Fifth International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture

Announcement and call for papers

The Fifth International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 3 - 7, 2000.  The ISTA Symposia are the principal meetings for tilapia producers, marketers and researchers and this will be the first held in South America.   For the year 2000, the meeting is being co-sponsored by the American Tilapia Association, and numerous other foreign and domestic aquaculture organizations.

The syposium will be held at the Sofitel Rio Palace Sheraton on Ipanema Beach.

The program will include over 100 technical papers, a trade show, banquet,auction, poster session, tours to Brazilian producers, and special tilapia industry and market reviews.

The early registration will be available from the Web Site at:
http://ag.arizona.edu/azaqua/ista/registration.htm"

Additional information regarding the conference schedule, lodging, presentation titles, and instructions to authors, etc. will be linked to this Web site or can be obtained from:

American Tilapia Association
1901 North Fort Myer Dr.,        Suite 700
Arlington, VA   22209   USA
or
Panorama da Aquicola
Jomar Carvalho Filho
Caixa Postal 62.555
22252-970
Rio de Janeiro

Tel (021) 553 1107
Fax (021) 553 3487