With supporf from the Fishmongers’ Company, the Institute of Aquaculture recently hosted a workshop on conservation aquaculture for wild Atlantic salmon management.
Professor Dave Little presented at the EU Eurastip brokerage event:"Maximizing business opportunities between south-east Asian and European Aquaculture stakeholders" held in HCMC Vietnam with participants from EU, Bangladesh and Vietnam.
Between April and August 2019, Systems Group staff supervised ten Sustainable Aquaculture MSc projects of which eight were presented at a seminar during the closing week of the course.
The EC FP7 funded PAPUSSA project (2003-2006) showcased the status and future potential for periurban aquaculture (often recycling waste water and nutrients) in 4 SE Asian cities.
A report on Europe-Asia collaboration in training and education by John Bostock and an article on the economics of using Open Educational Resources in aquaculture education by Alexandra Pounds are now availble.
Simão Zacarias is currently in Thailand for the last research trials of his PhD on offspring (larvae, post-larvae and juveniles) produced from non-ablated broodstock.
The Third Annual Bonthe Oyster Festival was held in Sierra Leone in June 2019 with support from the Whitstable Oyster Company to promote value-added smoked mangrove oyster products
3 year GIZ WFC funded “Aquapreneurs” Small scale inclusive aquaculture value chain business models project opened with an Inception meeting (17-19th July 2019) in Blantyre, Malawi.
The Aquaculture Systems Group welcomed the visit of John Paterson & Frazer Lang (Chairman and CEO respectively) of the Scottish Africa Business Association (SABA) to discuss possible future collaborations.
Professor David Little attended the recent Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy (ANHA) in Hyderabad, India where he interviewed Dr Modadugu Vijay Gupta, Former Assistant Director General of WorldFish and pioneer of the blue revolution in Asia.