February 14, 2022

EIFAAC Symposium to be held in June in Killarney, Ireland

The 2022 European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission (EIFAAC) Symposium will be hosted by Inland Fisheries Ireland and Ireland's Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications in Killarney on June 20-21.

The rubric for the 31st symposium of the European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission — the first since Dresden, Germany in September 2019 — is "Advances in Technology, Stock Assessment and Citizen Science in an Era of Climate Change".

Four themes have been identified for the symposium relating to inland fish stock assessment, developments in freshwater fish monitoring technologies, assessing the impacts of climate change on freshwater fish and their habitats and the role of citizen science.

The fifth theme will focus on the pros and cons of traditional versus recirculation aquaculture systems.

Abstract submission is open for presenters until February 18. Notification of acceptance letters all be sent on March 25 and presenting authors will have until March 28 to register. The deadline for submission of manuscripts/presentations is June 13, one week before the symposium.

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