The Faculty of Fisheries Technology and Aquatic Resources has implemented a project to enhance the capacity of Fisheries and Aquatic Innovation Learning Centers within the faculty and in targeted community and school areas. The project aims to build strength, sustainability, and comprehensive aquaculture entrepreneurship based on the Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) Economic Model, by transferring academic knowledge and research innovations from faculty experts to communities through the learning centers. The Faculty has developed 14 Fisheries and Aquatic Innovation Learning Centers, divided into four groups covering agrotourism, aquatic resources, aquaculture, processing, and entrepreneurship. The project was held from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, with a budget of 300,000 THB (9,236.60 USD) and a total of 820 participants, including students, farmers, and locals. This project effectively connects academic knowledge, research, and innovation with real-world practice, creating living, self-sustaining fisheries learning ecosystems. It empowers students, communities, and schools to become sustainable aquaculture entrepreneurs, strengthens local economies, and promotes environmental stewardship in line with Thailand’s BCG economic vision.

The key outcomes are as follows:

1.The 14 learning centers are now equipped and capable of delivering high-quality academic services and expanding activities to community networks.

2.Students gain hands-on experience through living classrooms both in the university and local communities.

3.The faculty generates income from academic services, training programs, study visits, and prototype product sales.

4.The learning centers are recognized by farmers, schools, and local agencies as reliable and practical sources of fisheries technology.

5.Faculty members and staff successfully integrate teaching and research outcomes into community applications.

6.Students develop professional skills through real-world practice, bridging classroom learning with field experience.

7.Target communities and schools receive context-appropriate aquaculture knowledge, enabling them to develop their own learning centers.

8.The project establishes living learning center models that serve as prototypes for future academic service frameworks.

9.Communities and schools gain comprehensive knowledge in integrated aquaculture entrepreneurship — from fish production, cost reduction, and product value addition to market-oriented processing — aligning with the BCG Economic Model and fostering regional development.