CONFERENCE 2004

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FISH, AQUACULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY:
Sustaining Fish as a Food Supply

Theatrette, New Parliament House, Canberra
Wednesday, 11 August 2004

The Crawford Fund's annual conferences highlight an important aspect of feeding and greening the world and this year's event was another in our series of thought provoking, well attended and nationally reported events.

Many of the solutions for increasing food security and alleviating poverty using marine and freshwater systems have yet to be found.

Balancing competing demands and managing threats to the continuity of supplies also requires research, negotiation and determined action.

This year's Crawford Fund annual conference was the first time that our annual conference has emphasised marine resources.

It involved discussion from international and national experts on the state of the world's wild fisheries, the need to sustain marine and other aquatic environments for fish, and the importance of supplying fish for human consumption.

The tremendous potential for aquaculture (fish farming) to meet the growing demand for fish for food and wealth creation needs to be balanced against the environmental degradation and pollution concerns associated with that industry, and these too will be considered.

Other topics related to fish diseases and market access and trade issues.

The event explored these issues and the required action if we are to maintain supplies of fish for human consumption, for the acquaculture industry, for the environment and for pleasure into the future.

Speakers

The event brought together international and national leaders and specialists in the broad range of issues of interest in Australia and globally related to fisheries, aquaculture and food security. These include :

The Hon Alexander Downer, Minister for Foreign Affairs

Senator The Hon Ian Macdonald, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry & Conservation

Dr Meryl Williams, Immediate Past Director-General, WorldFish Center; former Director, Australian Institute of Mari 15 April, 2005

Dr Sylvia Earle, research pioneer on marine ecosystems, National Geographic Society explorer-in-residence and former chief scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA

Dr Rosamond Lee Naylor , Julie Wrigley Senior Fellow, Center for Environmental Science and Policy, Stanford University, USA

Dr Geoffrey Allan, Principal Scientist (Aquaculture), NSW Fisheries; ACIAR Fisheries Program Consultant; Immediate Past President, World Aquaculture Society

Dr Keith J. Sainsbury, 2004 Japan Prize Laureate; Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Marine Research; AFMA Board Member, and Marine Stewardship Council Board Member and Chair of Technical Advisory Board

Mr Duncan Leadbitter, Regional Director - Asia Pacific, Marine Stewardship Council
Professor Robert Kearney, Board Chair, WorldFish Center

Biographical Details and Abstracts

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Biographical details and abstracts will also be provided in the information kit distributed to registrants at the event.

CONFERENCE 2004

FISH, AQUACULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY: Sustaining Fish as a Food Supply

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Biographical Details and Abstracts

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FISH, AQUACULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY:
Sustaining Fish as a Food Supply