The project “Robotics for the automatic Sorting of Crustaceans” or RoSC aims at improving the efficiency of crustaceans farming by enabling the automation...
Cooling an entire fish processing hall is not energy efficient because the refrigeration system has to extract all heat loads when only fish...
Levels of faecal contamination in shellfish collected from production areas must be monitored according to UK and European Regulation. E. coli is used...
35% of all post-harvest seafood never makes it to consumer plates (FAO, 2021). This is not only detrimental to food security and fish...
This work investigated the impacts of live Black soldier fly (‘BSF’ Hermetia illucens) larvae supplementation in the diet of farmed trout in Britain....
This project assessed supply-chain bottlenecks for farmed kelp, and trialled various solutions focusing on storage and post-harvest processes. Methods for at-sea storage of...
Blue Environment, Blue Food brought together diverse stakeholders within the aquaculture sector. Working together to improve the environmental impacts of salmon farming and...
Microplastics are those small plastic fragments <5mm in diameter that contaminate many aspects of our food-chain. The impact of microplastic uptake on human...
Commercial fishing is the most dangerous industry in the UK. It has been estimated that fishers are over 100 times more likely to be...
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