Competition Results 2010

Chair: Michael Tait, North Atlantic Shellfish

Introduction. Minister for Environment, Roseanna Cunningham, MSP

Keynote Speech: The Ecosystem Approach: A New 'Big Picture’?
Professor Laurence Mee, Director, Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)

Feed production and nutrient trading – options for increased mussel production
Odd Lindhal, Associate Professor of Marine Ecology, Göteborg University, Sweden

Prospects and Opportunities for Shellfish Farming in Scotland
David Scott, Stirling Aquaculture

Competition to find Scotland’s best Mussels, Pacific and Native Oysters!
Live cooking and sampling session featuring a guest panel. Open to all Scottish farmers.

Buffet lunch

Sea Urchins, Seaweeds and Native Oysters - R&D toward low trophic species and a sustainable future at Ardtoe Marine Lab, Stefano Carboni, Stirling University Institute of Aquaculture  

A European Retail Perspective on Mussels and Oysters
Guy Denon, Delhaize, Belgium

Recent cultivation and applications of marine macroalgae
Dr Stefan Kraan, Ocean Harvest Technology Ltd.

Biosecurity plans in relation to 2006/88/EC
Marine Scotland Science  (Content and photos property of Marine Scotland Science, please ask permission from David Fraser, if you would like to use / copy any photo)

Annual Shellfish Farm Survey Results
David Fraser, Marine Scotland Science

Chair: Roger Thwaites - Shian Fisheries

Aquaculture Forums – Brian Dornan, Scottish Government
 
Developing Food Safety Management Procedures to address Norovirus in Shellfish
Andy MacLeod, Argyll & Bute Council

Invasive species – the threat from Didemnum vexillum – David Donnan, SNH

Health benefits of shellfish – what should we be promoting?

How many mussels are too many? How models can help estimate a loch's maximum capacity and be used to optimise seeding and harvesting schedules - Professor Paul Tett, SAMS

Chairman’s round up.