Post by ILVO (Instituut voor Landbouw, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek)

❓Would your marine department be available to host, at short notice, a delegation from India as part of the EU–India Joint Working Group on Ocean and Fisheries? Yes, of course! 🌊🐟 🙏 It was our pleasure, EU Agriculture and Food from the European Commission’s #DirectorateGeneralforMaritimeAffairsandFisheries, to guide you and the Indian delegation around in our #InnovOceanCampus in #Ostend. 🔬 We were delighted to introduce you to the following #marineresearch topics 👇: ✅ Hans Polet shared our reseach results on #algae ✅ Arlene Encendencia highlighted our work on #aquaculture, i.e. the production of shrimps ✅ Lies Vansteenbrugge explained into detail the procedures for #fishstock assessment ✅ Jasper Van Vlasselaer presented key facts about the Belgian #fishingsector, including initiatives to enhance sustainability and efforts to reduce discards and seafloor disturbance Joris Relaes Venkatesh Palani Samy Els Vanderperren Cathy Plasman Robbens Johan Kris Hostens