Education & academia

A new agreement between the Universities of Stirling and Ningbo, in China, will see aquaculture staff and students share knowledge and collaborate on research and teaching projects.

A special issue of the Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists, covering the highlights of the 18th International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish, which took place in Be…

Today at Aquaculture UK, the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) announced a new skills initiative and funding for four PhD projects worth over £500,000.

Anyone who works with seafood is now able to access a free online food hygiene training module.

A conference that focuses on smolt production in RAS and closed-containment systems is scheduled to take place in Norway in October.

A major discovery that could “revolutionise” the understanding of omega-3 production in the ocean has been made by an international team of scientists.

A new project looking into how different types of quality can increase the value of farmed salmon products has been recently launched.

Scotland’s current crop of aquaculture post-grads can become chief executives of major seafood businesses within a remarkably short space of time – as long as they’re prepared to put in the hard work.…

Scotland’s fourth Aquaculture Careers Day is set to be the biggest yet, as Athina Papadopoulou, vice-president of the Aquaculture Students’ Association (ASA), explains.

The first ever comprehensive book on the use of cleaner fish in aquaculture, edited by Jim Treasurer, former Research Director at Ardtoe Marine Research Facility, has been published today.

An international project which aims to track scores of wild Atlantic salmon over the next two years was launched today as part of Europe's largest effort to halt the decline of the species.

Two renowned Plymouth marine research organisations have joined forces, bringing more scientific clout to the region and promising opportunities for new discoveries.

A Scottish Sea Farms’ employee has been named Aquaculture Learner of the Year at the LANTRA Scotland Awards 2018.

Grants towards innovative projects that could improve the health and welfare of livestock – including farmed aquatic species – are currently being offered by the Moredun Foundation.

Aquaculture producers and researchers have been asked to provide feedback on a project that aims to improve the sustainability of shell- and finfish aquaculture - as well as fish welfare - by developi…

Possible ways of overcoming the poor commercial performance of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) projects in Europe to date are included in a new paper, recently published in the journal Aqu…

On International Women's Day, Dr Sophie Fridman, a post-doctoral research fellow at Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture, explains why she and three colleagues decided to establish an organisation to p…

Dr Solveig van Nes, Marine & Maritime Director of Creuna, Norway, has played a key role in initiating a digital education platform that teaches Norway's next generation about the vast potential of the…

Recent graduates are being offered the chance to present their tilapia-related research to an aquaculture meeting in São Paulo this June.

Fisheries in Southeast Asia have landed almost 40 million tonnes of fish for use in aquaculture and livestock feeds in the last six decades – far outstripping the volumes landed for human consumption …