TY - JOUR
T1 - The First GCC Marine Biotechnology Symposium
T2 - Emerging Opportunities and Future Perspectives
AU - Goddard, Stephen
AU - Delghandi, Madjid
AU - Dobretsov, Sergey
AU - Al-Oufi, Hamed
AU - Al-Habsi, Saoud
AU - Burgess, J. Grant
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the unattributed contributions of the symposium delegates to this paper. Financial and logistical support for the symposium was provided by Sultan Qaboos University, the Research Council, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Wealth, Sultanate of Oman.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - With its diverse, living marine resources and rapidly growing educational and research infrastructure, the Sultanate of Oman is well-positioned to take advantage of the commercial opportunities presented by marine biotechnology. In recognition of potential development, an international symposium, Marine Biotechnology—Emerging Opportunities and Future Perspectives, was held in Muscat, November 12–13, 2013. Three keynote addresses were given, 23 oral presentations made, and a poster exhibition held. The final session reviewed national and regional issues, and the delegates agreed informally on a number of future actions. The potential for future development of marine biotechnology was recognized by all delegates, and following the symposium, they were surveyed for their views on how best to sustain and develop new activities. One hundred percent of respondents found the meeting useful and would support future symposia in the region. Fifty-one percent of Omani respondents recognized major organizational challenges and obstacles to the development of marine biotechnology compared with 23 % of overseas respondents. The need for greater collaboration between research institutions within the GCC region was recognized by 98 % of all respondents. The presentations and survey outcomes are reviewed in this paper.
AB - With its diverse, living marine resources and rapidly growing educational and research infrastructure, the Sultanate of Oman is well-positioned to take advantage of the commercial opportunities presented by marine biotechnology. In recognition of potential development, an international symposium, Marine Biotechnology—Emerging Opportunities and Future Perspectives, was held in Muscat, November 12–13, 2013. Three keynote addresses were given, 23 oral presentations made, and a poster exhibition held. The final session reviewed national and regional issues, and the delegates agreed informally on a number of future actions. The potential for future development of marine biotechnology was recognized by all delegates, and following the symposium, they were surveyed for their views on how best to sustain and develop new activities. One hundred percent of respondents found the meeting useful and would support future symposia in the region. Fifty-one percent of Omani respondents recognized major organizational challenges and obstacles to the development of marine biotechnology compared with 23 % of overseas respondents. The need for greater collaboration between research institutions within the GCC region was recognized by 98 % of all respondents. The presentations and survey outcomes are reviewed in this paper.
KW - Aquaculture
KW - Biodiversity
KW - Biofouling
KW - Marine biotechnology
KW - Marine natural products
KW - Marine policy
KW - Oman
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U2 - 10.1007/s10126-015-9617-0
DO - 10.1007/s10126-015-9617-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 25663285
AN - SCOPUS:84939997572
SN - 1436-2228
VL - 17
SP - 285
EP - 289
JO - Marine Biotechnology
JF - Marine Biotechnology
IS - 3
ER -
