How We Help the Aquaculture Industry

The Aquaculture Industry has seen rapid expansion over the past decades in many parts of Europe. With this expansion, has come the development of new technologies, and thus the need for a highly skilled and specialised workforce. Today, current and potential workers are required to have recognised qualifications, to be flexible with regard to work functions they can carry out, and to be mobile within the industry.

The Company Audit for Fish Farms

An independent tool targeted at small and medium enterprises to enable users to make observations and conclusions about their operations based on the four critical success factors. The tool has been designed in such a way as to identify both current and future training requirements. To access the audit tool please click here. 

PISCESTT Jobs

A free tool for employers, students & employees in the European aquaculture and related sciences sectors.

As the European Education and Training Network, AquaTT is increasingly inundated with both CVs from students, graduates and others seeking work in the aquaculture and related sciences sectors, as well as companies / organisations seeking qualified employees. The PISCES TT Jobs service aims to foster an efficient means by which to link these groups and to further promote mobility and training within the industry sector. This free service enables universities and employers to post employment opportunities, training placements and MSc/ PhD positions while simultaneously allowing students and job seekers to post their CVs and to apply directly online to these advertisements.To visit the website please click here.

Needs Identification & Analysis

AquaTT has a focal interest in identifying needs and providing solutions to these needs through provision of interactive multimedia products, hands-on practical workshops, reports and training materials. As an active member of the PROFET Workshops initiative, the ASEM platform and the e-Aqua partnerhsip, AquaTT is able to directly access, link into and identify the RTD needs for the industry on a European level. Past funded initiatives in response to identified needs include the Aqualabs Series of High Level Training Courses (Quality in Fish Products, Biology of Fish Larvae Production, Molecular Biology and Ecology in Aquaculture and Design & Operation of Recirculation Systems) and current workshop themes in student development and promoting the role of women in aquaculture.

Multimedia Products

AquaTT has been consistently engaged in applying new technologies to the aquaculture industry. Working closely with Aqualex Multimedia Consortium (AMC) Ltd., a sister company, the following innovative materials have been developed for the industry:

Aqualex Glossary - an aquaculture glossary comprising a total of over 21,000 aquaculture terms and definitions in 7 languages (English, Spanish, Norwegian, French, Italian, German and Greek) with instantaneous translations to and from each of the languages. A CD-ROM, with definitions, translations and native speaker recordings of terms in English, French, German and Greek is currently available. The glossary is also available as an online database for implementation on websites. The glossary database can be obtained for use on other sites at a moderate licencing fee.

Basic Techniques in Fish Haematology - a CD-ROM interactive guide to the practical skills in collecting and analysing fish blood samples.

Contacts Database 

The Fishing for Information guide to aquaculture and fisheries' web sites has been completely revised and updated through a partnership between Stirling Aquaculture and Aqua TT. To visit the website please click here.