Congratulations to Dr Mausam Budhathoki who formally graduated in November 2025.
The Institute of Aquaculture community converged on the Holy Trinity Church Hall on the evening of 17th October for its annual International Food Night
Richard Newton and John Bostock recently attended the annual consortium meeting for the SmartAqua4FuturE project which was hosted by CIIMAR in Porto, Portugal.
New funding from Open Philanthropy will enable the Institute of Aquaculture to build on the successes of the “Improving Farmed Fish Welfare in Asia” Project and develop an Asian Fish Welfare Network
Will Leschen attended the conference the first of its kind on the African continent - chairing a session, presenting - as well as announcing the winners of the SARNISSA African Aquaculture Network Cage Culture Photos competition. There were many participants from all sectors- commercial research academia government - from throughout the continent and also globally.
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.
