Water and Facce JPIs at EIFAAC Symposium Dresden, Germany, 9-11 September 2019

This year’s EIFAAC (European Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture Advisory Commission) symposium focused on the theme “Food Safety and Conservation in Inland Fisheries and Aquaculture”.  More than 90 experts from 15 countries met to discuss the development and advance inter- and transdisciplinary approaches regarding commercial and recreational inland fisheries, aquacultures and conservation questions. Parallel sessions addressed topics related to food safety and security, product and sustainability certification as well as sustainability and conservation, focussing on diadromous species and conservation conflicts. One of the sessions offered an occasion to present the first outputs of the ERA-NET Cofund WaterWorks2015 launched by the Water and FACCE JPIs in 2016. During this session, the state of the art of the Common Vision for adapting the strategies of the Water and FACCE JPI was presented. The audience was informed about the ongoing discussion between both JPIs and was given a short overview of the JPIs themselves. This ensured a common level of knowledge among participants and provided valuable information at European level. The symposium included a one-day excursion to the Lusatia region, where participants learned about the regional carp production, visited the School and Research Institute on Fisheries, the “House of a 1000 Ponds” – the UNESCO biosphere reserve info centre and the lake Bärwald, an old coal mining now used as a lake. The event was organized by the Federal Ministry for Food and Agriculture (BMEL), supported by the Thünen-Institute and the Saxon State Ministry of the environment and agriculture, Germany. More information can be found here.