2024 Sea Lice Conference to be held in Glasgow
The International Sea Lice Conference 2024 will take place in Glasgow on 10-12 September next year in Strathclyde University’s Technology and Innovation Centre.
The announcement was made today by the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), which led Scotland’s successful bid to host the event.
SAIC added that an exciting programme of site visits was still to be confirmed.
The venue is the same as that used for SAIC’s sell-out Sustainable Aquaculture Summit held in May.
14th edition
The International Sea Lice Conference brings together experts from the world’s salmon farming regions to present on the latest knowledge about the parasite and advances in treatment.
The 2024 conference will be the 14th event since the 1992 inception of the series. The conference was last held in Scotland in Aberdeen in 2001.
The decision-making process for the 2024 conference began during the 2022 summit, hosted by the Faroe Islands after a two-year Covid delay. SAIC’s bid highlighted the growing role of Scottish aquaculture in serving the global need for sustainable protein and the importance of collaboration and knowledge sharing across the sector to tackle environmental and health challenges.
SAIC chief executive Heather Jones said at the time: “It is great to see such an important global summit returning to Scotland, where our aquaculture sector is thriving, and we have a wealth of leading academic expertise.
“In collaboration with other ‘Team Scotland’ organisations, SAIC is looking forward to welcoming representatives from the international academic community to share knowledge and new ideas about the management of sea lice, which is an ongoing focus for the sector as we continue to expand the economic impact of aquaculture while minimising its environmental footprint.”
