Photo Dr Sergei Gorshkov TRANSDOTT ANNUAL MEETING EILAT

Photo: Dr. Sergei Gorshkov TRANSDOTT ANNUAL MEETING EILAT, ISRAEL 11 -14 Feb. 2013 „ADVANCES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES FOR TUNA PROPAGATION „ Hosted by IOLR/NCM Eilat Israel

TIMETABLE FOR MEETING BGU auditorium 18: 30 Reception at Hotel Agamim 10: 50 coffee 13: 05 lunch-BGU 14: 20 experience papers 16: 00 -18: 30 Marine observatory Invited lecturers and TRANSDOTT Reports Guests arrival Open meeting 09: 00 13/2/13 IOLR/NCM lecture hall Ardag tour 08: 00 -9: 00 Consortium meeting 09: 00 11: 00 coffee 13: 00 lunch * 14: 30 Yotvata tour 18: 30 Dinner-list of recommended places? Dinner-20: 00 * Food brought in (baguettes and/or humus, falafel, tehina etc. ) 14/2/13 IOLR/NCM lecture hall NCM tour 08: 00 -9: 00 Consortium meeting 09: 00 PLANNING 2013 12/2/13 Business Meeting planning for coming season 11/2/13 13: 00 lunch * 14: 30 Exkursion to Desert Dinner 20: 00 Last refuge or similar

TUESDAY 12 th February 8: 00 -8: 45 -Registration 9: 00 - 9: 15 Introductory and welcome remarks (Chris, Bill, Eilat Mayor) Session 1: Dott history (session chair: Robert Vassallo Agius) 9: 15 -9: 35 - History of BFT projects-Hillel Gordin (Israel) 9: 40 -10: 00 - Coordinator’s Short Introduction to TRANSDOTT – C. Bridges (Germany) Session 2: Transdott 2012 (session chair: Chris Bridges) 10: 00 -10: 20 - Report on the Malta season of 2012 -R. Vassallo Agius 10: 25 -10: 45 - Egg incubation and shipments in 2012 M. Spagnol (Malta) 10: 50 -11: 20 Coffee break 11: 25 -11: 45 - BFT larval rearing trials 2012 A. Sharman (Malta) 11: 50 -12: 10 - Report on the BFT activities of Panittica SPA, Italy-Year 2012 -M. Deflorio (Italy) 12: 15 -12: 35 - Report on BFT Activities of Futuna Blue Spain Year 2012 - Patricio Urrutia (Spain) 12: 40 -13: 00 - The combined effect of DHA and taurine on retinal development, prey ingestion and growth in first feeding larvae of Atlantic blue fin tuna Thunnus thynnus- B. Koven (Israel) 13: 05 -14: 15 Lunch Session 3: BFT farming in practice and research (session chair: Amos Tandler) 14: 20 -14: 40 - Comparative investigation of liver estrogen receptor gene expression in wild and captive Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (SELFDOTT) (Thunnus thynnus) -F. Borutta (Germany) 14: 45 -15: 05)- Molecular biological parentage and maternity analyses of multiple spawning events in tuna aquaculture- (SELFDOTT + TRANSDOTT) F. Borutta (Germany) 15: 10 -15: 30 - Spawning of the southern blue fin tuna-A. Elizur (Australia) 15: 35 -15: 55 - Neurobiological basis underlying the control of the onset of pubety in the Atlantic blue fin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in captivity. -N. Berkovitch (Israel) 16: 00 -16: 20 - Sexual maturity in western Atlantic bluefin tuna- G. Heinisch (USA) 16: 25 -16: 45 -Tuna farming in Turkey-K. Gamsiz (Turkey) 16: 50 - 17: 10 - TUNATECHS, an Aquaculture Start-Up Company- F. Borutta, S. Schulz (Germany) 17: 15 -17: 45 coffee break 17: 50 -18: 00 - Review of Kinki University Pacific Bluefin Tuna Propagation Programme- C Bridges (Germany) 18: 00 – 18: 30 - Round table discussion and summation.

WEDNESDAY 13 th February 09: 00 Business Meeting ( Reports on deliverables and milestones based on DOW) with contributions from partners as powerpoint presentations AGENDA 1. Coordinators Report – Finance, Annual Reports and Administration D 1. 1 ; D 1. 2 C. Bridges 2. WP. 2: Improvement in Broodstock Management and Gamete Production- Report D 2. 1 ; D 2. 2 ; MS 2 R. Vassalo 3. WP. 3: Development of Egg, Larval rearing and Feeding Strategies D 3. 1 B Koven 4. WP. 4: Improving Fingerling Production and Testing, Transportation to Cages and growing Techniques D 4. 1; D 4. 2; D 4. 3 ; D 4. 4 MFF 5. WP 5: Dissemination, Exploitation, Commercialisation D 5. 1, ; D 5. 2 C. Bridges D 5. 4; D 5. 5 FB S Chetcuti 6. Future Planning (summary will be discussed later in detail) 7. Any Other Business On-

THURSDAY 14 th February 09: 00 – 13: 00 Planning Meeting 2013 1. Broodstock 2. Egg collection and transport 3. Larval rearing 4. Fingerling transport 5. Commercialization , CA MOU´s and Cooperation's

TRAVEL AGENT HOTELS Einat Ben Hanan Travel Consultant Ofakim Carmel Haifa Ltd. Direct Phone: +972 4 8244 726 Mobile Phone: +972 52 2471 994 Office Phone: +972 4 8254 555 Fax Office: +972 4 8254 377 E-mail: einat_b@bezeqint. net Hotels: Vista Hotel Agamim Hotel Bill Koven, Ph. D Assoc. Professor Dept. Head Larval Rearing and Physiology Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research National Center for Mariculture P. O. Box 1212, Eilat 88112, Israel Office: +972 8 6361 443 Fax: +972 8 6375 761 Cell: +972 523 467 822