Welcome
Welcome to the International Symposium on Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching website. The ISSESR series began in Norway in 1997. The series was stimulated by continuing concern over the decline of fisheries, coupled with emerging technologies in marine aquaculture and new efforts to quantify the effects of stocking aquacultured organisms into the sea. These symposia, which are held every 4 to 5 years, have connected scientists and others interested in the efficacy of using aquaculture to help sustain, replenish, enhance or investigate exploited fish and invertebrate populations.
MOST RECENT SYMPOSIUM IN THIS SERIES
In 2024, the 7th International Symposium on Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching was convened in Puerto Varas, Chile, on 5-8 November.
See details about the Symposium on the ISSESR7 website.
SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW
Persistent degradation of supporting ecosystem services, climate-based impacts, and overfishing continue to constrain the productivity of many fisheries across the world. The development of aquaculture-based enhancement and habitat-based enhancement (ABE-HBE), where appropriate, is critical to ameliorating the impacts of these pressures and securing the social and economic benefits that these fisheries support. The evaluation of ABE and HBE and developing ecological, social and economic indicators of success is an important component of responsible stocking. This paradigm continues to develop, with aquaculture-based enhancement increasingly important for managing threatened populations of a wide array of aquatic species. This is the 7th ISSESR in the series of symposia that began in Norway (Bergen) in 1997, and since then has been held in Japan (Kobe), China (Shanghai), the United States (Seattle and Sarasota) and Australia (Sydney). More Background on this symposium series can be accessed here.
