During October 2024, Simão Zacarias attended the Responsible Seafood Summit in St Andrews – Scotland and presented on “The Paths to Viable Alternatives to Shrimp Eyestalk Ablation”
Dr Richard Newton participated in the “International Fisheries and Aquaculture Conference - Ways to a Circular Economy” in September 2024 in Madrid, Spain, representing the SAFE project.
With supporf from the Fishmongers’ Company, the Institute of Aquaculture recently hosted a workshop on conservation aquaculture for wild Atlantic salmon management.
New publication on the survival of L. vannamei offspring from ablated and non-ablated female broodstock when challenged with Acute Hepatopancreatic Necrosis Disease (AHPND) and White Spot Disease.
The Sustainable Aquaculture Group recently collaborated with WorldFish to deliver a webinar on the emergence of alternative seafood and future research needs
At the start of December 2020 The Systems Group led a five-day online research sandpit on “Sustainable Intensification: Integrating Aquaculture into Food Systems”
John Bostock recently presented at a WAS-APC Webinar on the comparative characteristics of biofloc and recirculated aquaculture systems for urban and peri-urban environments.
A big congratulations to Simão on winning this prestigious award from the Global Aquaculture Alliance for his work on shrimp maturation without the need for eyestalk ablation
The Sustainable Aquaculture Group have been working with WorldFish and other partners to document and understand the ways in which the covid-19 pandemic is affecting stakeholders in seafood value chains.