Minister Stewart Stevenson, talking to ASSG Chairman Walter Speirs and Stephen Cameron

Session 1 – Chair: Walter Speirs, Chairman ASSG

Introduction: Stewart Stevenson, Minister for Environment and Climate Change

Keynote Speech: Scottish Shellfish Farming: A Glance Over the Horizon
Richard Slaski, Secretariat, Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum

Tackling legislation: Walter Speirs, Chair, ASSG

Protection of shellfish water quality – a proposed way forward
Joyce Carr, Environmental Quality Division, Scottish Government

Recent history and future developments in shellfish monitoring
Sandy McDougall, Head of Food Safety Monitoring & Policy, Food Standards Agency

Competition to find Scotland’s best Mussels, Pacific and Native Oysters!

Winners 2011: Cameron MacLean, Inverlussa Shellfish, Best Mussel 2011
See plates   Andy Abrahams, Colonsay Oysters, Best Rock Oyster 2011
on left   David Attwood, Loch Fyne Oysters, Best Native Oyster 2011

Session 2 – Chair: Stephen Cameron, MD, SSMG

Shellfish: the market and the consumer
Jim Gourley, Seafood Scotland Business Development Consultant

European issues for the shellfish industry: Richie Flynn, President of the European
Mollusc Producers' Association & Executive Secretary of the Irish Shellfish Association

Potential benefits of dietary shellfish for muscle and health
Kevin Tipton PhD, Professor of Sport, Health & Exercise Science, University of Stirling

Annual Shellfish Farm Survey Results 2010
Andrew Mayes, Marine Scotland Science