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Sustainable supply and optimal deployment of lumpsuckers
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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Efficacy & welfare implications of thermal delousing in Scottish salmonid aquaculture
This study aimed to address ethical concerns by evaluating the efficacy and welfare i...
Completed
ExPAND in2 the Future: Realising the full capacity of the Scottish salmon industry
The ExPAND2 project brought together developers, researchers, and sector practitioner...
Completed
ExPAND: Expanding environments, physics, and accuracy in NewDEPOMOD
Accurate and reliable predictive modelling of the benthic impacts of salmon farming.
Completed
Exploration of groutless rock anchors to support aquaculture infrastructure
Groutless technology has the potential to reduce the costs associated with traditiona...
Completed
Exploring the risk factors for Saprolegniosis outbreaks
Increased understanding of Saprolegnia and its causative factors, enabling Scotland’s...
Completed
Exploring ultrasound-based technology for salmon delousing
An effective, non-medicinal approach to controlling the incidence of sea lice on Scot...
Completed
Feasibility Study: Pre-emptive and non-invasive pathogen diagnostics to prevent the spread of shellfish disease
In direct response to requests from shellfish farmers and restoration practitioners,...
Completed
Field trials of a novel vaccine to combat Rainbow Trout Fry Syndrome (RTFS) in Scotland
The bacterium Flavobacterium psychrophilum has been responsible for substantial econo...
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
Full R&D: Pre-emptive and non-invasive pathogen diagnostics to prevent the spread of shellfish disease
In this full R&D project, the system developed in the previous feasibly study was tak...
Completed
Genomic breeding for gill health and lice resistance in salmon: improved accuracy and affordability
Optimising genomic selection in salmon breeding to improve the accuracy and affordabi...
Completed
Georeferenced 3D photogrammetry: a tool for monitoring finfish aquaculture impacts
Hard substrates are often highly complex, making them difficult to sample in, but the...
Ongoing
Gill Health in Scottish farmed salmon
Identification of actions and measures that can be used to prevent, reduce, or treat...
Completed
Hemp by-products as a protein source for Scottish salmon
This first look at sustainably sourced hempseed meal as an alternative protein source...
Completed
Improving cleaner fish vaccination methodology and technology
Improved survivability and efficacy of cleaner fish on Scotland’s salmon farms, with...
Completed
Improving Disease Resistance to Flavobacterium psychrophilum
Improving disease resistance in Atlantic salmon and Rainbow trout to Flavobacterium p...
Completed
INCREASE: Enhancing predictive models for organic waste dispersal
The primary tool used in Scotland to model the dispersal of organic waste is NewDEPOM...
Completed
Integrating avian protein products into salmon feed practices
The primary aim of this project was to drive change and address issues within the UK...
Completed
Investigating influences on shell breakage in Scottish mussels
Shell breakage has posed a persistent commercial challenge to the Scottish mussel ind...
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.
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