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Six hundred delegates attended the Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards -
Malin Marine made its Aquaculture UK debut in style, with a workboat that dominated the outdoor exhibition space -
Fergus Ewing, Scotland's Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, opened the event -
Dr Carly Daniels, who was nominated for three awards and went on to win one, at the Scottish Marine Aquaculture Awards preview -
Several exhibitors brought along virtual reality headsets to entertain, amuse (and occasionally confuse) delegates -
The Fish Site organised a Women in Aquaculture event, which included presentations and a panel discussion with three high flying women and one well known fish farmer -
The Women in Aquaculture event attracted a capacity crowd and plenty of questions, including one from Jo Gosling of ARCH UK -
Delegates were invited to put the "indestructable" claim of Tideman boats to the test with a sledgehammer -
The show attracted over 2394 visitors including plenty of well-known faces such as Steve Bracken, who is set to retire from Marine Harvest this year after 41 years with the firm -
Dougie Vipond, formerly of Deacon Blue and currently of BBC's Landward series was the compere for the awards... -
and raised plenty of laughs from the assembled audience -
Lynne Frame of Scottish Sea Farms and Scott MacKay of AKVA were joint winners of the inaugural Rising Star Award -
Ben Wilson of Inverlussa Marine picked up the Supplier of the Year Award -
Sarah Last, manager at Scottish Sea Farms' Summer Isles site was the first female recipient of the Farm Manager of the Year Award -
One of the highlights of the conference was a Q&A on cleaner fish, led by Jim Treasurer -
The questions were answered by a panel that included Richard Prickett of Dorset Cleanerfish, Angela Ashby of Fish Vet Group and Andrew Davie of the Institute of Aquaculture -
The exhibition included all manner of displays and gadgetry -
While on The Fish Site stand live interviews were being filmed -
AKVA had a considerable presence in the exhibition marquee -
Footfall in the exhibition marquee was unprecedented -
Pharmaq gave out cake and toy cleaner fish, to go with their fish health products -
The next Aquaculture UK exhibition, is scheduled for 20-21 May 2020.
Aquaculture UK in pictures
With 2394 visitors, 190 exhibitors and a 50 percent increase in floor space, Aquaculture UK 2018 exceeded expectations, as this photo gallery reflects.