Shellfish Health Group UCC

📢📢 Delighted to announce the start of our new Project #BIVALVE "Bridging Research & Practice to Improve the Future #Sustainability & Growth of the Irish Bivalve Sector" in collaboration with @MarineInst and funded by @agriculture_ie 🦪🌊@CullotyS @uccBEES @eriucc @MaREIcentre

Applications are now open for the 2025 Marine Institute Bursary Programme! Undergraduate students can gain practical work experience in a number of marine areas such as Fisheries, Oceanography and Aquaculture. Bursary positions are located at Oranmore, Co Galway and at Newport, Co Mayo. 🔗 For more info & to apply visit bit.ly/Bursary2025

Looking for a PhD on seal ecology? Join us at @uccBEES @UCC @MaREIcentre on a fully funded 4 year PhD. Details 👇ucc.ie/en/hr/vacancie…

🥳We are delighted to be coauthors on our latest publication for the @COCKLES_project #Interreg @AtlanticArea @CullotyS @uccBEES @eriucc Read more doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp…

A two-year long aerial survey by a team of researchers at University College Cork has provided new details of a rich biodiversity in Ireland's marine waters rte.ie/news/2024/1016…

Bioeconomy Week is here to highlight Ireland’s rapidly growing bioeconomy. See how the Irish seafood sector is embracing sustainability and circularity through the blue bioeconomy. 🐟♻️ 🎥 Watch the full video on Ireland’s Blue Bioeconomy here: ow.ly/aiAb50TKJZa #BIW2024

Did you know there's a livestream camera from the middle of Galway Bay where you can watch marine drama 24/7? And it's not just fish! @smartbay_ie I'm hooked! smartbay.marine.ie

As part of #BIVALVI Project we are carrying out a survey on #Bivalve #Aquaculture and Selective Breeding Programmes.The survey is anonymous and should take approx. 8 mins. @CullotyS @uccBEES @eriucc @MaREIcentre @MarineInst @BlueBioCOFUND Survey 👇 forms.office.com/e/3y9gvJt412

Challenges in the shellfish industry: Workshop for early career scientists and students. You are invited to join a free workshop organized by The Roslin Institute, following the ASSG annual conference Spaces are limited, so apply now!

🌊 Great news from the Tyne and Wear team!🌊 Our oysters have been spawning over the past few weeks! 🦪 Each oyster can produce up to 2 million larvae per year when sea temps hit 15°C.

Our latest Preliminary Seed Mussel Survey Report for the Rusk Channel uncovers essential findings for the aquaculture community. The report details the current state of seed mussel beds from the Rusk Channel. bim.ie/publications/a… #EUinmyregion 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 @BIM_InshSurvOff

It's always magical to see a White-tailed eagle take flight, and today we were joined by An Tánaiste @MichealMartinTD to watch four more chicks released into the wild as part of an ongoing @NPWSIreland reintroduction programme in collaboration with our partners in Norway. 🇮🇪🇳🇴🦅

Parasites Are Everywhere. Why Do So Few Researchers Study Them? - smithsonianmag.com/science-nature… @smithsonianmag

From oysters to toadlets, Dr Sharon Lynch was delighted to be invited to see the release of natterjack toadlets by the Minister for Nature, Heritage and Electoral Reform @noonan_malcolm T.D. @NPWSIreland @uccBEES @eriucc @SEFSUCC lnkd.in/eCgTTpMt lnkd.in/eu_Hn_87

In the last few weeks, we dissected hundreds of #cockles 🦪 from various parts of the Ria de Aveiro 🌊 to assess changes in #parasite prevalence, such as Mytilicola spp. and to prepare for our #mesocosm experiment #UNTIE

Our latest Preliminary Seed Mussel Survey Report for South Wicklow highlights key findings crucial for the aquaculture community. For detailed insights, read the full report on the BIM Website: bim.ie/publications/a… #Aquaculture #EUinmyregion 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 @BIM_InshSurvOff

Does better societal acceptance of shellfish aquaculture make it more likely to be featured in popular art? Does artistic representation of shellfish aquaculture make it more likely to be embraced by the public? Some of both? Some postcards from France…

When it comes to oysters, diseases have to make a living too bayjournal.com/columns/chesap… via @ChesBayJournal

🛑POST DOC JOB OPPORTUNITY The Post-Doctoral Researcher (PDR) will work with scientists specialising in migratory diadromous fish and in ocean and climate modelling. @Diadsea Click ➡️ bit.ly/3XdRxxj 📅The Closing date is 12pm, Wed 19th June 2024 #Marine #Job

ERI Director @BOGallachoir discusses Ireland's progress on the renewable energy transition on @rte. There are many wind farm applications currently going through the planning system, but the process time is taking far too long.