Aquaculture & Fisheries Development Centre

Dr Sarah Kraak recent's lecture on Fisheries Management at the AFDC/ School of BEES, "How the myth of unavoidable bycatch prevents us from getting the incentives right...and other tales" is now available to watch online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7zAmQU9Ro8

The AFDC Annual Report 2011 now available to download.

EUROSHELL will provide solutions to identified challenges that may constrain the transfer of knowledge to the shellfish sector and thus affect its sustainable development. 

Significant mortalities of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, have been reported worldwide since the 1950s. The impact these re-occurring mortality events have had on the C. gigas industry has highlighted the necessity to determine the factors that may be causing these mortalities. 

Little is known about the biology of the softshell clam in Europe, despite it being identified as a potential species to culture for food in the future.
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The AFDC Newsletter Spring/Summer 2012 is now available to download.
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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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“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.

The AFDC Annual Report 2010 is now available to download.
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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. 

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.

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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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.

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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The Spring/Summer edition of the AFDC Newsletter is now available to download.

The AFDC Annual Report 2009.
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The Spring/Summer edition of the AFDC Newsletter is now available to download.

AFDC Annual Report 07/08
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