ACIG: The growth of RAS projects in the UK. | Seafish

ACIG: The growth of RAS projects in the UK.

Date: 12 September 2023

Time: 14:00 - 15:30

Location: Online

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This meeting will look into how funding is helping to grow recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) in the UK.



Recirculating aquaculture systems, or RAS, provide a constant and controlled environment to rear farmed fish. They minimise water consumption, control culture conditions and allow effective management of waste streams. They can also provide some degree of biosecurity through measures to isolate the stock from the external environment. The rate of adoption of RAS in the aquaculture industry has been growing fast worldwide, and in January 2022 the ACIG looked at the potential for RAS to be a major contributor to English aquaculture and seafood production.

In July 2023 it was announced that a significant portion of the £40.1 million in grants awarded in the second round of the UK's £100m Seafood Fund Infrastructure Scheme, will be supporting RAS projects in the UK.

This meeting will look into this growing sector in more detail.

Event Programme

14:00
Introductions and general housekeeping
RAS overview in the UK and globally.
  • Mike Berthet, Aquasea.
Regulatory, economic and technical challenges for RAS development in England.
  • Keith Jeffery, Cefas.
UKSF funded project. Flo-Gro Systems Ltd (fresh king prawns Pacific Vannamei for the UK market).
  • Ralph Maxwell, Flo-Gro Systems.
RAS salmon farming.
  • Matthew Clarke, Aquacultured Seafood Ltd.
15:30
Event ends

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