Aquaculture students net $10,000 scholarships from salmon farmer
Norwegian salmon farmer Kvarøy Arctic has announced the winners of its 2022 Women in Aquaculture Scholarship. Abigail Ebachi Tarchie from Ghana and Eliza Syropoulou from Greece each receive US $10,000 towards their education.
It is the third year that Kvarøy Arctic has awarded the scholarships, one of which is open to applicants from all around the world and the other only to applicants from countries in Africa.
This year, Kvaroy Arctic received double the number of applications from 85 different countries.
“We’re beyond thrilled by the recognition our scholarship is receiving as achieving gender equality and empowerment for women in aquaculture is something we at Kvarøy Arctic are deeply passionate about,” said chief marketing officer Jennifer Bushman.
Fish nutrition
Tarichie is a PhD student at Kwame Nrumah University of Science and Technology. She centres her studies on fish nutrition and welfare with a focus on sustainable resources research.
She comes from the coastal area of western Ghana where fishing is the main livelihood for natives.
“It is in this vein that I developed an interest to study aquaculture in order to acquire knowledge and insight so that I can help these farmers through training and sensitisation,” said Tarichie.
“My aim is to educate more people about aquaculture to increase fish production and thereby improve livelihoods and enhance nutrition security, especially for the most nutritionally vulnerable.”
RAS welfare
Syropoulou is a PhD student at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, focusing on fish welfare and nutrition relating to recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) and microbiology, ultimately optimising water treatment methods in these systems. She also wants to find ways to benefit the community of women in aquaculture.
Kvarøy Arctic worked with Imani Black from Minorities in Aquaculture and Julie Kuchepatov from Seafood and Gender Equality to select the scholarship applications.
