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Asian aquaculture pioneers by its share of over 89% of the global production, realised by some of the most diverse and innovative aquaculture systems. Sustainability of aquaculture in the Asian region is therefore key to ensure global food and nutritional security.
While the farming of shrimps, river prawns, molluscs and other shellfish, tilapia, carps, and other freshwater and marine finfish contribute significantly to enhance food production, the Asian aquaculture industry is currently passing through a challenging phase, mostly because of disease occurrences in shrimp such as the several viral diseases, the Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND) aka EMS - the Early Mortality Syndrome, and a host of other conditions caused by microsporidians or fungal parasites, nutritional diseases, and so on. These are widespread in many Asian countries and appear to take new forms across diverse farming situations. Marine finfish farming is another emerging area with potential for greater expansion. While aquaculture technologies continue to evolve rapidly in many leading producer nations in Asia, the potential of innovative aquaculture has yet to be fully explored in many of the emerging countries in the region. Recent successes in integrating aquaculture at various trophic levels in the fresh, brackish and marine waters also hold promise. Benefits of aquaculture to supply protein-rich food for the growing population in Asian countries need greater appreciation by planners and administrators for sustainable development of aquaculture in these regions.
Many practicing aquafarmers also need updated technical information to efficiently cope with critical situations and to adopt efficient control measures in farming. While intensification is the key for rapid expansion and enhancement of production volumes, the critical responses by using indiscriminate application of chemicals and toxic substances often become detrimental to aquaculture food quality and safety. To manage these and the emerging challenges, farmers at a regional level need to be updated with the latest research, and also acquire adequate expertise and practical skills to efficiently organize their resources and achieve improved production levels from aquaculture systems.
AIT is an international post-graduate Institute with an excellent track record of academic and research achievements in engineering, management and environmental resource development. Over the past several decades, the Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management (AARM) Academic Program of AIT under the School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD), has been engaged in research and dissemination of aquaculture technologies driven by AIT’s renowned expertise in international capacity building.
The Conference will bring together world’s leading expertise in innovative aquaculture, and present the emerging technological advancements for better husbandry and feeding practices to stem the disease tides in aquaculture, and to set the goal for a sustainable enhancement of output from aquaculture. The event is designed to greatly benefit participants to generate a wealth of information on innovative management practices and apply them to improve the production and profits from aquaculture enterprises. It is also an opportunity for entrepreneurs, academia, governments and administrators in the global industry to witness the success stories in Asian aquaculture as a trendsetter to harness similar progress on sustainable intensification of aquaculture for enhanced product quality and safety.
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