Education & academia

Plans to establish a tropical aquaculture accelerator in Queensland by James Cook University (JCU) have been given a boost by an election commitment of $67 million by the leader of the Liberal National Party.

The Ghana Tilapia Seed (TiSeed) project has successfully trained 227 fish farmers and Fisheries Commission (FC) zonal officers in good aquaculture practices that can help improve productivity and profits.

Increased cultivation of sea sponges has been welcomed by the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, but sea sponge aquaculture has become a winning sustainable development strategy for women in Zanzibar.

Over 100 pilot studies involving the aquaculture of low trophic species have been undertaken in the first year of AquaVitae, a major EU-funded project.

Five scholarships on the MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture at the University of Plymouth are now being offered for 2020-2021.

Five fully funded places on an MSc in sustainable aquaculture are currently being offered by The Fish Site and University of St Andrews.

Researchers in Scotland are embarking on a project that aims to enhance the global aquaculture sector’s understanding and treatment of gill disease.

Leading animal nutrition firm Biomin has recently announced two winners of its Aquaculture Sustainability Scholarship Award.

The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall have bestowed the UK’s highest academic honour upon the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture.

A new pilot training programme that aims to improve the performance of aquaculture practitioners in Southeast Asia was launched in Malaysia last week.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has made an additional $5 million in funding available for researchers exploring the economics of aquaculture in the US.

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has strengthened its Independent Scientific Panel (SISP) by including five industry experts on the board, providing objective scientific opinion when consulting on the innovation centre's projects. …

On the day that Aquaculture Businesses: a practical guide to economics and marketing, is published, Dr Carole Engle, one the world’s preeminent authorities on the economics of aquaculture, explains the motivation behind …

A new online course on antimicrobial stewardship in the food chain aims to educate the livestock industry – including the aquaculture sector – on how to implement a more responsible approach to using antibiotics.

The pigments that colour the skin of squids and other invertebrates, called ommochromes, could be used in the food and health sectors for their antioxidant and antimicrobial properties.

A new study has found that contagious cancers can rapidly, and widely, spread through shellfish species, including mussels.

The National Marine Fisheries Service SeaGrant Fellowship is welcoming applications for its 2020 research fellowship.

An intitaitive designed to promote diversity in aquaculture is set to benefit from £50,000 in funding from the Scottish Government and industry partners, to help boost career opportunities for women in Scotland’s thriving seafood industry.…

A number of projects to enhance the performance of marine aquaculture in sub-Saharan Africa have been launched in the last month as part of a new collaborative aquaculture initiative.