Visiting lecturer 2007

To honor the new line of specialization on aquaculture the visiting lecturer this year is Prof. Sena S. De Silva the general director of NACA, the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific.

NACA has 17 member countries, among them some of the world leading countries in aquaculture, including China, India, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. http://www.enaca.org/

Prof Sena de Silva has a long and distinguished carrier in aquaculture research and education , and has been awarded numerous national and international awards for his contribution. Among these are the Gold Medal Award of the Asian Fsiheries Society in 2004 and the Honorary Life membership of the World Aquaculture Society.

Prof de Silva will deliver a series of lectures on Aquaculture with special reference to developments in Asia. The lectures will be held on the 1st floor of the MRI. Each lecture will be about 50 minutes long and then there will be an opportunity for questions and a discussion afterwards for about 30 minutes:

Wednesday 5 December at 10:00 Why Fish? Why Aquaculture?

Wednesday 5 December at 14:00 Asian Aquaculture.

Thursday 6 December at 10:00 Fronties in Asian Aquaculture

Friday 7 December at 14:00 Challenges facing Asian Aquaculture