Following the posting of Message 32 on Thursday 29 June, no further messages were received, so the conference is now officially closed.

To those who participated, a very sincere thanks for devoting your time and effort to writing the messages. There were a lot of very high quality, carefully thought out contributions and we are extremely grateful for them.

To all those who registered for the conference, we hope it has been of benefit and of value to you and we hope you will register for other conferences in the future - the conference on the animal sector is ongoing and will run until 12 August. The conference on the fish sector is due to begin on 1 August. If you have colleagues who might be interested in them, don't hesitate to pass on this information.

Sincerely

Moderator, Conference 2