GAF7 will be the seventh major conference organised by Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries Section and network of experts of the Asian Fisheries Society and builds on two earlier Women in Fisheries symposia.

As a new formal Section of the Asian Fisheries Society, and embarking upon its new journey, the first major activity of GAFS is organizing the standalone GAF7 - the 7th Global Symposium on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries. As a standalone event, participants will have more time to interact, meet new people with similar interests, and will be able to focus more on GAF7, without having to go off to present at or chair other sessions. Participants will find that the AIT environment is very conducive to meeting, interacting and developing future collaborations.

The theme for this Symposium is ‘Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries: Expanding the Horizons’.

A new GAF 101 training workshop is also proposed. This time, we are calling for proposals for such a course and the selection will be made on the topic and proposal for conducting the workshop. At the first GAF 101 at GAF6, the participants were exposed to asking the ‘why’ question and the focus was on developing the right hypothesis for their research work so as to lay the foundation for robust work and results. This GAF 101 should take the learning forward.

In addition, there will be a field trip to the aquaculture and fisheries locations in Thailand as part of GAF7 that will be announced soon.