December 2018: William Leschen and Martin Haines carried out an initial scoping study visit to Zambia as part of a Norwegian/WorldFish Center WFC funded project to develop new curricula for two aquaculture vocational colleges NRDC and Kasaka in Zambia.
Happy Christmas and New Year
Wasseem Emam PhD student carrying out field work in the Nile delta Egypt for the BOLTI project
Institute of Aquaculture PhD student Wasseem Emam doing his field work in the Nile delta as part of the Newton British Council Funded BOLTI project. His PhD is investigating 'Different aspects on the welfare of farmed tilapia in Egypt'. The project is also working with the Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences of Kafr El Sheik University and WorldFish Center Abassa in partnership.
Introductory publication to a special issue of Aquaculture: Emerging trends in aquaculture value chain research
Professor Dave Little, alongside colleagues from the Wageningen University and Research, Michigan State University and Nangyang Technical University Singapore have published an introductory paper, ‘Emerging trends in aquaculture value chain research’, to a special issue of the journal Aquaculture on the same theme. See here video with Prof Simon Bush describing the background behind this new special edition on global value chains
Highlands & Islands Enterprise RAS Study Updated
Highlands & Islands Enterprise recently commissioned an update supplement to our 2014 “Review of Recirculation Aquaculture Technologies and their Commercial Application” which is now available via their website. It documents the increasing investment in RAS and implications for the Scottish aquaculture industry.
Contributions and Participation in AQUA 2018
Europe-Asia Workshop on Education & Training Collaboration
PrimeFish Project Summer School in Bremerhaven
Dr Richard Newton assisting in establishment of BATiP (Bangladesh Aquaculture Technology Innovation Platform)
PhD recruitment: Value Chain and Sustainability Assessments of European aquaculture value chains
We are looking to recruit a PhD student: Value Chain and Sustainability Assessments of European Aquaculture Value Chains.