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Last week I had the incredible opportunity to attend the 12th Aquaculture Insurance and Risk Management Conference which took place on March 31 & April 1, 2011. It was held in Kinsale, Ireland, a small town near Cork in the south-west region of the country. With just under 100 people in attendance from 19 different countries, this Conference was the largest gathering of aquaculture insurance specialists anywhere in the world.
Over the 2-day event, a variety of presentations were given on different subjects relating to the field of aquaculture insurance. These topics included sustainability in aquaculture, national overviews of the aquaculture industry of several countries, a review of aquatic diseases and their impacts, biosecurity, legal issues, and the future of the aquaculture insurance market.
As my upcoming Master’s thesis project deals directly with aquaculture insurance, I attended the Conference to learn about the industry, in addition to making contacts that may contribute their expertise to my study. I feel as if I succeeded with both of these goals, as I learned a great deal and my project proposal was received with interest from many people.
The Conference was organized by Paddy Secretan, who has been involved in aquaculture insurance for many years and is arguably the premier authority when it comes to this specialist field. Paddy has been, and will continue to be, an invaluable resource for my thesis project, and he introduced me to many key people at the Conference.
Overall it was an incredible experience to meet and speak with so many experts in this field, and I am very excited to get many of them involved in my study when the work begins in a few short weeks.
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