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ZOEX: converting waves into energy for fish farming
Projects
We channel our resources into the areas that will benefit the Scottish aquaculture sector the most, including reducing its environmental footprint and increasing its economic impact.
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Exploration of groutless rock anchors to support aquaculture infrastructure
Groutless technology has the potential to reduce the costs associated with traditiona...
Completed
Aquaculture Insights: open data platform for salmon aquaculture
Developing an open data platform for fish farmers, to combine multiple data sources a...
Completed
Virtual maintenance and training of fish farms through photogrammetry and virtual reality
Virtual reality: bringing gaming technology to fish farm maintenance and taking train...
Ongoing
Salmonid freshwater cage farming in a changing world
This project brings together a unique freshwater aquaculture partnership to improve t...
Ongoing
Robust-Smolt: impact of environmental conditions on fish health and welfare
The rapid expansion of the salmon farming sector has been made possible through the a...
Ongoing
Using eDNA metabarcoding as an alternative to macrobenthic assessments
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is DNA present in environmental samples such as sediment. e...
Completed
Fish oil waste source for the production of bio-based surfactants
This project investigated the use of oils extracted from fish industry waste to produ...
Completed
Innovative rock anchors for aquaculture
Developing an innovative new anchoring technology for the aquaculture industry to hel...
Completed
NAMAqI: a novel approach to monitoring aquaculture impacts
Total free sulphides as an indicator of aquatic health
Completed
ExPAND: Expanding environments, physics, and accuracy in NewDEPOMOD
Accurate and reliable predictive modelling of the benthic impacts of salmon farming.
Completed
EMFF 2: driving sustainability and increasing capacity
Driving sustainability and unlocking additional capacity for Scottish aquaculture
Completed
EMFF 1: non-medicinal interventions and operational innovation
Piloting non-medicinal interventions and innovative operational improvements in Scott...
Completed
Increasing capacity for salmon farming in areas of high dispersion
Better data on the benthic footprint of exposed sites; improved environmental monitor...
Completed
MeioMetBar: Development of DNA-based methodologies for seabed monitoring
Developing DNA-based metagenomic methodologies for seabed monitoring and aquaculture...
Project facts
Investment
Total value of SAIC-funded/co-funded collaborative research to date: £70.9m
Partnership
SAIC-funded research spans 92 different industry/academic project partners.
Projects
So far, SAIC has helped fund 100 collaborative research projects
Leverage Rate
Quadrupling return on investment by generating over £4 in industry and third-party funding for every £1 of public money
Industry-academic collaborations
Some of our projects have a lifetime of less than one year, while others are longer-term, multi-partner collaborations of up to three and a half years. Each project unites industry know-how with specialist academic expertise; something that SAIC works hard to encourage by helping forge the necessary connections.
Priority innovation areas
Our work is focused on catalysing and co-funding innovation in the areas identified by the sector as being top priorities. We call them our priority innovation areas – or PIAs for short.
Over the years, the industry’s priorities for innovation have evolved. Therefore, so too have our PIAs. This helps ensure that we continue to deliver maximum benefit from the combined investment being made. SAIC's three PIAs are 1: Finfish health & welfare, 2: Unlocking sector capacity, and 3: Shellfish and other non-finfish species.
news & events
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Aquaculture researchers secure £1.6 million to explore next-generation tech...
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New tool being developed to validate sea lice dispersion models
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‘Virtual taxonomist’ in training to protect fish farms from toxic algal blo...
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