ACIAR-SPC Asia-Pacific Tropical Sea Cucumber Aquaculture Symposium 15-17 February 2011 Noumea, New Caledonia
The Asia-Pacific tropical sea cucumber aquaculture symposium was held February 15-17, 2011 at the Jacques Iekawé Conference Centre, SPC headquarters, Promenade Roger Laroque, Anse Vata, Nouméa, New Caledonia. Organizing agencies for the Symposium are the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).
The Symposium was an ACIAR initiative that focused on the current status of research on tropical sea cucumber aquaculture, covering a range of topics such as:
•recent advances in hatchery production technology,
•release strategies, farming techniques,
•management practices,
•post-harvest technologies for value adding,
•supply chains and marketing.
The Symposium aimed to identify gaps in current knowledge and generate recommendations for future research to support development of sustainable tropical sea cucumber aquaculture.
