The Symposium, to be officially opened by the Rector of the University of Santiago, Mr. Juan M. Viaño Rey, Professor Paulino Martínez Portela from Acuigen research group, and the Galician Minister of Rural Affairs and the Sea, Mrs. Rosa Quintana Carballo, will be held at the Faculty of Law next 21st to 27th of June, making Galicia the international focus point for genetics in aquaculture.