Building Capacity and International Partnerships to Address Anthropogenic Impacts on Aquatic Animal Health: 44th Annual Conference of the International Association of Aquatic Animal Medicine.

摘要

The long-term goal of this project is to improve the ability of aquatic animal professionals worldwide to diagnose the effects of anthropogenic activities on animal health through training and capacity building. The goal of the project was met by hosting an international conference in Sausalito in April 2013 with four specific objectives: (1) Facilitate the exchange of information on methods for the detection of causes of trauma, disease, and mortality in aquatic animals amongst internationally recognized experts by delivery of plenary talks from world leaders followed by smaller break-out group discussions; (2) Train on-ground responders from countries with limited response capacity by enabling their attendance at hands-on workshops and post- conference training at TMMC; (3) Produce training documents from workshop and conference proceedings; and (4) Facilitate the development of international partnerships for assistance during emergency morbidity and mortality events through introductions and discussions throughout the workshop.