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.
A big congratulations to Simão on winning this prestigious award from the Global Aquaculture Alliance for his work on shrimp maturation without the need for eyestalk ablation
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.