This series aims to cover a broad spectrum of topics that highlight the diverse nature of EAS and the wider aquaculture community. The webinars feature overviews of various aquaculture research areas - including EU projects supported by EAS - alongside insights into production technologies, with contributions from our Corporate members. Additionally, the series includes presentations on our network's benefits and addresses specific topics relevant to our large student community.

Each webinar is hosted on Microsoft Teams, typically lasting 45 minutes with 30 minutes dedicated to the presentation and 15 minutes for Q&A.

Following the live session, recordings are available on our YouTube channel for one month. After this period, they are archived in the Members’ Section of our website.

EAStalk is a series of webinars coordinated and moderated by Ana Visković, Project and Programme Manager at the European Aquaculture Society. If you have suggestions for topics or presenters for EAS Talk, please reach out to us at 'ana at aquaeas.eu'.

 Our next EAStalk webinar will be with Dr. Fabio Ugolini on November 5 at 14h CET.
Dr. Ugolini will present 'Aquaculture in reclaimed water'. You can register here. 

EASTalk Webinars by theme

Production (Species & Systems) and Technology

• RAS in research – a tool for supporting fish welfare and commercial development - Dr. Åsa Maria O. Espmark, Dr. René Alvestad, and Dr. Anja Striberny (NOFIMA)
• Aquaculture without Borders - an aquaponics journey in Norway - Børge Søraas (EcuNor Aqua)
• Biofilm-based production of microalgae as live feeds for the aquaculture industry - Dr. Freddy Guihéneuf (inalve)
• Greek organic aquaculture – FutureEUAqua results -  Dr. Elena Mente, Eva Troianou and Stelios Karapanagiotis.
• Main outcomes of the first RAS@EAS event - Dr. Øyvind Fylling-Jensen (NOFIMA), Dr. Jelena Kolarević (NOFIMA/UiT), and Damien Toner (BIM)
• Increased performance and sustainability through smart measurement in fish farming - Sven Jørund Kolstø (OptoScale)
• Understanding and managing the biofilter microbiome in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems - Dr. Georgina Robinson (SAMS), Julian Beatty, and Tom Scope (Nova Q)
• They said it was impossible – The story behind Norwegian Lobster Farm AS - Asbjørn Drengstig
• Sustainable seaweed production in Europe: economic and environmental insights from the GENIALG project - Dr. Sander van den Burg
• Precision farming, AI and big data - Dr. Martin Føre (NTNU)
• CtrlAqua: Contribution to future aquaculture - Dr. Åsa Espmark (NOFIMA)
• Closing the European eel life cycle: progress and persistent challenges developing eel hatchery technology - Dr. Jonna Tomkiewicz (DTU)
• Aquaponics in Europe - Dr. Gavin Burnell

Nutrition and Feeding

• Improving aquafeed efficiencies through agri-technology - Dr. Antonios Chalaris (Devenish)
• Nutritional programming in Atlantic salmon and Nutritional programming in gilthead sea bream: interplay between epigenetics and genetics - Dr. Stuart McMillan and Dr. Alvaro Belenguear (AquaIMPACT project)
• Tools for precision feeding in aquaculture - Dr. Luis Conceição (SPAROS Lda)
• Sustainable production of fish feed by lab scale extrusion - Jessica Wiertz and Jens Müller (Brabender GmbH & Co. KG)
• Fish and gut microbiota dialogue. Towards standard methods and genetics, nutrition and host transcriptomic interactions - Dr. Ariadna Sitjà-Bobadilla, Dr. Jaume Pérez-Sánchez, Dr. Maria Carla Piazzon and Dr. Simona Rimoldi
• The potential for enzymes to support improvements in economic and environmental sustainability in aquaculture - John Williamson (Huvepharma)
• Understanding the potential of the diverse Yeast-based ingredients as preventive health tools for fish - Dr. Eric Leclercq (Lallemand Animal Nutrition)
• InnovaFeed: Scalable Insect Solutions, for Sustainable Seafood - Andrew Richardson
• Microalgae applications in aquaculture, preprocessing and documentation of bioactive properties in salmon farming - Dr. Katerina Kousoulaki (NOFIMA)

Health and Welfare

• The IGNITION project. Integrating novel biomarkers, genetics, and data management to improve health and welfare in aquaculture - Dr. Ana Teresa Gonçalves (SPAROS Lda), Dr. Benjamin Costas (Ciimar), and Dr. Tim Bean (The Roslin Institute)
• The evolution and application of aquacultural OWIs - Dr. Chris Noble (NOFIMA)
• Phage therapy as an alternative treatment in aquaculture. Applications in fish hatcheries - Dr. Pantelis Katharios (HCMR)

Breeding and Reproduction

• Benefit and implementation of selective breeding and genomic selection in aquaculture - Dr. Antti Kause and Dr.  John Bastiaansen (AquaIMPACT)
• Selective breeding for better farmed fish: how to improve economical and ecological efficiency - Dr. Marc Vandeputte (INRAE)

Environment

• Climate change impacts on Mediterranean finfish production: A case study in Greece - Dr. Nikos Papandroulakis (HCMR)
• The effects of climate change on the European aquaculture sector - Dr. Myron Peck

EAS, other organisations and other topics.

• How to prepare a policy brief? - Rebecca Lahl
• How to convene, plan and chair a session at our Aquaculture Europe events - Damien Toner (BIM)
• Preparing a manuscript for scientific publishing - Dr. Constantinos Mylonas
• The journey from Research to Commercialisation - Gonçalo Santos & India Boyer (HATCH)
• VALUMICS H2020 PROJECT- Understanding food value chain and network dynamics - THE SALMON CASE STUDY - Dr. Sigurður Bogason
• Maximising the potential of coordinated national research –  Joanna Gosling & James Taylor (ARCH-UK)
• The role of the Aquaculture Advisory Council -  Javier Ojeda (AAC)
• Being an EAS Board member - Dr. Henrice Jansen, Dr. Kathrin Steinberg and Dr. Constantinos Mylonas
• The Aquaculture Stewardship Council - certification and cooperation - Dr. Kathrin Steinberg (ASC)
• Predatory publications and predatory conferences - Dr. Maria Kowalczuk (Springer Nature)
• EATiP: Co-creating aquaculture awareness on a European levelEATiP: Co-creating aquaculture awareness on a European level - Alexandra Neyts, (EATIP)