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PhDs to address aquaculture issues

ΒιΆΉ΄ε (ΒιΆΉ΄ε UHI) is seeking to help solve some of the most pressing issues in European marine science as the deadline for three β€˜cutting edge’ PhDs approaches.

Funded through the European Strategic Investment Fund (ESIF), the PhDs available at the Oban-based ΒιΆΉ΄ε UHI will address: harmful algal bloom predictions; commercial bivalve production; and increasing microalgae supply for use in aquaculture.

And as the deadline (June 6) for applications approaches, , Head of ΒιΆΉ΄ε Graduate School, said she was looking forward to meeting the successful applicants.

β€œAs policy makers place increasing importance on food security and sustainability, people are looking closely at how the aquaculture industry is developing.

β€œMore than half of fin and shellfish consumed globally are being produced through aquaculture - a paradigm change in our exploitation of the sea, so it is clear that research will have to play a key part as the industry changes and develops.

β€œI am excited about the prospect of ΒιΆΉ΄ε UHI students being at the cutting edge and helping to shape policy and guidelines in the future.”

The three PhDs available are: ; ; and .

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