{"id":23,"date":"2023-10-10T15:17:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:09:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:09:41","slug":"23-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color\" style=\"color:#FFAEB9\">The UK Sustainable King Prawn Project<br><\/h1>\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left has-text-color\" style=\"color:#274445\">Land-based seafood farming, built with circular economy principles &amp; powered by renewables<br><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"223\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2024\/05\/logo_colour_no-title_small-file-size-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-545\" style=\"width:153px;height:142px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>The UK Sustainable King Prawn Project<\/strong>* is a research and business impact project. It is exploring the potential to create a new, environment-friendly, food production sector for warm water king prawn (<em>penaeus vannamei<\/em>) in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">The project focuses on indoor Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS), powered by renewable energy technologies, with circular economic principles built in at every stage. It aims to help position the UK as a global frontrunner in sustainable, land-based seafood production and to provide innovative diversification opportunities for both UK agriculture and aquaculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p id=\"block-ba86eca0-2fad-4ab3-bd8a-79332cb17408\"><em>In the UK we already love eating king prawns as a healthy, high quality and tasty seafood. This project aims to transform practices on UK terrestrial farms through the production of home-grown king prawns, using indoor closed-system methods, harnessing renewable energy technologies and integrating circular-economy opportunities.<\/em><\/p>\n<cite>Professor Rod Wilson (Project Lead), Biosciences, University of Exeter<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"  title=\"The UK Sustainable King Prawn Project - rationale and overview\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ThSN20gXrps?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Video explaining project concept and activities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>*This full title for this project is &#8220;<em>Transformational blueprint for a blue economy on UK terrestrial farms: integrating sustainable shrimp production in a changing agricultural landscape<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#274445\">Project partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2023\/10\/UoE-RR-UoR_logos-1024x237.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2023\/10\/UoE-RR-UoR_logos-1024x237.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2023\/10\/UoE-RR-UoR_logos-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2023\/10\/UoE-RR-UoR_logos-768x178.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2023\/10\/UoE-RR-UoR_logos-1536x355.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2023\/10\/UoE-RR-UoR_logos-2048x474.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#274445\">Funders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"158\" data-id=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2024\/04\/funder-logos-1024x158.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2024\/04\/funder-logos-1024x158.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2024\/04\/funder-logos-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2024\/04\/funder-logos-768x119.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2024\/04\/funder-logos-1536x238.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/kingprawn\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/147\/2024\/04\/funder-logos-2048x317.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK Sustainable King Prawn Project Land-based seafood farming, built with circular economy principles &amp; powered by renewables The UK Sustainable King Prawn Project* is a research and business impact project. 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