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From the Editor: More resources to come

April 29, 2025 By Jean Ko Din

I have been soaking up a series of presentations, webinars, and even in-person conversations about what is exciting in the world of genetics and broodstock at the moment. And, suffice to say, there is a lot!

For those in the industry who know me well enough, they know that my science background is limited to say the least. But, I am passionate about my role in bringing the most relevant information that will service the largest group of our readership community. It’s a difficult challenge for me on most days but because of my role as editor at Hatchery International, I have access to some of the most authoritative experts in the field.

This is what has inspired a new project for our publication. I want to call it HI Advantage. These webinars will be about creating a resource library of advanced education for hatchery professionals.

Our first project will be a three-part series on Applied Genetics. We will invite researchers and geneticists from all over to provide teachings on new advancements in the world of genetics.

The webinar series will launch at the end of our online Genetics theme week (April 21-25) with an exploration on the latest tools in genotyping. We are bringing in experts to talk about the latest genomic resources, advanced genome editing techniques, sterility breeding innovations and other hot topics in the world of genetics. I am still in the early stages of putting this together in consultation with very knowledgable geneticists in the industry. My hope is that these webinars will bring you new tools for understanding long-term success in aquaculture breeding programs.

This will not be the same, baseline subject matter that we would cover with our free Hatchery 101: Genetics & broodstock webinar (available now). That is for more practical application for our hatchery workers. This HI Advantage series is about higher professional learning.

You will gain access to live presentations from genetics experts, Q&A opportunities catered to your interests, plus a package of rich worksheets, questionnaires, and other downloadable resources.

Much of the content will be inspired by the industry conferences I’ve attended where the latest posters and research results are being presented to the regional aquaculture community in attendance. But when travel is not an option, we wanted to bring these expertise to you.

We believe in that the content that we are putting together will be worth the investment. There is so much expertise out there and through HI Advantage, we feel we can help save you time pouring over the latest journal articles, attending the latest poster presentations, and even reading new study summaries in our pages. Although we admit that it won’t fully replace the benefits of these things that I’ve mentioned, we believe that we can curate all that knowledge and share it in the most accessible format we can provide to our international audience.

I’m personally excited to try this new project idea for this year. I believe I can truly bring good value to our audience and I believe there is potential for it to continue to grow as a resource library for advanced professional learning.

Genetics, genomics, and broodstock management are the bread and butter of hatchery management. There are so many areas within this subject that we want to explore more deeply and I think this webinar series is our best opportunity to do so.

And if this new project gets a good response from this audience, I think it has endless potential to dive deeper in other areas of work, as well. You can let us know what you would like to see. We truly value reader feedback and you’ll be surprised what one idea can snowball into.If our team ever misses the mark, please don’t hesitate to reach out and give your two cents.

As I always like to say, my email inbox is always open at jkodin@annexbusinessmedia.com.

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