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Press release: February 2020 Researchers from industry and academia are invited to apply for free access to facilities and research services at more than 30 international institutions. Funded by the European Union, the ASSEMBLE Plus programme supports researchers to carry out...

Press release: February 2020 A new treatment has been developed for Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, a parasite commonly found in freshwater fish which could save the ornamental and farmed fish industries billions of euro per year. A compound was first identified by researchers from the...

Press release: 30 January 2020 A unique tool has been created which helps fish farmers toidentify the risk of parasite infection associated with their current farming practices. The tool, launched by the EU-funded ParaFishControl project, addresses three parasites prevalent in Mediterranean Sea...

Press release: January 2020 The seventeenth and final AQUAEXCEL2020(AQUAculture infrastructures for EXCELlence in European fish research towards 2020) Call for Access is now open, with a deadline of 6 March 2020. On a regular basis the AQUAEXCEL2020project invites proposals, from European research...

Press release: January 2020 The next call of the ASSEMBLE Plus Transnational Access programme closes on 9th February 2020. ASSEMBLE Plus supports researchers (from industry and academia) by providing access to facilities and research services at more than 30 partner institutes....

Press release: December 2019 The EU Horizon 2020-funded SIMBA project aims to gain a better understanding of microbiome structure and function, related to marine and terrestrial food chains and to verify the sustainability of microbial innovations of the food system. Recently,...

Press release: 6 December 2019 Decarbonising energy consumption in buildings is essential to achieve EU energy and climate goals. While the use of renewable electricity in buildings has grown steadily the uptake of renewable energy solutions for heating and cooling has...

Press release: December 2019 An exciting event will take place this month in Brussels which will support Blue Economy innovation in Atlantic Area countries Spain, Portugal, France, Ireland and the UK. The International Bootcamp, “Blue Economy in the Atlantic Area –...

Press Release: ASSEMBLE Plus celebrates its successful access programme, and launches a sixth call Members of the ASSEMBLE Plus partnership met from 9th – 12th September in Naples, Italy, for almost of week of meetings as part of a project review, General...

AQUATT is pleased to announce that the winner of this year’s Lindsay Laird Award is Nicola Rhyner from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences with his poster entitled “Assessing microsatellite markers to assess post-stocking survival of hatchery-reared Atlantic trout (Salmo...

    Role Science Communications Officer Type Full-time 24-month contract with potential for renewal. Initial six-month probation period. Position available immediately. Location Dublin city centre, Ireland Application deadline 18 October 2019, 17:30hrs CET Application documents     The following documents should be addressed to Laura Richardson, AquaTT HR Manager and sent...

An iPad, books from Wiley Blackwell, Springer and 5M publishing are all up for grabs at this year’s Aquaculture Europe Conference, which takes place from 7-10 October in Berlin, Germany. The prizes will be presented to the winner of the...

Press Release: September 2019 AQUAEXCEL2020 is a leading aquaculture research project funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 programme, which integrates leading European aquaculture research facilities and enables them to work together to support the sustainable growth of the aquaculture sector...

Press release: September 2019 Europe’s leading marine research stations are opening their doors to researchers and PhD students from industry, policy and academia to carry out research at their facilities, work with leading experts, use state-of-the-art technologies, and gain new experiences. This...

Congratulations to Raymond Wilson, winner of the 2019 Richard Fitzgerald Aquatic Environment Poster Award at Environ 2019: 29th Annual Researchers Colloquium, which was held on 15-17 April 2019 in IT Carlow. Raymond, a researcher from University of Ulster, received a €250...

A new online training platform has been funded by the European Union which aims to reduce excessive water and energy consumption in aquaculture, through improved management practices amongst the sector’s professionals. It is hoped that by empowering aquaculture technicians with...

The EU-funded ASSEMBLE Plus project (www.assembleplus.eu) is pleased to announce its fourth call for access to many of Europe’s key marine biological stations, but this time it’s a little different: to simplify the process for applicants, this call will...

Press release: 13 May 2019 MATES, an Erasmus+ funded European project focused on the shipbuilding and offshore renewable energy sectors, will be hosting the workshop “Strategy Validation - Skills intelligence to boost maritime technologies” on 28th May 2019 at 10.30-17.00, in...

Press release: 16 April 2019   Deep-sea researchers attended the Ocean Business 2019 event last week to share their latest findings with ocean technology developers and marine and maritime industry leaders, and to raise awareness of current international negotiations to protect the...

Press release: March 2019 A timely new project funded by the European Union (EU) will explore how to improve current testing tools for Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), particularly for chemicals that are less studied so far. Launched in January, the ERGO...

Press release: February 2019   Aspiring chefs from Europe’s top catering schools are competing at national and European level to create innovative, exciting seafood recipes that will satisfy the taste buds of European consumers. The winning recipes, selected by consumers, will be...

  Press release: December 2018 ASSEMBLE Plus is a European Union-funded consortium of more than 30 marine biological stations and research institutes in 16 countries. Within the Transnational Access programme, (TA) ASSEMBLE Plus marine stations provide scientists and PhD students with free-of-charge...

  Press release: December 2018 A ground-breaking new project funded by the European Union will explore the potential of exploiting microorganisms in plants and animals to improve food security and promote sustainable food production. The project, SIMBA (Sustainable Innovation of Microbiome Applications in...

The ASSEMBLE Plus consortium rounded off a successful first year of operations at their 2nd General Assembly in Galway, Ireland, this October. Researchers have been provided with access to many of Europe’s top marine biological facilities. Plans were presented to...

The INvertebrateIT project is pleased to announce an open call to all stakeholders in aquaculture to collaborate with three forward-thinking small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on several promising invertebrate-based feed solutions. The SMEs were selected to receive support from INvertebrateIT as...

The Twelfth AQUAEXCEL2020 (AQUAculture infrastructures for EXCELlence in European fish research towards 2020) Call for Access is now open, with a deadline of 16 November 2018. On a regular basis the AQUAEXCEL2020 project invites proposals from European research groups for scientific...

Press Release: October 2018 A one-day session on “Sustainable biorefinery for marine resources”, led by Station Biologique de Roscoff (CNRS) and OLMIX, partners of the GENIALG H2020 project, as well as CBB Capbiotek, will take place on Thursday 11 September as...

On 28th August 2018 the 11th anniversary of the Lindsay Laird Award was celebrated in Montpellier, France during the AQUA 2018 conference.  This year’s winner, Irene Brandts (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain) received an iPad Mini, books from the 5M publishing...

ASSEMBLE Plus is pleased to announce its second call for access to many of Europe’s key marine biological stations. The available funding will provide researchers with effective and convenient access to some of the EU’s most cutting-edge research infrastructures, ensuring...

An iPad Mini, books from Wiley Blackwell, Springer and 5M publishing and a certificate are all up for grabs at this year’s AQUA 2018, which takes place from 25-29 August in Montpellier, France. The prizes will be presented to the...

    Role Science Communications Officer Type Full-time 24-month contract with potential for renewal. Initial six-month probation period. Position available immediately. Location Dublin city centre, Ireland Application deadline 20 August 2018, 17:30hrs CET Application documents     A well-motivated application letter outlining why you feel you are a suitable candidate and...

The eleventh AQUAEXCEL2020 (AQUAculture infrastructures for EXCELlence in European fish research towards 2020) Call for Access is now open, with a deadline of 10 August 2018. On a regular basis the AQUAEXCEL2020 project invites proposals, from European research groups, for scientific...

INvertebrateIT partners are happy to announce a thematic matchmaking and brokerage event for invertebrate-based solutions at the joint World and European Aquaculture Societies conference, AQUA2018, in Montpellier, France. The brokerage event will take place on Tuesday 28 August 2018 from...

BIOCON-CO2, a new €7 million EU Horizon 2020-funded research project, has recently kicked-off with intentions of supporting EU leadership in carbon dioxide (CO2) re-use technologies. BIOCON-CO2 aims to re-use excess CO2 produced from the iron, steel, cement and electric power...

Receive up to €3000 to connect with aquaculture experts in Europe and South-East Asia Maximise existing and new collaborations and strategic partnerships between Europe and south-east Asia in the aquaculture sector with the EURASTiP Exchange Programme. Opportunities are available for industry,...

An international team of scientists have discovered a new hydrothermal field near the Gigante Seamount in the Azores, a rare finding they are very excited about. The team, including scientists from the EU Horizon 2020-funded project ATLAS, have been surveying...

  A recent study conducted by the EU Horizon 2020-funded ParaFishControl project aimed to demonstrate the absence of zoonotic parasitic worms in European farmed fish, specifically in gilthead sea bream, European sea bass, turbot, Atlantic salmon, rainbow trout and common carp....

  The Ocean Sampling Day (OSD) is a simultaneous sampling campaign of the world’s oceans which first took place on the 2014 summer solstice (21 June) and has been repeated each year since. Through collecting cumulative samples, related in time, space...

New research results emerging from the EU-funded Horizon 2020 project ATLAS were presented to the Canadian government on 11 May 2018, with the hope that the science-based recommendations will be implemented in future policy-making for sustainable oceans. Billions of people worldwide...

The INvertebrateIT partners are eager to continue their work promoting and commercialising innovative and sustainable solutions for aquaculture feeds after a successful midway meeting in Dublin, Ireland on 12-13 April 2018. The collective progress was reviewed at the meeting. One important output, the INvertebrateIT Strategic...

MATES, a four-year European Union funded Erasmus+ project coordinated by the Spanish foundation CETMAR, has recently kicked off its series of maritime-focused workshops in Athens. The Ocean Literacy themed workshop took place on 26 April and was coordinated by Indigo...

  After the recent snow in Western Europe brought on by the ‘Beast from the East’, many of us are asking ourselves if such unusual weather events will become more common. One of the possible factors influencing global climate changes is...

Press release: April 2018The tenth AQUAEXCEL2020 (AQUAculture infrastructures for EXCELlence in European fish research towards 2020) Call for Access is now open, with a deadline of 14 May 2018. On a regular basis the AQUAEXCEL2020 project invites proposals from European research...

  While it is evident that skills are a pathway to employability in the maritime sector, there is still a great divide between industry requirements and provisions made by existing education and training systems. With this in mind, a new European Commission...

The INvertebrateIT project aims to help aquaculture operators mitigate their current dependence on costly, volatile, and often unsustainable fish feeds, to diversify their business and to contribute to a better management of valuable organic waste and/or new algal substrates for...

SEAFOODTOMORROW is a new, H2020-funded European project that aims to develop innovative, sustainable solutions for improving the safety and dietary value of seafood in Europe. In addressing the challenges to meet a growing market need for safe and sustainable seafood,...

  The demand for cost-effective desalinated water is increasing with the growing population and the need for safe drinking water, driving continuous innovation in the sector. REvivED water, a pilot project led by FUJIFILM Manufacturing Europe B.V., is focusing on the...

The ninth AQUAEXCEL2020 (AQUAculture infrastructures for EXCELlence in European fish research towards 2020) Call for Access is now open, with a deadline of 15 March 2018. On a regular basis the AQUAEXCEL2020 project invites proposals from European research groups for scientific research that...

Over 70 COLUMBUS partners, stakeholders and Knowledge Transfer professionals came together to celebrate impact and value creation at COLUMBUS project’s third and final Annual Blue Society Knowledge Transfer Conference, “Making Marine and Maritime Science Count”, in Brussels, Belgium, on 24 January...

  Show your commitment to your ocean (and your health); this Valentine’s Day, the Sea Change team are asking everyone to pledge one action to #LovetheOcean and to encourage others to do the same by sharing your love for the ocean...

On 24 January 2018, more than 70 participants met in Brussels, Belgium, for the COLUMBUS project’s third and final Annual Blue Society Knowledge Transfer Conference – a project funded by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme. The COLUMBUS conference, entitled...

The COLUMBUS project is pleased to announce that the final COLUMBUS International Blue Society Knowledge Transfer Conference will be held in Brussels on 24 January 2018 (10am-5pm). Partners, collaborators and interested parties are invited to join to discover and celebrate the...

SEAFOODTOMORROW is a new, €7m European Union Horizon 2020-funded project that aims to develop innovative sustainable solutions for improving the safety and dietary properties of seafood in Europe. Addressing the challenge to meet the growing market need for safe and...

Over 50 participants representing 32 organisations and 14 countries converged in Paris, France, from 19 - 20 October 2017, for the kick-off meeting of the ASSEMBLE Plus project. A Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Action, the project represents the second...

  The COLUMBUS project is hosting its 2nd International Blue Society Knowledge Transfer Conference, “Achieving Impact from Marine Research” on 7 November 2017 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Brussels, Belgium. Free to register, this conference is intended to be an international...

On the 6 and 7 June 2017, participants representing research, industry and SMEs from five countries converged in Porto, Portugal, to launch the INvertebrateIT project. INvertebrateIT is focused on developing innovative approaches for the aquaculture sector, particularly on the use...

Are you working in the European aquaculture industry, and would you like to hear about thelatest innovative research findings which can be applied to the aquaculture industry?Would you like to contribute to the discussion on what industry expects from aquaculture...

Many of the detrimental changes that are occurring in the ocean are out of sight, and therefore out of mind. To coincide with the upcoming ‘Our Ocean’ conference, a major global event on international ocean governance hosted by the European...

  Aquaculture industry and research representatives participated in the first ParaFishControl Industry Forum on Tuesday 5 September in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The event was part of the 18th International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish, and aimed to explore how...

We Are Looking for YOU! Job Opening: Scientific Project Assistant Are you a recent science graduate and looking for an entry-level project management role with great prospects? Are you an excellent communicator, well-organised, accurate, pro-active, diligent, dedicated and responsible? Do you have...

Marine related research, policy and industry representatives came together to discuss effective North-South Atlantic Ocean collaboration during a session on “Trans North Atlantic Research and Prospects for South Atlantic Partnership”, which took place immediately before the high-level ministerial and scientific...

The crew of the Royal Research Ship Discovery, a scientific research vessel of the United Kingdom, recently deployed high-technology biogeochemical sensors onto existing ‘Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program’ (OSNAP) moorings in the Rockall Trough, a major deep-water area...

How does finding a crab on the beach make you feel? Excited? Wary? Fascinated? By joining Crab Watch, a new citizen science project taking place across Europe, your search for these captivating creatures will have the added incentive of contributing...

A new €7 million EC-funded research project titled PerformFISH officially launched in Volos, Greece, on 15-16 May 2017. PerformFISH will focus on developing consumer driven aquaculture production by integrating innovative approaches that can help ensure European sea bream and sea...

  Richard Fitzgerald Richard Fitzgerald was involved in research and development in aquaculture for almost 30 years. Richard was one of the founding fathers of AquaTT, set up in 1992, and proved to be a seminal figure in the company’s early years. Richard...

Scientists from EuroMarine Member Organisations are invited to apply for the two EuroMarine 2017 Funding Calls, one for scientific and foresight activities and the other a programme for early career scientists to attend training courses. Member Organisations can be viewed...

The third issue of the Sea Change project newsletter showcases a range of innovative activities taking place across Europe to boost European citizens’ “Ocean Literacy”, an understanding of the ocean’s influence on us and our influence on the ocean. The...

The EU-funded ECsafeSEAFOOD project has published three safe seafood guides that aim to help consumers, industry stakeholders and policymakers understand the benefits and risks associated with seafood consumption. Each guide includes recommendations to help reduce possible risks associated with seafood...

The COMMON SENSE project has successfully finished after 40 months of in-depth research and continual development of marine sensors and systems. The EU-funded project started in November 2013 and ran until February 2017 with a focus on developing specific sensors...

A marine science iBook entitled “Harmful Algal Blooms” has been developed as part of NUI Galway’s contribution to an EU-funded European research project Sea Change. The project aims to raise European citizens’ awareness of the ocean’s influence on us and...

  FishChoice, a new online tool to help consumers and professionals efficiently and effectively balance the benefits and risks of eating seafood, has been launched by the EU-funded ECsafeSEAFOOD project at www.fishchoice.eu. Seafood plays an important role in a balanced diet. It...

The worlds of science, policy and industry gathered in Brussels, Belgium, from 25-26 January 2017 to discuss potential impacts of non-regulated contaminants in seafood at the ‘Seafood Safety: New Findings & Innovation Challenges’ conference. Hosted by the EC FP7-funded ECsafeSEAFOOD project,...

Fish farmers are always looking for sustainable feed that can make fish strong and healthy. A new study led by the CSIC in Spain concludes that marine feed ingredients in aquaculture can potentially be replaced by plant ingredients without detrimental...

The EU-funded ARRAINA (Advanced Research Initiatives for Nutrition & Aquaculture) project comes to a close after five years of scientific advances and significant research on the development of tools required to measure and predict the effects of alternative feeds on...

The EC-funded COMMON SENSE project held its final event in Barcelona on the 27 January 2017, attended by project partners and important stakeholders involved in European marine monitoring. The Meeting was held in the facilities of Fundació Navegació Oceànica Barcelona...

    Are you interested in increasing impact from publicly funded scientific research? Are you enthusiastic about exploring different methods and approaches for knowledge transfer and exploitation? Are you passionate about working with researchers to accelerate the transfer of state-of-the-art knowledge to...

The EU-funded ARRAINA (Advanced Research Initiatives for Nutrition & Aquaculture) project has published a new resource for aquaculture feed producers, entitled “Understanding Biomarkers in Fish Nutrition”. The objective of this booklet is to provide a reliable set of biomarkers and associated...

  The EU-funded COMMON SENSE project will host a demonstration event and final partner meeting in Barcelona, Spain on the 27 January 2017. The conference, entitled ‘Demonstration of Next Generation Sensors for Advanced Real-Time Ocean Observation’, is a unique event that...

  All of us at AquaTT were very sad to hear about the passing of one of our founding fathers, ex-Director and dear friend Richard FitzGerald on the 5th of December 2016, after a very brief battle with lung cancer. Richard was...

Parasitic diseases which affect fish species can significantly hamper aquaculture production and economic performance. ParaFishControl is a European Union funded research project addressing the challenges of disease prevention and management to protect the sustainability and competitiveness of the European aquaculture...

The fourth AQUAEXCEL2020 (AQUAculture infrastructures for EXCELlence in European fish research towards 2020) Call for Access is now open, with a deadline of 30 December 2016. On a regular basis, the AQUAEXCEL2020 project invites proposals from European research groups for scientific research...

The ‘Seafood Safety: New Findings & Innovation Challenges’ conference, which will be held 25-26 January 2017 in Brussels, Belgium, is a unique event dedicated to seafood safety in Europe. The event marks the end of the European Union-funded ECsafeSEAFOOD research...

  The Sea Change project is holding a series of innovative public engagement activities across Europe in 2016 and 2017 to change the way European citizens view their relationship with the ocean. These outreach activities, which will be announced on the...

A free online course entitled “From ABC to ABSeas: Ocean Literacy for all”, led by Sea Change partner UNESCO and its Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO), will empower second-level teachers and marine educators to give students a greater understanding...

  The final key outcomes of the MaCuMBA (Marine Microorganisms: Cultivation Methods for Improving their Biotechnological Applications) project have been released in the project’s Legacy Brochure, available to download from: www.macumbaproject.eu MaCuMBA was a 4 year EC FP7-funded project that focused on...

  The third AQUAEXCEL2020 (AQUAculture infrastructures for EXCELlence in European fish research towards 2020) Call for Access is now open, with a deadline of 14 October 2016. On a regular basis, the AQUAEXCEL2020 project invites proposals from European research groups for scientific research...

The first issue of the ParaFishControl (Advanced Tools and Research Strategies for Parasite Control in European farmed fish) project newsletter is now available to download from the project’s website: www.parafishcontrol.eu/parafishcontrol-media/media-centre ParaFishControl is an EU Horizon 2020-funded research project that aims to...

The third and final issue of the ECsafeSEAFOOD project newsletter is now available to download from the project’s website: www.ecsafeseafood.eu. ECsafeSEAFOOD is a four-year EC FP7-funded project that assesses food safety issues related to priority contaminants present in seafood as...

Thirteen young Irish people were honoured for their work in creating innovative digital games and stories based on the health of the ocean at the Sea Change CoderDojo Challenge, which was held in the National University of Ireland Galway (NUI...

The final results and outputs of the four-year EU funded Myfish (Maximising yield of fisheries while balancing ecosystem, economic and social concerns) project are now available on the project’s website: www.myfishproject.eu Myfish was an EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) funded project...