Distanced learning:Despite the challenges of the pandemic, training in aquaculture continues to be a popular choice

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Last month, two aquaculture trainees were recognised for their achievements at Lantra Scotland's ALBAS 21 (Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills) event. Callum Duggan, a freshwater technician with Cooke Aquaculture, won the Aquaculture Learnerof the Year category, a prestigious CARAS award and was the ALBAS Overall Runner-up. Guy Tindall, a marine senior husbandry technician with Grieg Seafood Shetland, was Aquaculture Learner of the Year Runner-up.Callum Duggan has been studying through a Modern Apprenticeship SVQ Level 7 (HNC) in Aquaculture, through the NAFC Marine Centre. He said: "I was surprised and grateful to be nominated for an ALBAS. I'm relishing my current role helping run the site, asI've always been interested in fish management. I really enjoy my role and take satisfaction from the site running smoothly, with progress and improvements being made."Lantra is a charity working to ensure that the UK's land-based, aquaculture and environmental conservation sector attracts and supports the skilled new entrants and workers that it needs.