Topic: Training for young women in aquaculture
Moving forward from Low trophic aquaculture to AI intensive fish farming applications. The role of Dept of Fisheries & Aquaculture, U. Patras, Missolonghi
Educational Visit of Women in Aquaculture in Messolonghi - FAO GFCM Program in Co-Organization with HAPO and FEAP. Scientific Advisory Committee on Aquaculture - Scientific Advisory Committee on Aquaculture (CAQ).
On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, as part of the training program for young women in aquaculture of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Aquaculture (CAQ), of the General Committee for Fisheries in the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) ) in co-organization with the Association of European Aquaculture Producers and the Hellenic Group of Aquaculture Producers (ELOPY) a visit of young women from Mediterranean countries to aquaculture took place.
The modern trends from expansive systems to intensive aquaculture and the use of Artificial Intelligence were analyzed by Dr. Dimitris K. Gkikas explaining the results of the FishAI research effort.
The importance of education in the development of Greek Aquaculture and the role of the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture of the University of Patras, which is based in Messolonghi, in the development of Greek Aquaculture was given by Associate Professor Ioannis Theodorou.
Dr. Dimitris C. Gkikas: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Agricutlural Sciences, University of Patras.