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Optimising aquaculture

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Optimising aquaculture

Using satellite remote sensing methods to improve the efficiency of aquaculture management and spatial planning. Developing new methods for automatic mapping of aquaculture structures at large scale.

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Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture

Fisheries and aquaculture are important contributors to global food security. Critical issues affecting fisheries are overseen by international strategies: in particular, SDG 14 Life Below Water provides targets on sustainable fishing, supporting small-scale fisheries and countering illegal fishing....

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  GCRF Blue Communities

  GCRF Blue Communities is a 4 year research capacity-building programme for marine planning in East and South-East (E/SE) Asia, funded by UK Research and Innovation’s £225 million Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). The programme has 12 interconnected research projects, which will...

14 May 2026

Mapping toxin-producing phytoplankton; the scourge of shellfisheries

Researchers in the UK, including phytoplankton experts from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), have shown how the distributions of two phytoplankton groups, known to produce natural toxins that can halt shellfish harvesting, have changed in the North East Atlantic over the last six decades.

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  PML team celebrates win at Blue-Cloud Hackathon 2025! 

  We’re delighted to announce that,

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  MEDIA: How climate change is making Europe’s fish move to new waters

  PML’s Dr Sevrine Sailley, Ecosystem Modeller, has written for The Conversation UK on how climate change is reshaping fish ha...

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  MEDIA: ‘New analysis aims to gauge the impacts of offshore wind on the fishing industry’

  PML’s Dr Claire Szostek has written for Fishing News regarding new analysis of the impacts of offs...

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  New UK Fish, Fisheries and Aquaculture policy briefs published