Target audience: young researchers (mostly PhD students, young pos-docs and late stage MSc students) but also industry representatives. Max. 25 participants.

Topics covered:

• Fish Reproduction
• Microbiology and larviculture
• Larval immunology
• Growth and muscle differentiation
• Ossification and malformations
• Digestive physiology
• Larval nutrition and feeding

Goals:

1) highlight the most recent developments in each topic;

2) promote a strong interaction between proactive trainees working in different aspects of Biological basis for improving fish larvae quality and highly experienced academics.

Venue:  5 - 7th December 2012, CCMAR - University of Algarve (Faro, Portugal)

Organizing Committee: Cláudia Aragão, Sofia Engrola, Maria Teresa Dinis, Luís Conceição

Trainning School organized under the LARVANET COST Action (Critical success factors for fish larval production in European Aquaculture: a multidisciplinary network, FA COST Action FA0801).