The results of our work with RAD Global and ThinkAqua on the use of black soldier fly larve as feed substitute for tilapia has now been published.
This new article in The Conversation considers the issues around wild fishery utilisation for aquaculture feeds
Stirling staff joined other SAFE Project partners to present research results at Aquaculture Europe 2026 in Ljubljana
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Simão Zacarias, has received the Inaugural “Early Career Impact Award” at the 10th Animal Welfare Research Network Annual meeting in the UK
Under the EU and UKRI funded SAFE project, Susaquastirling.net members led on the organisation of a three-session online Summer School to share research findings.
Scottish undergraduate intern Marion Short is carrying out a 6 week tilapia feed trial (monosex vs mixed sex) on a commercial fish farm in Thailand. Marion is working in conjunction with Institute's Ghanaian student Dorcas Mensah's MSc thesis project under the supervision of Professor David Little - The project and internship is being sponsored by international aquaculture company Grobest and Sainsburys supermarket.... Thanks also to Nam Sai Farms ......
On 1st June 2017 John Bostock attended the kick-off meeting of a new expert group established by the European Commission to advise on skills and career development in the "blue economy". It is anticipated that the process will help encourage more interdisciplinary collaborations and encourage innovations in training provision across the sector.
This is a Newton Institutional Link Project coordinated by researchers from Stirling University and Kafrelsheikh University in collaboration with Europharma UK, WorldFish Centre Egypt and Egyptian Union of Fishermen Cooperatives on behavioural prophylaxis for improved culture system design and management in the Egyptian tilapia industry.
