Welcome to the Shellfish Centre

The Shellfish Centre is a research & innovation initiative supporting development of the shellfish sector in Wales. The Centre will collaborate with businesses to deliver science to support growth. The main focus of the project is shellfish aquaculture and the related supply chain, with scope also for research to support new/underexploited shellfisheries and aquaculture of non-shellfish species that are compatible with shellfish production.

Bangor University secures funding for new research hub
13 August 2018

The EU funding will support scientific research and technology in establishing the university’s Shellfish Centre to help grow the industry in Wales. Based at the Marine Centre Wales, the Shellfish Centre will build on Bangor University’s excellence in coastal and marine sciences.

First workshop report now available
4 December 2018

The opening Shellfish Centre workshop brought together industry stakeholders, government representatives, agencies, regulators and academics.

Projects

All research activity undertaken by the Shellfish Centre will be conducted within a series of well-defined collaborative projects with industrial partners. As these develop, further information can be found here

Events

Forthcoming workshops, conferences and meetings hosted by the Shellfish Centre and other related associations.

ERDF

The Shellfish Centre RD&I operation is part-funded by the EU’s West Wales and the Valleys European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Operational Programme through the Welsh Government.

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