Sustainable Aquaculture @ Stirling

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.

Blue Food Performance win “Best New Start UP” at Aquaculture Awards 2026

Dr Adam Brooker introduces the Airlectric project, a collaboration between the University of Stirling, Pneuma International Ltd. and Bakkafrost Scotland, funded by BBSRC.

Revisit the presentation given at the Institute of Aquaculture on 4th March 2026 by Professor Dave Little.

Björn Kok and Dr Wesley Malcorps share a recently published and groundbreaking article on how changes in diet composition of European aquaculture species is affecting different sustainability metrics.

Richard Newton and Wesley Malcorps participated in the Alltech Aqua Norway Lunch & Learn Event held in Bergen on 14th January 2026.

Sustainable Aquaculture @ Stirling members played an active role in the 5th INFOFISH World Tilapia Trade and Technical Conference and Exhibition held in Bangkok in November 2025.

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

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

Simão Zacarias reports on our recent contributions to the TCRS Shrimp Summit 2025

A consumer survey has been developed and launched as part of the SAFE project to gain further insight into people’s consumption patterns and attitudes towards aquaculture produced fish

Congratulations to Mausam Budhathoki and a brief overview of his PhD research

Dr Richard Newton introduces a new metric to measure the efficient utilisation of marine ingredients in aquaculture feeds

Dr Wesley Malcorps introduces this new company venture providing sustainability assessment services to the aquaculture value chain

Congratulations to Drs Faruk Ul Islam (Shamin)  and Benoy Barman for their recent senior appointments with Worldfish

Alex Pounds shares some key messages from her recently completed PhD research

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.

The EU funded SmartAqua4FuturE (SAFE) project held its third annual consortium meeting in Szczecin (Northern Poland) in September 2024.

With supporf from the Fishmongers’ Company, the Institute of Aquaculture recently hosted a workshop on conservation aquaculture for wild Atlantic salmon management.

Stirling members of the SAFE project team joined the major AQUA2024 Conference from 26-30th August in Copenhagen.

Alex Pounds introduces a book of poetry developed from her PhD research in Sindo, Kenya

Participants from the EU funded SAFE project visited carp farms in the Chinese Province of Guangdong.to collect data on the farming systems there.

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.

Richard Newton, Wesley Malcorps, Bjorn Kok and David Little recently worked with colleagues from the Universities of Cambridge, Lancaster and Aberdeen to look at how micronutrients in feed fish could be most efficiently utilised for human nutrition.

A third call for research proposals will be launched with a Webinar on 3rd September 2026.

Thanh Le (MSc Scholar 2025-26) introduces her dissertation project

Prof. Dave Little presented recent research with Thai consumers concerning willingness to pay for higher welfare tilapia.