European Union of Aquarium Curators

EUAC Conference 2025

EUAC Conference 2025 will be hosted by Istanbul Akvaryum from the 6th until the 10th of October 2025.

Programme and abstract booklet

The detailed programm and the booklet can be found here

Workshop

Marine Teleost TAG - Eggspedition workshop taking place on the 6th of October in Istanbul. 

Practical information: Please meet in front of the aquarium at 9.45 on the 6th of October 2025. 

The workshop is organised by the Eggspedition Europe Working Group, a subgroup of the Marine Teleost TAG. The presenter is Sander van Lopik from the RoffaReefs Program at Rotterdam Zoo. The workshop aims to promote sustainable marine teleost breeding in European public aquariums by advancing techniques for egg collection and identification, which are foundational for future conservation efforts. These methods are already in use in in-situ projects led by RoffaReefs, with initial ex-situ tests underway at several EUAC member aquariums. Registration is now closed

Total time 3 Hours.

Introduction

10 mins

Sander & Attila

How to catch fish eggs?

15 mins

Dominique

Aquarium net collection (depending on group size in 2 groups)

30 mins

Sander/Attila and Jean Phillippe /Dominique

Back in ‘classroom’ for microscope work. Introduction microscope and sealife pilot

15 mins

Sander and Riaan (online)

Workshop egg picturing and sampling in 2 groups

40 mins

Sander/Attila and Jean Phillippe /Dominique

What can we do with all this information? A futureproof framework That leads to breeding programs

10 mins

Sander

Setting up a small-scale breeding effort

10 mins

Dominique and Jean Phillippe

Group discussion on how questions should be answered with our eggspedition WG

40 mins

In 2 groups (depending on attendance)

Wrap-up

10 mins

Attila