Aquaculture CanadaOM 2010 and Cold HarvestTM 2010. Papers must be of a scientific or technical nature and may be in English or French.

     

    The deadline is June 15th, 2010

     

    Instructions for the preparation of contributed oral and poster papers

    Directives sur la présentation des communications et des affiches

    View Proceedings from past conferences

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  • Got something to donate to this year’s Aquaculture Canada – Cold Harvest Silent Auction?

                                                                                           

            

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  • Attention AAC Members! Have you voted for your Board of Directors?

     
    Your ballot must reach the AAC Office by April 15th, 2010
     
    If you did not receive a ballot, contact the office (Phone: 506-529-4766, Email: AAC@dfo-mpo.gc.ca)
     
    Want to review the candidates? Check out the most recent issue of the Watermark
     
    Who will you vote for?
     
     

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  • Nominations for the Lifetime Achievement, Student Travel and Student Scholarship Awards

     
    The March 31st deadline is quickly approaching to apply for the AAC Student Travel Award, Student Scholarships and nominations for the Lifetime Achievement Award.
     
    Please send your applications or nominations to Joy Wade, Vice President of AAC and Chair of the Awards Committee, at Joy2004Wade@yahoo.ca.
     
    For further information on awards criteria and the application process go to:
     
    http://www.aquacultureassociation.ca/awards
     

     

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  • Call for Papers Deadline Extended: Aquaculture Canada 2010 & Cold Harvest 2010 Conference and Tradeshow

    Contributed papers are invited for presentation at Aquaculture CanadaOM 2010 and NAIA Cold HarvestTM 2010. All topics related to aquaculture will be considered for inclusion into the conference. Proposed session topics will include: International Mussel Forum; Moving Aquaculture Forward - From Science to Innovation; Finfish Aquaculture; Fish Health; Aquaculture Sustainability; Socio-Economic Implications of Aquaculture for Local Communities; Training and Education; Aquatic Invasive Species; and many more sessions of relevance to industry including an update on regulatory reforms and advances in shellfish and finfish culture.

    Presentations must be of a scientific or technical nature, and a completed abstract form must be submitted through the AAC website...

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  • Aquaculture without Frontiers launches online donation appeal

    BATON ROUGE, LA - December 8, 2009 – Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF) today launched its online appeal to solicit donations from the global aquaculture industry and interested public to support its objective of alleviating poverty by improving livelihoods in developing countries. AwF has created an online secure donor page at its website at www.aquaculturewithoutfrontiers.org where companies and individuals can make donations using their credit card.
     
    “We are also asking the aquaculture community and members of the public to consider making a donation to help us fulfil our objective of working to meet the Millennium Development Goal # 1, which i...

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  • Scotian Pride 2010 Call for Papers

    The Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia extends its Second Call for Papers to everyone interested in participating at the Scotian Pride Conference to be held in January 27-29, 2010 at the Delta Halifax In Halifax, NS.

     

    This year's theme:

     

    “Innovation in Canadian Aquaculture. Perceptions, Facts and Future”

     

    Please forward your abstracts to Fernando Salazar (fsalazaraans@eastlink.ca) by January 20th.

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    Each oral presenter shall be entitled to no more than 20 minutes comprised of 15 minutes for a presentation, plus 5 minutes for questions.

    Oral presentations ca...

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  • Reflections on Aquaculture Canada 2009

    The Aquaculture Association of Canada hosted another great meeting this year, Aquaculture Canada 2009, in Nanaimo, BC in May. This was our 26th annual meeting where we had the opportunity to bring industry, government, researchers, students and others together to focus on issues and developments pertinent to the Canadian aquaculture community. AC09 provided the annual opportunity for our national aquaculture community to get together, discuss opportunities and challenges, network and have fun. It is amazing how strongly connected the people working in all aspects of aquaculture are within Canada. We are like one big family and the camaraderie certainly shows when we come together. The theme of our meeting this year was “Aquaculture: Meeting the Challenges”. Our industry ha...

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