Aquaculture training course

The training course is funded and organised by the AfriMAQUA Network (https://afrimaqua.cnrs.fr). The course will include lectures by Dr Maria Darias (French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development) and South African scientists from the University of Cape Town (Prof. John Bolton) and the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment’s Directorate of Aquaculture Innovation and Technology Development (Dr Brett Macey). The course will cover a variety of topics, including seaweeds in integrated aquaculture, feeds and nutrition of aquatic organisms and its impacts on humans, as well as lectures on biosecurity, probiotics, disease, the roles of microbiomes in IMTA systems and the future of marine aquaculture.

In addition to completing the registration form, we kindly request that you also submit a comprehensive CV and a statement of motivation for the course to afrimaqua2023@sciencesconf.org. Due to limited participant availability, the applications will undergo evaluation by the scientific committee, and successful candidates will be notified via email.