The congress theme, “Aquaculture: seas and rivers of opportunities”, indicates that aquaculture activity should be central to the concept of “blue growth” and should be a source of opportunities for entrepreneurship and the generation of jobs associated with this economic activity. The objective of the XVIII CNA, organized by the Spanish Aquaculture Society (SEA), is to support this idea and allow the results presented therein to contribute to its consolidation.

The congress, as usual, will be a place for different agents of the aquaculture sector to meet and debate, focusing on various aspects of aquaculture (nutrition and feeding, welfare, reproduction, genetics, economy and production, species diversification, engineering and technology, instrumentation and aquaculture processes, environmental sustainability, aquaculture management, etc.). In addition, it is expected to highlight the future lines that government authorities are designing for the sector.

Selected authors from the XVIII Spanish National Aquaculture Congress are invited to submit their original research and review papers to the Special Issue “Selected Papers from the XVIII Spanish National Aquaculture Congress Cádiz 2022—Aquaculture: Seas and Rivers of Opportunities” of Fishes (ISSN: 2410-3888), which will be fully peer reviewed for further selection and publication. More information about the Special Issue can be found here: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fishes/special_issues/OU017LG21H.

The Fishes journal will also sponsor the Best Poster award, and the winner will be selected by the conference.

To find out more about the conference please visit the following link: https://www.seacongresos.org/.