The Aquaculture Europe Congress organized by European Aquaculture Society was celebrated this year (20-23th October) in Rotterdam (Netherlands). We were there presenting two oral communications which showed our work focused on Holothuria arguinensis' aquaculture and potential genetic effects of Paracentrotus lividus hatchery-release for restocking in wild populations. Not many presentations about echinoderm aquaculture were presented, but we attended to some interesting talks

Two weeks ago (23-25th November 2015), Dr. Mercedes Wangüemert and the PhD student, Jorge Domínguez, both researchers working in CCMAR, were in the Universidad Maritima de Panama to teach the course “Application of molecular tools on fishery management, aquaculture and restocking of sea cucumbers”. The course was organized thanks to the collaboration of Panamanian and Portuguese institutions: INDICASAT AIP (Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Servicios de Alta Tecnolog