News
28 April 2026. Four members of the WAVES leaderships team (Prof. Craig Hutton, and Drs Mat Hennessey, Oliver Hensengerth and Andrew Desbois) presented key aspects of the WAVES project to aquaculture and marine science students and staff at the Serang Campus of the Jakarta Technical University of Fisheries.
24 April 2026. The first WAVES Annual Meeting took place in Lombok, Indonesia between 22nd-24th April 2026. We were also delighted to be joined by members of our Advisory Board. We would like to thank the Marine & Fisheries Polytechnic of Jembrana for hosting the event.
21 April 2026. The Work Package 3 team held a workshop in Lombok, Indonesia on 20th & 21st April 2026 with representatives from across the network.
2 April 2026. We are delighted to announce that the 2026 WAVES Annual Project Meeting will take place in Lombok, Indonesia on 22nd & 23rd April. Hosted by the Marine and Fisheries Polytechnic of Jembrana, this meeting will bring together members from across the network to discuss progress so far and plans for upcoming activities. There will be presentations from our Early Career Researchers and we will also welcome members of our Advisory Board for their direct feedback on the project’s strategic objectives.
4 March 2026. Prof. Aileen Tan will be one of the inspirational leaders taking part in an event to mark International Women’s Day on 18th March 2026, as part of the UKRI-funded AquaSoS project that has a Work Package devoted to developing female aquaculture scientists in SE Asia. Event details and registration (including for online attendance) available via the QR Code.
13 November 2025. The WorldFish team have prepared an article entitled “Charting a Sustainable Future for Mollusc Production in Southeast Asia” on how mollusc farmers are adapting to climate change.
3 November 2025. A key output from the WAVES project is to forecast future demand for molluscs: a WorldFish-led workshop in Malaysia in September was used to collect key baseline data.
15 October 2025. As part of the September 2025 workshop, the WAVES team visited the facilities at the Autore Pearl Farm in Lombok, Indonesia to gain a deeper understanding for their operations and the sector more widely.
8 October 2025. Twelve members of the WAVES team participated in the Sustainable & Resilient Aquaculture Systems in Southeast Asia meeting in London hosted by UKRI, which connected the projects funded by the call.
30 September 2025. A 2-day stakeholder workshop with representation from the mussels and pearl oyster sectors was hosted by the WAVES team in Lombok, Indonesia to map industry activities and governance.
26 September 2025. The WAVES team spent time at a small-scale oyster farm to see and hear first hand some of the challenges facing such producers in Malaysia.
24 September 2025. Project partner WorldFish (Penang, Malaysia) hosted a workshop on modelling led by University of Southampton to guide the selection of suitable case studies of mollusc production in southeast Asia.
15 August 2025. Project co-lead Dr Andrew Desbois presented the WAVES project at the 22nd International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish in Heraklion, Greece.
12 July 2025. In September, The WAVES WP2 team will conduct a sector-mapping systems-thinking workshop in Penang, Malaysia with over 20 participants from across the national mollusc industry.
24 June 2025. The WAVES Consortium hosted a stakeholder workshop for more than 30 stakeholders of the clam sector in Vietnam at Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 1, Bac Ninh, Vietnam from 16-17 June 2025.
4 June 2025. The WAVES Consortium kick-off meeting took place at College of Aquaculture & Fisheries, Can Tho University, Vietnam from 11-14 June 2025.
10 March 2025. The launch of the WAVES project received press coverage in many outlets, including Fish Farming Expert, Vet Times and Oceanographic Magazine.
7 March 2025. The WAVES Consortium was announced by UKRI. Full details here: https://www.ukri.org/news/revolutionising-aquaculture-bold-new-projects-in-south-east-asia/