Aquaculture

Scottish Sea Farms’ managing director Jim Gallagher has stepped down from the board of the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) to give his undivided focus to the company.

Regal Springs and Benchmark Genetics have joined forces to support Regal Springs’ breeding programmes for premium natural grown Tilapia.

The Nueva Pescanova Group has opened a private aquaculture research centre in O Grove, Pontevedra, said to the first such facility in Spain.

Orkney Shellfish Hatchery has released its first stock of native flat oysters into the ocean, following the sale of native oyster spat to a local restoration project.

Taprobane Seafood Group has become the first Sri Lankan company certified to offer three-star Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) shrimp.

Orkney Shellfish Hatchery has secured funding for a number of new aquaculture graduate positions, after winning a Scottish educational grant courtesy of the Highlands and Islands Enterprises’ Graduate Support Programme.