Nick Lake, CEO, C/o Mendosa, Court Hill Road, Rosemarkie, Black-Isle,
Inverness, IV10 8UE Telephone: 44 (0) 1381 620883 mobile: 44 (0) 7876 556784
The ASSG’s annual conference includes a competition to find Scotland’s best shellfish:
Rock Oyster, Crassostrea gigas
Native Oyster, Ostrea edulis
Mussel, Mytlus edulis
DAY 1 Wednesday 24th October
1020 Conference Opening Speech, Roddy McCuish, Leader of Argyll and Bute Council
1040 Keynote Speech: ‘The Role of Aquaculture in the new CFP’ Courtney Hough - General Secretary of FEAP and EATIP
1130 Innovation in ormer farming - Tony Legg, Jersey Sea Farms (Ireland)
1200 Mussel and pearl farming around the world – a pictorial from Joe Jnr, Joe Franklin, Quality Equipment Group, New Zealand, (No download)
1430 Seafood in Schools – teaching the next generation to enjoy seafood!
Nicki Holmyard, Seafood in Schools Project
1500 Research Forum – a round-up of progress in current shellfish projects
Mussels Alive – Sara Barento, Swansea University
Bivalife – Ed Peeler, CEFAS, Weymouth
Oysterecover – Sarah Culloty, Director, Aquaculture and Fisheries Development Centre, UCC
BEADS – Jean-Pierre Lacaze, Marine Scotland
1630 Annual Shellfish Farm Survey Results - Andrew Mayes, Marine Scotland Science
DAY 2 Thursday 25th October
1015 Mussel spat abundance in Scottish waters – is it changing? - Keith Davidson, SAMS
1115 Catchment Characterisation –The Future and a Different Approach - Andy Fitzgerald, Aquaprova
1145 CO2 emissions and shellfish: long term developments and near term opportunities - Angus Garret, Seafish, (No download)
1215 The promotion of cultivated molluscs - Stephen Cameron, SSMG
1245 Oyster herpes virus - managing the risk - Loch Fyne Oysters, (No download)
Tristan Hugh-Jones
Loch Ryan Oyster Fishery
Best Native Oysters
Iain MacKay
Loch Fyne Oysters Ltd.
Best Mussels
Andy Abrahams
Colonsay Oysters
Best Rock Oysters