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Fellows’ Hafro seminar
7 May 2024
Sustainable aquaculture & stock assessment fellows, both hosted by the Marine and Freshwater Research Institute (HAFRÓ), are the focus of attention in our second fellows’ research seminar (in a series of three).
The event takes place at Fornubúðir 5 Hafnarfirði (big room 1st floor), Tuesday May 7th / from 09:30 to 15:00
>Join the seminar online - morning session
>Join the seminar online - afternoon session
Agenda:
| Time | Fellow | Country | Supervisor(s) | Preliminary title |
| 09:30 | Amalia Sanz Llorente | Cuba | Georges Lamborelle (Matís) | Growth trial in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) testing 6 fishmeals in RAS |
| 10:00 | María Joaquina Ibarra Arana | Nicargua | Theódór Kristjánsson (MFRI), Ragnar Jóhannsson (MFRI), Gunnvør á Norði (FIRUM /Faroe Islands) | Feasibility study for the implementation of small-scale production system of yellowtail snapper (Ocyurus chrysurus) and brown sea cucumber (Isostichopus badionotus) under Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) approach in Corn Island, Nicaragua. |
| 10:30 | Daniella Fatmata Sesay | Sierra Leone | Ólafur Sigurgeirsson (Univ. of Hólar), Theódór Kristjánsson (MFRI) | Aquaculture development in Sierra Leone: A case study of Bo districts |
| 11:00 | Krystal Facey | Jamaica | Birgitta Andreasen (FIRUM /Faroe Islands), Þorleifur Ágústsson | Evaluation of Aquaculture Effluents and Management Practices - A Case Study for Jamaica |
| 11:30 | Yamikani Balaka | Malawi | Amanda Vang (FIRUM /Faroe Islands), Árni Kristmundsson (Univ. of Iceland) | Assessment of biosecurity, compliance rate and fish health management practices of farmed fish in Malawi |
| Time | Fellow | Country | Supervisor(s) | Preliminary title |
| 13:00 | Rickson Lis | Papua New Guinea | Julian Burgos (MFRI), Magnus Thorlacius (MFRI) | Assessing stock abundance, size structure, and spatial distribution of five cites-listed sea cucumber species in developing strategic management strategy in Papua New Guinea |
| 13:30 | Gobiraj Ramajeyam | Sri Lanka | Will Butler (MFRI), Klara Jakobsdóttir (MFRI) | Beyond size: Assessing the status of three elasmobranchs in Sri Lankan water using length-based spawning potential ratio |
| 14:00 | Cesilia D. Mataba | Tanzania | Teresa Sofia Giesta da Silva (MFRI), Anna Heiða Ólafsdóttir (MFRI) | Shift in size at first maturity of Nile perch in Lake Victoria |
| 15:00 | Amara M. Johnson | Sierra Leone | Christophe S. Pampoulie (MFRI), Warsha Singh (MFRI) | Developing and implementing tools to gather local knowledge on bonga and catfish artisanal fisheries in northwest and southern region of Sierra Leone |
| 15:30 | Andrea T. M. Browne | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Einar Hjörleifsson (MFRI), Warsha Singh (MFRI) | Description of St Christopher and Nevis fisheries data management, extraction and visualization to foster sustainable management |