The HotFish Podcasts
by Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling
A series of conversations around the implications of climate change in different aquaculture and aquatic food contexts. These particularly feature early-career researchers tackling issues in different parts of the world. They have been produced with financial support from the Belmont Forum and Natural Environment Research Council and we hope they will be a useful contribution to the upcoming COP26.
Episodes
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Aquaculture, neglected diseases of poverty, and One Health-based solutions during an era of rapid climate change
In this episode, Dave Little talks with Reed Ozretich who specialises in a One Health approach to aquaculture in the context of a changing climate. He's been working on a Belmont-funded project in Brazil and Ivory Coast coordinated by Giulio de Leo, at Stanford University, but working with local...
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Mixed-sex Nile tilapia can perform competitively with mono-sex fish in cage culture
Researchers discuss a comparative production trial between mixed-sex and conventional all-male stocks of tilapia farmed in cages in Thailand. This showed that males can perform as well in mixed-sex culture and that smaller females can boost total cage production. Financial analysis demonstrated…
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Export-Driven Coastal Aquaculture can Benefit Nutritionally Vulnerable People
In this podcast, Professor David Little talks with Associate Professor Abdullah-Al Mamun from the Department of Fisheries and Marine Science at Noakhali Science and technology University, Bangladesh, about the findings of his research among shrimp farming communities in South West Bangladesh…
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Freshwater Aquaculture: The Silent Majority
Freshwater aquaculture dominates global aquaculture production, but its importance is often overlooked in global food-policy agenda and research. In a new study published in Nature, Dave Little and Richard Newton at the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling and external colleagues led…
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Eco-Intensification: Aquaculture and the Circular Economy
In this episode Dave Little is interviewing Dr. Richard Newton, who discusses his work on the idea of ecologically responsible intensification of fish farming through improvements in farming efficiency and the reuse or repurposing of waste products throughout our supply chains. Intensification in...
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The Potential of Fish By-Products
Wesley Malcorps explains how a large proportion of the fish farmed in Europe is discarded, sometimes up to 50% of the whole fish. However, this is dependent on the consumption habits, generally speaking, the north of Europe prefers fillets, while the south of Europe prefers the purchase of whole…
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Global Seafood Trade Messaging of the Major Producing and Consuming Regions
As part of the EU GAIN Project, Wesley Malcorps and other project partners visited seafood trade exhibitor booth messaging strategies in China, which is the largest seafood producer in the world by volume. They also observed trading booths in Europe and America. These are considered the major...
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Shrimp farming: Welfare, environment and climate change
Professor Dave Little talks with early career researcher and GAA Innovation Award Winner Dr Simao Zacarias about his work on developing higher welfare practices for producing white-legged shrimp and on developments within the shrimp industry to reduce environmental impacts and contributions to...
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Rice-fish production systems in Bangladesh
In this episode, Professor Dave Little speaks with researcher Alexandra Pounds about her work studying the evolution of decentralised rice-fish fingerling production in North West Bangladesh; its importance for income generation, nutrition and community health, and how this is being affected by...
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Environmental and nutritional impacts of aquaculture in Bangladesh
Professor Dave Little talks to researcher Stephanie Horn about her work in Bangladesh. This involves looking at the nutritional and environmental impacts of different culture technologies, including the introduction of GIFT tilapia. The aim is to identify the most resilient and sustainable…
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Can smallholder fish ponds in Africa be climate smart?
Aleksander (Olek) Kaminski, a researcher at the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling discusses the potential benefits of incorporating fish farming into household livelihood strategies with Professor David Little. The podcast discusses the income and food security benefits of...
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Communities dependent on harvesting mangrove oysters vulnerable to climate change
In this episode, Professor Dave Little interviews early-career researcher Alex Pounds of the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling, UK. She is part of a small team funded by Innovate UK, working to understand the issues faced by women oyster harvesters in the Sherbro River…
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Introducing the HotFish Podcast Series
This is the Introductory episode of the HotFish series of podcasts from the Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling. These are a series of conversations around the implications of climate change in different aquaculture and aquatic food contexts. They especially feature early-career...
About this show
A series of conversations around the implications of climate change in different aquaculture and aquatic food contexts. These particularly feature early-career researchers tackling issues in different parts of the world. They have been produced with financial support from the Belmont Forum and Natural Environment Research Council and we hope they will be a useful contribution to the upcoming COP26.
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Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling