The Mangrove Shellfish session will recognize forty-six students and research associates who applied for ‘Jimmy Alcivar Arteaga Student Travel Awards’ from the FUCOBI Foundation of Ecuador (fucobi.org) to attend Aquaculture 2025. Applicants represented 16 countries: Ecuador (9), India (7), Mexico (5), USA (5), Kenya (4), Peru (3), China (2), Philippines (2), Uganda (2), Bangladesh (1), Belgium (1), Canada (1), France (1), Nigeria (1), South Africa (1), and Tanzania (1). In addition, four scientists will be recognized as winners of FUCOBI’s 2025 "Outstanding ONE HEALTH Researchers in Aquaculture and Fisheries” awards: Daniel Friess, Chistopher Puttock, and Alfredo Quarto from the USA (3) and Jianbo Yuan from China (1).
Speakers will address the following topics: Blue carbon and other ecosystem services in mangrove forests (Friess), The mangrove epigenome (MangroveENCODE) project of the FUCOBI Foundation: A One Health approach to conserving mangroves biodiversity (Rodriguez), What is Rotary and How does Rotary work for shellfish (Puttock), Status of the mangrove forests of Peru (Campos), Heavy metals in mangrove sediment and native species from the genus Anadara sp. and Penaeus sp. (Echevarria-Flores), Rhizosphere sulfur oxidizing communities dominate plant-microbe interactions in mangrove ecosystems (He), Trace metals in muscle of Penaeus vannamei from Ecuador and El Salvador, and P. monodon of Philippines (Aveiga), Evaluation of the effect of glyphosate on P. vannamei: enzyme activity profiles and oxidative stress as an indicator (Amutha), A One Health analysis of estuarine pollutants affecting mangrove crabs and related consumers in Ecuador (De Cock), What is meant by “mangrove friendly aquaculture?” (Quarto), Some don’t like it noisy: shipping noise alters the behaviour and habitat usage of waved whelk Buccinum undatum (Gastropoda) (Uboldi), Distribution, population structure and fishery potential of the golden deep-sea crab Chaceon somaliensis in the Kenyan coast (Makokha), Trash to treasure: harnessing local resilience to combat ghost nets in Bangladesh (Mamun), A transposable element–epigenetics One Health perspective to understand antimicrobial resistance and contamination by EDCs (glyphosate, metals), microplastics, DEPH, PFAS- and adaptation to climate change (Rodulfo), Integration of chromatin accessibility and gene expression identifies osmoregulation-related transcription factors in penaeid shrimp (Yuan), Shrimp Scampi: A Citizen Science Project - educating about microbes and EDCs using foldscopes (Warren), Taxonomy of shellfish follows the classification by the World Register of Marine Species, only Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931 is accepted - Litopenaeus vannamei is not accepted (Alcivar-Warren), Effects of microalgae with normal and high lipids on gonadal development of northern quahogs Mercenaria mercenaria (Kallau), Welfare in shrimp P. vannamei: eyestalk ablation, sentience and pain perception – a review (Asuncion), Enhancing marine ecosystems and promoting sustainable aquaculture: ESRAG’s commitment to a healthier planet (DeWitt) and, Workshop: How to write effective global grants to apply for funding for your project by Rotary International (DeWitt, Rico).