Aquaculture 2019 in numbers and pictures

10 March 2019, at 9:24pm

A selection of images from this week's Aquaculture 2019 event in New Orleans, which attracted a record 3,500 participants from 85 countries, 205 trade stands, 104 sessions, 1,350 speakers and 225 posters.

Endangered diamondback terrapins are among the species being produced at Mississipppi Department of Marine Resources' Lyman facility
Key figures from the American Aquaculture Association got into the spirit of Mardi Gras for a silent auction
Mist rising off the Mississippi after the President's Reception at the New Orleans Aquarium
The event attracted delegates from all over the US, including farmers from Florida
Exhibitors from nearly 100 countries took part
Barry Costa-Pierce chaired a number of sessions, including one on ecological aquaculture
Bill Martin of Blue Ridge Aquaculture gave a stirring call for the US tilapia sector to raise its game
5m Publishing's Ksenia Warnett at the trade show
Jim Tidwell, author of Largemouth Bass Aquaculture, receives an award
The algal production facility at the Thad Cochrane Marine Aquaculture Center
More New Orleans shenanigans
The trade show had 205 stands
Event organiser Mario Stael, is "pleased with how the event has grown in line with the growth of the industry"
The paddlesteamer Nachez in the mist
Blue crab broodstock at the Mississipppi Department of Marine Resources' Lyman facility
The Lyman facility has a selection of ponds suitable for the growth of numerous saltwater species
Some delegates found the time to find out why Louisiana is known as 'The Sportsman's Paradise'
Tripletail at the Thad Cochrane Marine Laboratory