Sturgeon and inland fisheries in Europe: eco-innovations for healthy waters and the economy

10:00 Welcome, guest speeches

10:20 Changes in fish farming technology and river management to improve freshwater habitats – A Danish experience - Jacob Bergnballe (AKVA group)

10:40 "The Sturgeon in Finland: Past and Present" - Teppo Vehanen (HELCOM)

11:00 Sustainable sturgeon farming in recirculating systems: 2 small topics: replacement of proteins in feed by single cell proteins produced on methane and the use of microbioom analyses to monitor the sturgeon health. - Stefan Teerlinck (Uniwersytet Gent)

11:20 Rearing of sturgeon hatchlings and fry in fish farms – MSc Eng. Wojciech Fopp

11:40 Fish vaccination as a tool supporting ecological fish farming management – MSc Eng. Michal Cydzik

12:00 Q&A

12:10 Coffee break

Discussion Panels

12:40 "The EU without the EU? — the future of Polish aquaculture after the EU" - Analysis of the impact of EU funds on dynamic development, the role of national funds, threats and potential scenarios without access to the EU - Analysis of the impact of EU funds on dynamic development, the role of national funds, threats and potential scenarios without access to the EU. (moderator Tomasz Czerwinski + 5 panelists)

13:20 Technological leaps in fish farms - Discussion of new technologies: precision aquaculture, microbiome monitoring and digital management. (moderator Jakub Roszuk + 5 panelists)

14:00 Veterinary medicine, law and fish health: the key to effective and safe fish farming - i.e. the practice of monitoring the microbiome and preventing diseases in stocks. (moderator Anna Wisniewska + 5 panelists)

14:40 Q&A Summary