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Piloting a commercial mussel hatchery
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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Ongoing
Real-time modelling and prediction of harmful algal blooms
Developing a real-time modelling and prediction tool to minimise the impact of HABs o...
Completed
Technologies and processes for a commercial mussel hatchery
Increased productivity; higher yields; greater market share for the Scottish mussel s...
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
Salmonid freshwater cage farming in a changing world
This project brings together a unique freshwater aquaculture partnership to improve t...
Completed
Scaling up the use of cleaner fish
Increased harvest volumes of salmon and reduced reliance on medicinal controls, with...
Ongoing
Serum biomarkers for early diagnostics of cardiomyopathies: field and challenge assessment
This project aims to develop a simple and cost-effective mass testing tool that could...
Completed
Simulating in vitro Atlantic salmon intestinal microbiome system
A go-to diagnostic system for testing new feeds prior to in vivo trials, providing de...
Ongoing
Spatial and temporal drivers of gill pathology in Atlantic Salmon
Unlocking the mechanisms underlying the variability in gill pathology, generating nov...
Completed
Testing of novel health ingredients
Securing the viability of strategies that bolster mucosal robustness and mitigate str...
Completed
Development of diagnostic techniques to assess fish health and impact of sea lice treatment
This project successfully repurposed diagnostic technologies from human and veterinar...
Completed
The use of a water treatment technology (CleanTreat®) to support Integrated Pest Management in salmon farming
This project explored the use of a water treatment technology (CleanTreat®) to suppor...
Completed
Tubenet™ technology for sea lice control in Scotland
Addressing specific scientific questions to fully understand the efficacy and impacts...
Ongoing
Using eDNA metabarcoding as an alternative to macrobenthic assessments
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is DNA present in environmental samples such as sediment. e...
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...
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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