The 7th Offshore Mariculture Conference, held for the first time in Mexico, will
take place from 6th-10th March next year at the Ensenada Centre of the Arts,
Baja California. The Conference will help to identify and define the opportunities
available to fish farmers, investors and producers and will focus on the offshore
farming of marine fin fish and the production of Abalone, Seaweed and
Bivalves.

The conference programme is steadily growing with a number of confirmed
speakers in the session on finfish species currently being farmed in Mexico.
Day one will begin with an introduction by the Conference Chairman, Pablo
Arenas Fuentes, Director General of the Mexican National Institute of Fisheries
(INAPESCA).

Among the confirmed speakers is Pacifico Aquaculture, a striped bass producer
located 8 miles off the coast of Ensenada, offering the world’s only ocean raised
striped bass from the Pacific coast of Mexico. Their fish are raised in one of the
best locations in the world for responsible marine aquaculture; offering clear,
clean and deep oceanic waters with strong currents and excellent protection
from the elements.Pacifico state that their philosophy is ‘to build a business that
will feed the world with sustainable seafood for today and the future… while
creating a neutral impact on the ocean environment and a positive impact on
world fisheries’. The striped bass they produce can be enjoyed raw as sashimi
or sushi due to its sweet, mild flavour and firm texture that is prized by chefs in
California.

Other sessions to be included in the conference are filling up fast so this is your
last chance to submit an abstract. The programme will provide informative case
studies covering the following topics:

Recent developments in offshore mariculture

The Farming of Finfish in Baja California

Opportunities for the Mexican Market – worldwide case studies of alternative
species

Applied research: Studies into processes at the breeding and hatchery level

Market opportunities for sustainably raised offshore fish

The Offshore Farming Business – investments and considerations

Offshore Technology – innovation and opportunities

Nutrition for farmed fish: tradition vs change

How disease affects productivity

The value added supply chain


A further one and a half days of technical visits to several offshore fish farms,
hatcheries and research centres in the Ensenada region of Baja California will
bring the conference to a close. Offshore Mariculture 2017 has been deemed to
be of great importance by Federal and Regional Mexican government bodies
and has been granted their full official support, ensuring the highest level of
contribution on both domestic and international levels.

The cocktail welcome reception on the evening of the 6th March will mark the
start of the 7th Offshore Mariculture Conference. The following evening will host
the conference gala dinner at the beautiful Riviera cultural centre in Ensenada