Photo:Dr. Sergei Gorshkov

TRANSDOTT ANNUALMEETING

EILAT, ISRAEL11-14 Feb.2013

Hosted by IOLR/NCM EilatIsrael

„ADVANCES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES FOR

TUNA PROPAGATION „

TIMETABLE FOR MEETING12/2/13 13/2/13 14/2/1311/2/13

16:00-18:30Marine observatory

18:30 Reception at Hotel Agamim

Open meeting

13:05 lunch-BGU

09:00

Dinner-20:00

Consortium meeting

13:00 lunch *

Ardag tour 08:00-9:00

09:00

Dinner-list of recommended places?

14:30

Yotvata tour

Dinner-20:00

Consortium meetingNCM tour 08:00-9:00

09:00

BGU auditorium IOLR/NCM lecture hall IOLR/NCM lecture hall

14:30

Exkursion to Desert

Dinner 20:00 Last refuge or

similar

14:20

18:30

10:50 coffee

11:00 coffee

13:00 lunch *

* Food brought in (baguettes and/or humus, falafel, tehina etc.)

TUESDAY 12th February

8:00-8:45-Registration9:00- 9:15 Introductory and welcome remarks (Chris, Bill, Eilat Mayor)

Session 1: Dott history (session chair: Robert Vassallo Agius)9:15-9:35- History of BFT projects-Hillel Gordin (Israel)9:40-10:00- Coordinator’s Short Introduction to TRANSDOTT – C. Bridges (Germany)

Session 2: Transdott 2012 (session chair: Chris Bridges)10:00-10:20- Report on the Malta season of 2012 -R. Vassallo Agius 10:25-10:45- Egg incubation and shipments in 2012 M. Spagnol (Malta) 10:50-11:20 Coffee break11:25-11:45- BFT larval rearing trials 2012 A. Sharman (Malta)11:50-12:10- Report on the BFT activities of Panittica SPA, Italy-Year 2012-M. Deflorio (Italy)12:15-12:35- Report on BFT Activities of Futuna Blue Spain Year 2012- Patricio Urrutia (Spain)12:40-13:00- The combined effect of DHA and taurine on retinal development, prey ingestion and growth in first feeding larvae of Atlantic blue fin tuna Thunnus thynnus- B. Koven (Israel)13:05-14:15 Lunch

Session 3: BFT farming in practice and research (session chair: Amos Tandler)14:20-14:40- Comparative investigation of liver estrogen receptor gene expression in wild and captive Atlantic Bluefin

Tuna (SELFDOTT) (Thunnus thynnus) -F. Borutta (Germany) 14:45-15:05)- Molecular biological parentage and maternity analyses of multiple spawning events in tuna aquaculture-

(SELFDOTT + TRANSDOTT) F. Borutta (Germany) 15:10-15:30- Spawning of the southern blue fin tuna-A. Elizur (Australia)15:35-15:55- Neurobiological basis underlying the control of the onset of pubety in the Atlantic blue fin tuna (Thunnus

thynnus) in captivity.-N. Berkovitch (Israel)16:00-16:20- Sexual maturity in western Atlantic bluefin tuna- G. Heinisch (USA)16:25-16:45-Tuna farming in Turkey-K. Gamsiz (Turkey) 16:50- 17:10- TUNATECHS, an Aquaculture Start-Up Company- F. Borutta, S. Schulz (Germany) 17:15-17:45 coffee break17:50-18:00- Review of Kinki University Pacific Bluefin Tuna Propagation Programme- C Bridges (Germany)18:00 – 18:30- Round table discussion and summation.

WEDNESDAY 13th February

09:00 Business Meeting ( Reports on deliverables and milestones based on DOW) with contributions from partners as powerpoint presentations

AGENDA

1.Coordinators Report – Finance, Annual Reports and AdministrationD 1.1 ; D1.2 C. Bridges

2. WP.2: Improvement in Broodstock Management and Gamete Production- Report D 2.1 ; D2.2 ; MS 2 R. Vassalo

3. WP.3: Development of Egg, Larval rearing and Feeding Strategies D 3.1 B Koven 4. WP.4: Improving Fingerling Production and Testing, Transportation to Cages and On-growing Techniques D 4.1; D4.2;D4.3 ; D4.4 MFF 5. WP5: Dissemination, Exploitation, Commercialisation D 5.1,; D5.2 C. Bridges D 5.4; D 5.5 FB S Chetcuti 6. Future Planning (summary will be discussed later in detail) 7. Any Other Business

THURSDAY 14th February

09:00 – 13:00 Planning Meeting 2013

1.Broodstock

2.Egg collection and transport

3.Larval rearing

4.Fingerling transport

5.Commercialization ,CA MOU´s and Cooperation's

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