Awards

Stephen Woods, who has been with Scottish Sea Farms for 27 years, and farm manager of Charlotte’s Bay near Oban for the past 12 of those, was named Finfish Farmer of the Year at the recent Aquaculture Awards in Aviemore.…

More than 2,600 visitors came to the Aquaculture UK conference and trade show in Aviemore this year, a nine percent increase on the last show in 2018.

The winners of this year’s Aquaculture Awards were announced in front of a sell-out crowd on 4 May as part of the Aquaculture UK event in Aviemore, Scotland.

Salmon producer Scottish Sea Farms has gained recognition at the Aquaculture Awards for its ongoing efforts to foster a diverse and inclusive work culture, saying that the strategy is safeguarding the long-term viability…

Applications are now open for Kvarøy Arctic’s third scholarship programme – which offers two annual scholarships that support the further education, research and career development of women in the aquaculture sector.

Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, Mairi Gougeon, is to open Aquaculture UK in Aviemore this May, marking the biggest event in the UK aquaculture sector’s calendar.

Nofima wants to cut down on food waste from the grocery store to the dinner table by adopting more sustainable packaging for their farmed seafood.

Australia's Ridley, a leading animal nutrition specialist, won the Environmental award at the Queensland Seafood Industry Council 2022 Awards in Brisbane for its fish-free range of tiger prawn diets.

AltaSea, a Los Angeles-based non-profit focused on climate change and job creation, has secured a $600,000 grant for hands-on blue economy and aquaculture educational programmes.

Canada’s New School Foods, a food company that specialises in plant-based fish fillets, has become a semi-finalist in the XPRIZE Feed the Next Billion competition.

Kvarøy Arctic has expanded its US team as it broadens its reach into the retail and food service sectors and gets a nod from the Fast Company for its "small and mighty" status.

A researcher who is looking to improve the economic and environmental sustainability of prawn and lobster farming by including seaweed in their diets has won a Science and Innovation Award from Australia’s Federal Govern…

Twelve innovative solutions, projects and tools for blue carbon markets are getting technical support from Friends of Ocean Action and UpLink as part of the Blue Carbon Challenge.

A team of researchers led by Utrecht University has won a grand prize of €25,000 for devising a method to address plastic pollution from the aquaculture industry.

Eight new projects that are part of the Fisheries Industry Science Partnership (FISP) have been awarded a share of £1.4 million to jumpstart sustainable fishing and aquaculture initiatives.

Pre-application is now open for 15 fully-funded places on an MSc in sustainable aquaculture at the University of St Andrews.

The deadline of Monday, February 28 is fast approaching to enter the Aquaculture Awards 2022, which give the industry an opportunity to celebrate its achievements after a tough two years.

Aquaculture trainees Emily Underhill, Derek Ferguson and Emmanuelle Rey have been short-listed for Lantra Scotland’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (the ALBAS).

Graduates are being invited to apply for two fully-funded MSc places at Swansea’s Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research (CSAR).

Applications for several €15,000 aquaculture scholarship places at Ghent University are now open.