AFDC Strategic Vision
“To support, stimulate and promote the development of aquaculture and fisheries, thereby enabling these sectors to achieve their full socio-economic potential by utilising sustainable natural resources”
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14.05.2012
The AFDC Newsletter Spring/Summer 2012 is now available to download.
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01.02.2012
The 9th MBA Postgraduate Conference will be proudly hosted for the first time by University College Cork (UCC) from 21st to 24th May 2012.
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01.02.2012
“Molluscan fisheries in Western Australia: Innovative approaches to assessment and development"
Dr Anthony Hart
Principal Research Scientist (Molluscs),
Invertebrates Branch, Western Australian Fisheries and Marine Research Laboratories, Perth, WA.
Everyone is welcome.
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05.09.2011
The AFDC Annual Report 2010 is now available to download.
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15.08.2011
The AFDC and School of BEES has a long and distinguished history of research excellence in the areas of Aquaculture and Fisheries, Plant Science and Forestry, and these have the potential to support food and energy demand in sustainable ways. This research, according to Professor John O’Halloran, will help resolve the food energy trilemma where delivering more food from less land, which now competes with energy crops, may have major environmental consequences. “With global populations growing rapidly, there are huge risks of food shortages and enormous environmental damage, and so we need new sources of food and higher yielding crops”, said Professor O’Halloran.
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Dr Sarah Culloty, AFDC Director, meets BIM CEO Jason Whooley
Dr Ray Alcorn (Hydraulics and Maritime Research Centre, HMRC) demonstrates the priciples of wave energy generation to: (left to right): Dr Sarah Culloty (Director, Aquaculture and Fisheries Research Centre); Connie Kelleher (Financial Manager, BIM); Jason Whooley (CEO, BIM) and John O'Callaghan (HMRC).
23.05.2011
Baxter, E.J., Sturt, M.M., Ruane, N.M, Doyle, T.K., McAllen, R., Harman, L. & Rodger, H.D. (2011). Gill damage to Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) caused by the common jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) under experimental challenge. PLoS One, 6 (4): e18529.
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23.05.2011
Professor Gavin Burnell of the AFDC/School of BEES delivered a paper at the Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Conference on Weds April 20th. The paper is entitled "A community based scallop restoration project in Co. Kerry, Ireland". This is work that has arisen from a Marine Institute Beaufort project "An ecosystem approach to fisheries management". Gavin also took the opportunity to network and meet with the President of Shanghai University (see picture).
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23.05.2011
The first project BIVALIFE (Management of infectious diseases in oysters and mussels in Europe) is assessing mussel health throughout Europe and also the impact of oyster herpes virus on the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas.The project runs for three years and UCC funding is €256,410.
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SUSFISH Project Meeting 9-11 May 2011, Swansea University
A recent SUSFISH project meeting took place at Swansea University, UK Monday 9th to Wednesday 11th May. All researchers presented their work to date and future work plans were outlined and discussed. For more information on the SUSFISH project click here.
23.05.2011
Dr Maria O'Mahoney has recently published a paper in the journal "Aquaculture Research" on the development of novel feeds for the Japanese abalone, Haliotis discus hannai, research which was conducted at the AFDC.
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09.05.2011
The Spring/Summer edition of the AFDC Newsletter is now available to download.
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10.05.2011
The AFDC Annual Report 2009.
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19.03.2010
The Spring/Summer edition of the AFDC Newsletter is now available to download.
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10.05.2011
AFDC Annual Report 07/08
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