Posts Tagged ‘Great British Prawns’
Stirling PhD opportunities for two students
APPLICATIONS are still open for two PhD projects, programmes and scholarships at Stirling University’s Institute of Aquaculture. The first, under the lead supervision of Professor David Little, is: ‘A global assessment of aquaculture products from a food systems and value chain perspective towards the development of a personal environmental/health impact tool.’ In a description of…
Read MoreIsraeli RAS expert targets shrimp market
AQUAMAOF, the Israeli RAS specialist that has pioneered land based salmon farming, is set to launch its technology for the shrimp market. The company announced today that after three years of research at its R&D facility in southern Israel, it has adapted its recirculating aquaculture system for the production of shrimp (L vannamei), with high…
Read MorePrawn farmer ‘back on track’ after virus blow
BRITAIN’S first warm water king prawn farmer has recovered from a setback which saw the majority of its stocks wiped out. Great British Prawns, which in June announced its plan to rear Pacific whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannemei) from a land based farm in the village of Balfron in Stirlingshire, had hoped to harvest its initial…
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