What is the Institute of Aquaculture?
The Institute of Aquaculture is a department of the University of Stirling that has approximately 100 highly skilled and experienced staff. From a small research group in 1972, the Institute is almost certainly the largest organisation conducting research and teaching specifically about Aquaculture in Europe, and probably the world. Staff include trained marine biologists, animal physiologists and biochemists able to teach Marine Biology and Aquaculture. The department is active in both research and teaching in fields including production systems, livelihoods, international development, environment, biodiversity, climate change, nutrition, reproduction, genetics, disease, parasitology, virology, bacteriology, molecular biology and veterinary studies; covering all kinds of aquatic species, from fish to shellfish and algae. The Institute has links with a large number of institutions around the world and collaborates on many research projects both nationally and internationally leading to
