Archive - GP 2017

AIT, Thailand

The fourth major international event on giant freshwater prawns (Macrobrachium spp.) was organised by the Asian Institute of Technology from 20-24 March 2007. The conference, organised by Salin Krishna (AIT) and Michael New, OBE, built on a series of highly successful events that trace back to the very beginnings of the industry.

The conference was co-hosted by the Thai Department of Fisheries and the Can Tho University, Vietnam, and supported by the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia Pacific (NACA) as partner of the event. The conference was preceded by an optional three-day intensive Workshop on Advances in Prawn Hatchery Management. A special session on gender issues was included.

Speakers included Peter Mather (Australia), MdAyaz Hasan Chisty (Bangladesh), Fatima Ferdouse Razeghpanah (Bangladesh), Patricia Moraes Valenti (Brazil), Wagner Cotroni Valenti (Brazil), Yang Guoliang (China), Zhang Tai-Zhuo (China), C. Mohanakumuran Nair (India), Endhay Kusnendar (Indonesia), Amir Sagi (Israel), Assaf Shechter (Hong Kong), Ilan Karplus (Israel), Mohd Fariduddin Othman (Malaysia), Nyan Taw and SoeTun (Myanmar), Timothy Pickering (Pacific Islands), Nikolina Kovatcheva (Russia), Rohana Subasinghe (Sri Lanka), Philip T. Cheng, Amararatne Yakupitiyage (Thailand), Salin Krishna (Thailand), Donghuo Jiang (Thailand), Rapeepun Vanichviriyakit (Thailand), Uthiarat Na-Nakorn (Thailand), Natthapong Wannapat (Thailand), Nitikorn Piwpong (Thailand), William Daniels (USA), James Tidwell (USA), Nguyen Thanh Vu (Vietnam), Patrick Sorgeloos (Belgium) and Tran Ngoc Hai (Vietnam).

The technical sessions of Giant Prawn 2017 were excellent, wide-ranging and thoroughly enjoyed by all; it is evident that Macrobrachium farming has come a long way since its humble beginnings and has now reached a considerable level of sophistication. Unfortunately Michael New could not attend the event due to unforeseen circumstances at the last minute, but we are assured he was in there in spirit!