World Aquaculture Conference 2014

Excellent blog about World Aquaculture Adelaide Conference and Trade Show held in Adelaide 7-11 June 2014

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World Aquaculture Conference 2014 (WAA 2014) was held in Adelaide Convention Centre from June 7 until 11. This was the first time South Australia held this conference and was the biggest event the state ever held. Hosted by the World Aquaculture Society and sponsored by PIRSA, the conference has attracted approximately 3000 delegated from all over the world from aquaculture seafood sector to Adelaide and an estimate of $11.5 million has been injected into our state’s economy. Adelaidefoodies.com was chosen to be involved in this conference with live tweeting the contents. This was also the first time, to my best knowledge, that social media was classified as press along with traditional media. Those of you who follow me closely on twitter probably have seen a lot of pictures during the conference and heard me tweeting about stories behind each talk. Now, this post will show you more about my adventures…

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World Aquaculture Conference (3): Kangaroo Island

Big event for Australia which needs to be the beginning of fully utilising the resources Australia has been blessed with – clearly this needs to be done in a sustainable fashion but importantly we are dealing with a renewable resource which creates the best nutritious food you can put in your mouth

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Kangaroo Island (KI), the third largest island in Australia, has gained success in the aquaculture industry. Lying 112 km south-west to Adelaide, KI was often classified as a popular tourist destination. Prior to 2008, not many people has heard of aquaculture seafood from KI but more media and social media coverage were seen about the seafood produced from the island. In fact, the clean and cold water of KI produces some of the highest quality seafood in the world both in wild fisheries and in aquaculture. The region gained reputation among locals from wild fisheries traditionally. Purple scallop and purple sea urchins are just some examples of the broad range of wild fishery seafood from the island. However, in recent years, consumers are more likely to hear marrons, yabbies and abalones from the island. These species are farmed varieties from the aquaculture sector.

Photo courtesy of PIRSA

Abalones 

Abalones farming in South Australia…

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