2007-09-24
International Offshore Aquaculture Workshop Programme
24th September, Crowne Plaza, Dublin.
Sunday 23rd September:
19.00 Meet and Greet Reception at Crowne Plaza.
Monday 24th September:
09.00 – Registration
09.45 – Opening of Workshop by Sean O Neachtain M.E.P
10.00 – Dr. Richard Langan, Director of the University of New Hampshire Open Ocean
Aquaculture Project. ‘The US Experience in Offshore Farming’.
10.20 – Patrica Daly BIM and Michael Mulloy Blackshells Ltd. ‘Moving Mussels Offshore’.
10.40 – Francisco Padilla and Jose Carlos Macias, Junta de Andalucia
‘Planning, Regulation and Management in off-shore aquaculture: Experience in
the South of Spain’.
11.00 – Coffee break
11.20 – Karin Dubsky, Coastwatch Europe, ‘Environmental Concerns’.
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11.40 – Rosa Fernandez/ Arne Fredheim/ Oisin Naughton, ‘Summary report on Offshore
Aquaculture Technology Platform Regional Workshops’.
12.00 – Donal Maguire, BIM, ‘Future Trends in Aquaculture’.
12.20 – Expected outputs from the Breakout sessions.
12.30 LUNCH
13.30 – Breakout Sessions:
1. Technology. Facilitator Richard Langan, Rapporteurs Arne Fredheim and Alan Drumm
2. Planning Policy and Regulation, Facilitator Rosa Fernandez, Rapporteurs Oisin Naughton and Frank Kane
3. Biological Considerations, Facilitator Dave Jackson, Rapporteurs Pauline O Donohoe and Ayesha Power.
16.30 – Complete Breakout Sessions.
16.45 – Summary and Next Steps.
Conclusion of Workshop. | 
