As part of the Small Tilapia Matters project we have produced a spreadsheet to help compare tilapia production strategies in tropical cages.
Dr Alexander Kaminski answers questions about his recent publication “Growing smaller fish for inclusive markets? Increasing stocking density and shortening the production cycle of Nile tilapia in cages on Lake Victoria”
Professor David Little shares his contribution to a workshop on fish seed supply for aquaculture organised by the FAO in Szarvas, Hungary.
We have a PhD studentship available: “Investigating comprehensive sustainability indicators for global aquaculture”
The Scottish salmon farming industry could generate an additional £23.7 million a year if it used its salmon by-products more judiciously.
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.
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.
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.
