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.
Three researchers from the Institute of Aquaculture are currently working with Victory Farms and Unga Farm Care in Kenya to assess alternate production strategies for tilapia in cages.
Wesley Malcorps shares research from the GAIN project on how seafood is advertised at international seafood shows to get a better understanding of signalling of perceptions and values around seafood products; and also on further analysis of processing by-product utilisation potential.