The 2026 Belt and Road International Workshop on Mariculture Technologies runs in Qingdao, China, from 19 October to 2 November 2026. Hosted by China's Ministry of Science and Technology and organised by the Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute and the NACA Secretariat, the workshop shares China's mariculture technologies with Belt and Road developing countries. It supports the Food and Agriculture Organization's Blue Transformation and United Nations goals on hunger, food security and nutrition. Twenty participants will join thematic lectures, academic exchanges, hands-on training and farm visits. Topics include genetic breeding, new mariculture models, disease control, nutrition and feed, and product safety and processing. Training is in English and open to fishery officials, researchers, managers and technical staff who hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent. Registration is free and the organiser covers local costs. Applications close at 8am Beijing time on 7 September 2026.
Fish supply about 60% of the animal protein eaten in Bangladesh, and almost all of the fry stocked in the country's ponds now come from hatcheries rather than from the wild. That shift rests on induced breeding: hormone treatment that brings carp into spawning condition, producing the seed farmers need as it is required.
A first-hand account from a commercial hatchery in Jashore follows carp breeding through a full production cycle, from the brood ponds to bags of fry loaded onto a truck. It explains why hormones are needed, how brood fish are conditioned and selected, application of common inducing agents, and how spawning, incubation and early rearing are managed. It also looks at what limits hatchery performance in practice, where poor record-keeping, unclear broodstock lineage and everyday problems such as power cuts affect the quality of the seed farmers receive.
An Artemia Session was held on 5 June at the World Aquaculture 2026 conference in Singapore. The session was facilitated by the International Artemia Aquaculture Consortium and covered the outcome of the World Bank PROBLUE Artemia Study Accelerating Brine Shrimp Artemia Aquaculture Production and Conservation for a Resilient Blue Economy.
The session featured case studies from China, Bangladesh, Thailand, Uzbekistan, Iran and Kenya. Presentations (PPTs and videos) from the session are available for download, and video presentations are available for viewing online.
NACA has scoured the internet and put together a Free Bookshelf page with links to all the free aquaculture manuals and technical publications that we could find. These include manuals by NACA and NACA Lead Centres such as SEAFDEC AQD, by FAO, and by other institutions from around the world.
The list can be filtered by topic, so it’s easy to find manuals relevant to your interest. But since they’re free, why not collect them all? In the coming days we may also add links to free magazines and podcasts that we feel are worthy of your attention.
