PhD Simao Zacharias (Mozambique), and MSc alumni Nick Mendoza and Alexandra Pounds (US) have been recognised by Global Aquaculture Alliance for their contributions to the international aquaculture and related research sectors
Economist article IOA alumni: Counting Fish and Chickens How the growth of cities changes farming
New research on more efficient use of by-products in the Scottish salmon farming industry
The Scottish salmon farming industry could generate an additional £23.7 million a year if it used its salmon by-products more judiciously.
- New research from the Sustainable Aquaculture Group , has found that the total by-product value output could be improved by 803 percent (£23.7 million), based on 2015 figures, adding 5.5 percent to the value of the country's salmon industry.
PhD Opportunities (X 5) at the Institute of Aquaculture
IMAQulate Project 2nd Annual Progress and Planning Meeting: Andra Pradesh, India
The BBSRC-funded IMAQulate project held its second annual progress and planning meeting in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, from 9th-15th January 2018. Partners from the UK, India, Bangladesh and Kenya met to discuss the progress made in situation analyses of PHP use on farms, hatcheries and nurseries, as well as microbiological analyses of PHP products and extraction and isolation of saponins from a variety of natural sources to test potential beneficial effects on fish immunity.
IMMANA Project Nutrition-sensitive aquaculture - charting the future for everyday superfoods
Professor Little writes from Cambodia:
I’m in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, home to the UNESCO World Heritage centre Angkor Wat, where a global workshop on nutrition-sensitive fish agri-food systems is just finishing.
Happy New Year from all of us in the Sustainable Aquaculture Group Best wishes for 2018
Stirling to lead study on Closed Containment Systems in Scotland
Stirling takes part in a conference on Aquaculture in Central and Eastern Europe
Dimitar Taskov, a PhD student representing the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling University, gave a talk titled “Overview and financial performance analysis of the Bulgarian aquaculture sector” at the Network of Aquaculture Centres in Central-Eastern Europe’s (NACEE) Conference in Gorki, Belarus on 29th Nov 2017.