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A new study aims to use tagged lobsters to help assess the positive impact of offshore shellfish aquaculture on marine ecology. Scientists, mussel farmers and fishermen off the coast of Devon and Dorset are this month starting tagging work that will help them assess the impact of offshore aquaculture on the overall health of the ocean. The Ropes to Reefs project – funded through the Fisheries Industry Science Partnership (FISP) scheme, part of the Government’s UK Seafood Fund – is looking to assess the wider benefits of the UK’s first large-scale offshore mussel farm, located in Lyme Mr. It is…
A new award, backed by the salmon industry and academia, will recognize the achievements of young people working in aquaculture. The Young Aquaculture Society (YAS) Early Career Innovators Competition was launched by the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture (IoA), trade body Salmon Scotland and Diversified Communications, organizers of the Aquaculture UK trade show and conference. Entries for the competition are now open and the winner will be announced at Aquaculture UK in Aviemore, in the Scottish Highlands, this May. The competition is open to YAS members. Participants are asked to identify a challenge or problem and build their solution,…
The Blue Food Innovation Summit, taking place in London this May, brings together a community of more than 350 ocean and blue food pioneers who are scaling innovation in production, technology, retail, innovation and scaling solutions of investment for a biodiverse, stronger and resilient blue economy. As demand for blue foods increases, rising temperatures, growing food insecurity and dwindling fish stocks call for urgent collective action to strengthen climate-resilience in the blue economy. How do stakeholders forge cross-sector collaboration and accelerate solutions to drive impact at scale? Ahead of the Summit, leading aquaculture and blue food experts from the Aquaculture…
Selcoth Fisheries already runs on renewable energy but the family that runs it wants to do more. Robert Outram finds out why Selcoth Fisheries is a trout farm in the hills near Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, in southwest Scotland. It’s a small family business, run by Olly and Shara Routledge but earlier this year it beat tough opposition at the UK Aquaculture Awards to take the title in the sustainability category. How did Selcoth do this? The judges said: “Selcoth continues to invest in projects and technologies that minimize environmental impact, maximize animal welfare and complement the local environment……