Fish farming technology on display at Asia-Pacific Aquaculture 2017
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Luca Micciche and Ana Mathieu Rengel of Pentair
Mikhail Orlon and Ekaterina from Fishance Berhad Stephanie with colleagues Yang Sheng Lee and Chris Haake on the MSD Aquavac stand
by Roger Gilbert, International Aquafeed
sia-Pacific Aquaculture, the regional chapter of the World Aquaculture Society, is going from strength-to-strength. This was perfectly illustrated in this year’s event held in the Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in late July 2017. The event attracted 2834 participants from 46 countries to attend 37 conference and break-out session and view some 120 poster displays. There were 325 presentations in total and over 170 exhibitors on the exhibition floor. Not only is the science and research behind aquaculture that’s of key importance and which is the traditional focus of the WAS events, but the display of technologies and the latest developments from companies supporting the expansion of the industry is vital to the success of aquaculture; particularly in Asia where fish farming is widely accepted and fish a central protein source in the daily diet. APA 2017 tick all those boxes and in fact hosted the most concentrated display of equipment and service companies to be hosted by the organisation in Asia so far, and in response, the visitors attended in huge numbers. The event was busy for the full three days, with the exhibition hall being almost over-crowded at key times. APA 2017 was hosted by Department of Fisheries (DOF), Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based
Steve Turner, Christina Garcia Diez and Alvaro Rodriquez
Fasrshad Shishehchian, CEO of Blur Aqua
Holger, Pradeep and Nikolaus of Leiber
Alexandros Samartzis (left), Grant Xi and the rest of the Evonik team
Supornchai Sri-Nhonghang (left), herve (3rd) and kabir (right) with colleagues and friends on Jefo stand
Patrick Lavens, Innovations Director for INVE
Sandor van Oudheusden of Sonac with a client
Vincent Chia of Wynn Tech United, part of Nanrong Group
48 | September 2017 - International Aquafeed