Dear Colleagues and friends,
 
Thank you for registering for The Big Fish Series free online seminars brought to you by the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture and co-hosts. The purpose of this series is to highlight Seafood’s Roles in Sustainable Food Systems.

‘Is governance the missing ingredient for sustainable aquaculture?’ is the fourth seminar of the series co-hosted by The Centre of Sustainability Governance at Wageningen University & Research. Register here.

The Centre for Sustainability Governance at Wageningen University & Research contributes innovative approaches for addressing the challenges of governing sustainability from the local to the global scale. Its mission is strongly integrated in the domains of environment, food and health, through active collaborations with colleagues from natural and technical science disciplines.

A team of academics at the Centre have worked closely with a consortium of partners from around the world to address the challenges of governing aquaculture. The sustainability of the aquaculture industry is a shared goal among governments and markets around the world. But achieving sustainability is made challenging by the continued rapid expansion of the sector. Ensuring sustainability not only depends on improved practice on farms. It also depends on the governance of the industry. That is, the role that governments, the private sector, NGOs, certification organisations collectively play in developing legitimate solutions and opportunities for sustainable innovation.

‘Is governance the missing ingredient for sustainable aquaculture?’ explores the role of governance in realising the ambitions of the sector and introduces the Aquaculture Governance Indicators (AGI) as a framework for assessing the performance of aquaculture governance around the world.

The seminar will open with a short presentation outlining the research of the AGI provided by Dr Simon Bush, Wageningen University & Research. This will be followed by a video mash-up of academic, industry and consumer views and an interactive discussion on the topic with a diverse panel of experts.

We would like to invite you to participate in the event by providing your views on the topic in a short 30 second video.

How does the effectiveness of state and private governance effect your ambitions for sustainable aquaculture?

What challenges do you face in getting support for making changes to your farms?

Please send your short video messages in mp4 format via wetransfer to aqua@stir.ac.uk.

Further information can be found on The Big Fish Series website.

With many thanks,

Dave Little, Armin Sturm and Susan Fitzer
The Big Fish Series, Institute of Aquaculture