tars 2011 - TARS 2011 Aquaculture Feeds and Nutrition

While modern aquaculture has been around for the past 40 years, it has not developed at the speed expected of an industry that has the enormous responsibility of creating an alternative source of seafood to the dwindling capture fisheries. One of the major contributing factors is the lack of direction, coordination and technology development to propel the industry into the next level.

The Aquaculture Roundtable Series (TARS) aims to address this issue by providing a platform for the public, private sector, academia and NGOs to deliberate and identify a clear strategy to take the industry forward. TARS is a stakeholder driven effort to facilitate the sharing of information, reduce redundancy and improve efficiency.

The result should be a self initiative to direct the development in a guided manner, yet allowing for opportunities to 'think outside the box'. The benefit should come from the synergy of networking and creating efficiencies.

TARS is designed to take stock of the current situation and coordinate a concerted effort to move forward.

Where are we today?
Participants will benefit from updated overviews from leaders in their respective fields. This will form the starting point for the break-out sessions.

Where do we want to be tomorrow?
Taking into consideration the current market situation, participants will get to brainstorm and propose new direction(s) to take the industry forward. It is likely that many groups will work on similar topics, giving a wider approach to related industry challenges. Participants will then regroup to report on the proposals resulting from break-out sessions.

TARS is designed as a series of roundtable sessions to focus on specific sectors of the industry. The first sector identified for TARS 2011 is AQUACULTURE FEEDS & NUTRITION.

The aim of TARS 2011 is to provide a platform for all stakeholders to come together to share their knowledge and expertise in the different aspects pertaining to aqua nutrition, prioritise areas for R&D and formulate a new direction for the sector in light of current and emerging challenges facing the industry.

TARS 2011 targets the participation of nutritionists, feed formulators, aqua feed producers, integrators, feed equipment manufacturers, feed ingredients and feed additive suppliers.
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