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Aquaculture Insights: open data platform for salmon aquaculture
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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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AquaLeap: innovation in genetics & breeding to advance UK aquaculture production
AquaLeap aims to improve genetics and breeding for four UK aquaculture sectors includ...
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AquaLeap: Innovation in genetics and breeding to advance UK aquaculture production
AquaLeap aimed to develop and uptake genomics technologies in support of stock enhanc...
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Aquawrasse: cleanerfish personality study
Ballan wrasse is one of the species used as cleanerfish in salmon farming. Their natu...
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Artificial Intelligence approaches to improve diagnosis of gill disease
Successful proof-of-concept application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies...
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Use of cardiac biomarkers for early diagnostic of cardiomyopathy syndrome
This project looked to identify fish cardiac disease biomarkers and develop a serolog...
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Clinical nutrition and the treatment of Atlantic salmon gill diseases (NAGD)
The development of diagnostic tools for the pathophysiological responses to gill dise...
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Control of sea lice infections using hydrogen peroxide at reduced salinities
The overarching aim of this project was to establish guidelines for the safe and effi...
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Developing a zooplankton challenge model for Atlantic salmon
This feasibility study aimed to develop a lab-based challenge model, using lab-reared...
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Developing diagnostic techniques for assessing fish health
A cheaper, faster method of monitoring and informing fish health practitioners on the...
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Developing mobile biomarker detection for seawater readiness
Better decision-making; improved fish health and welfare; reduced mortalities; plus,...
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Development of an orally administered novel sea lice vaccine targeting mucosal immunity
Sea lice continue to have a major impact on the salmon farming industry. Many injecti...
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EMFF 1: non-medicinal interventions and operational innovation
Piloting non-medicinal interventions and innovative operational improvements in Scott...
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Enhancing mucosal robustness and immunity in salmon
Traditional research has focused on the impacts of single stressors on fish health, p...
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Enhancing the health and welfare of lumpfish
Increased understanding of the use and performance of cleaner fish in farmed environm...
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Sustainable supply and optimal deployment of lumpsuckers
The lumpsucker (lumpfish) is one of the cleanerfish species whose natural behaviour i...
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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...
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Exploring the risk factors for Saprolegniosis outbreaks
Increased understanding of Saprolegnia and its causative factors, enabling Scotland’s...
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Exploring ultrasound-based technology for salmon delousing
An effective, non-medicinal approach to controlling the incidence of sea lice on Scot...
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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...
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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