Innovation award for University of Stirling researcher

University of Stirling postdoctoral researcher Simão Zacarias has been named as the winner of the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Innovation Award for 2020. Zacarias edged out two other finalists — Pablo Berner of Nuseed and Mark Luecke of Prairie AquaTech — to win the competition, which was sponsored by Lineage Logistics. All three finalists were featured…

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Mallison ‘leaves Global Aquaculture Alliance’

THE CEO of the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), Andrew Mallison, is to leave the group, according to a report by Intrafish today. Mallison, who was previously director general of IFFO, the Marine Ingredients Organisation, for seven years, took up his post in the GAA in August 2018. He relocated to the GAA’s new headquarters in…

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Cargill executive to head IFFO

IFFO, the Marine Ingredients Organisation, has announced the appointment of a former Cargill and Ewos executive as its new director general. Norwegian Petter Martin Johannessen (pictured) replaces Andrew Mallison and will take up the post from September 3 in IFFO’s London headquarters. Johannessen was previously global business director for Risk and Management Sourcing at Cargill…

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New tool raises profile of farmed fish

A NEW web tool has been developed to provide seafood buyers with information about the most important farmed fish and shellfish species on the UK market. The easy-to-use online tool, launched by industry body Seafish, profiles nine species, which will increase to 14 over the coming months. The profiles offer information on production location and…

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New Global role for IFFO director

ANDREW Mallison, director general of IFFO, the Marine Ingredients Organisation, has been appointed executive director of the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA), Intrafish reported this afternoon. He replaces Wally Stevens, who is believed to be staying on the GAA board. Mallison (pictured) joined IFFO in 2011, before which he was director of Standards and Licensing at…

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