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AQUAEXCEL2020 ExCom and IRAP Meetings Take Place

8 May 2020
The AQUAEXCEL2020 ExCom and IRAP meetings that were due to take place in Lisbon (Portugal) took place online on 28th and 29th April, due to Covid-19. As the project ends in October 2020, the ExCom meeting was full of interesting discussions around the actions and results of the final 6 months of the project. The partners hope to meet for the final project meeting in Cork (Ireland) in September. The Industry and Research Advisory Panel (IRAP) meeting featured a mix of WP leaders from the project...
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AE-FishBIT

23 Apr 2020
Photo credit: © Xenia Pérez Sitja The 2nd AQUAEXCEL2020 newsletter (March 2017) contained a very interesting interview with Dr. Jaume Pérez-Sánchez from the Institute of Aquaculture Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC) in Spain. Jaume is one of the team behind AE-FishBIT - implanted biosensors for remote monitoring of the overall performance of fish. AE-FishBIT has had some exciting developments over the past 2 and a half years. Read on to find out more! In May 2019, AE-FishBIT’s design and functional...
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Salmon Business: “Gentle” robo-turtle could do a better job in salmon farm surveillance than divers and underwater vessels

13 Mar 2020
Fantastic collaboration between SINTEF, NTNU and Tallinn University of Technology through the AQUAEXCEL2020 TNA programme has resulted in a very interesting article featuring in Salmon Business that shows a gentle robo-turtle could do a better job in salmon farm surveillance than divers and underwater vessels. Read the article here: https://salmonbusiness.com/gentle-robo-turtle-could-do-a-better-job-in-salmon-farm-surveillance-than-divers-and-rovs/
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17 and FINAL Call for Access NOW OPEN

27 Jan 2020
European researchers and research teams are invited to apply for scientific research that utilises the facilities of the participating aquaculture research facilities. The AQUAEXCEL2020 Seventeenth Call For Access is NOW OPEN until the until the 6th of March 2020. For more information please visit: www.aquaexcel2020.eu/transnational-access/call-access or click here.
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