Month: February 2023

Can we program Atlantic salmon to improve the utilisation of vegetable ingredients in feed? Nutritional programming is a tool which has been studied in different aquaculture species with an aim to improve the utilisation of plant-based feed ingredients. Researchers at the University of Stirling’s Institute of Aquaculture are trying to implement this tool in Atlantic salmon.   Why are we looking to improve the use of vegetable ingredients? In recent …

The Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) at the University of Stirling (UoS), Scotland, UK, is a Global Centre of Excellence for Aquaculture and related Aquatic Resource Science, and one of the leading institutes worldwide solely focused on research and teaching underpinning aquaculture. The IoA combines cross-disciplinary, world-class research to meet the wide range of challenges faced as aquaculture grows to meet global demands. They have 75 staff members in four main research …

ULPGC (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) is a Spanish university located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the capital city of Gran Canaria island. ULPGC has the oldest Marine Science Faculty and Aquaculture training in Spain. The Aquaculture Research Group (GIA), the research group involved in AquaIMPACT has over 35 years of experience in aquaculture research and collaboration with Mediterranean fish farming and feed manufacturing industry, particularly in the areas of …

An AquaIMPACT study on the gut microbiota of gilthead sea bream was nominated for the Student Spotlight Award in the Aquaculture Europe 2022 conference. The annual Aquaculture Europe international conference celebrated its 22nd edition in Rimini, Italy (September 27-30th) and, as usual, the organization selected the three most interesting and high-quality abstracts presented by students. This year, Fernando Naya-Català, a PhD student of the Nutrigenomics and Fish Endocrinology group of …