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.
With supporf from the Fishmongers’ Company, the Institute of Aquaculture recently hosted a workshop on conservation aquaculture for wild Atlantic salmon management.
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.
Tori Spence-McConnell, Senior Aquaculture Scientist at Monterey Bay Aquarium, visited the Institute of Aquaculture to give a seminar on the Aquarium's 'Seafood Watch' programme to help consumers and businesses make choices for a healthy ocean.
The Sustainable Aquaculture Research Group has been recently augmented with the arrival of Dr Shui Yan, a visiting Research Fellow from the Freshwater Fisheries Research Centre, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences in Wuxi.
The Sustainable Aquaculture Research Group hosted a small delegation from Hainan University on Friday 4th November to explore areas of common interest for future collaboration.