The Offshore Mariculture 2010 conference will be held in Dubrovnik, Croatia from 16 to 18 June. The conference is held every two years and this year will be the third time the event is being held. Previous editions of the conference were in Malta in 2006 and in Alicante in 2008. Titled “Exploring the progress and prospects for offshore mariculture in European and international waters”  the conference this year will include sessions on policy, practical operation, spatial planning, ecological monitoring and future technologies. The organisers of the conference Mercator Media have announced that seveal leading organisations including The European Aquaculture Technology & Innovation Platform (EATiP), the Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP), the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) and HGK, Grupacija akvakulture, the aquaculture affiliation of the Croatian Chamber of Economy (and member of FEAP) have all pledged their support to the Conference. Members of these associations will be entitled to a 10% reduction in the conference fee. The conference includes a spotlight on Croatia session that will look at Croatia’s mariculture industry. The main marine farmed species in Croatia are seabass, seabream, and bluefin tuna. Volumes of seabass and seabream are not large, production amounted to 4,000 tonnes in 2007, but they have been growing steadily over the last six years. According to Miro Kucic, President of the Fishing and Fish Processing Association in the Croatian Chamber of Economy, the goal of the industry is to reach a production of 10,000 tonnes with some farms planning hatchery facilities with a capacity of 40 million juveniles. The conference will feature two days of presentations followed on the third day by a visit to a fish farm.