Projects

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Proliferative kidney disease (PKD): modelling parasite exposure and immune response to safeguard farmed rainbow trout in Scotland

Bringing together industry and academic partners to investigate tools to support impr...

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Nutritional, developmental, and immunological advances in farmed cleaner fish

Establishing a scientific foundation for reliable Ballan wrasse production for farmin...

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Advanced early warning systems for harmful plankton in Scottish aquaculture

Early detection and forecasting of harmful plankton events.

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Integrating catchment and loch models to assess phosphorus loading in freshwater salmonid aquaculture

The project aimed to provide tools that support clearer, evidence-based decisions for...

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Evaluating immune response of vaccinated ballan wrasse (WraAs OptiVacc 2)

This project explored the development of improved vaccine formulations for ballan wra...

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Health and immune outcomes of novel omega-3 oils in Atlantic salmon

Investigating the health impacts of novel omega-3-rich oils when used as feed ingredi...

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Trialling low-frequency acoustic startle response devices (A-ASR®) at Scottish salmon farms to reduce seal predation

The deployment and trial of a low‑frequency acoustic startle response (A-ASR®) device...

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Use of serum biomarkers for early differential diagnostics of cardiomyopathies of Atlantic salmon: field and challenge assessment

The project expanded the knowledge for cardiomyopathies’ dynamics and physiological i...

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Supporting sustainable salmon farming through innovative sea lice management

Bringing together commercial, academic, and research partners to develop a residue-fr...

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Development of salmon specific, immunology assays for automated analysis

SIF feasibility study on non-lethal, blood based immunological methods to identify ea...

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Further developing a zooplankton challenge model for Atlantic salmon

This full R&D project aimed to investigate the rearing of jellyfish and cnidarian spe...

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Examining complex gill disease in Scottish salmon

These studies sought to build the foundations for improved monitoring, diagnosis, und...

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Optimising cleanerfish performance: behavioural, welfare & hatchery innovations for sea lice control

This case study explores the behavioural aspects of cleaner fish for improving delous...

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Developing a recombinant gut antigen and evaluating its impact on adult sea lice: ImmuLice

The focus of this project was to explore the potential for a vaccine targeting the ad...

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The impact of freshwater rearing environments on Atlantic salmon health and performance: Robust Smolt

This project sought to understand how freshwater environmental conditions - including...

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Development and validation of welfare indicators for lumpfish in Scottish salmon farming

This project aimed to create and validate lumpfish-specific operational welfare indic...

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High-resolution ocean modelling for northern Scotland and the Shetland isles

This project extends high-resolution harmful algal blooms (HABs) forecasting to the n...

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From detection to forecast: tackling harmful algal blooms in Scottish aquaculture

This project delivered a fully operational early-warning system for harmful algal blo...

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SmoothMove: a low-density fish loading system for enhanced salmon welfare

East Coast Innovation has developed a novel fish loading system that allows transfers...

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Early detection, healthier salmon: advancing biomarker diagnostics for a sustainable Scottish aquaculture

Led by the University of the West of Scotland, this project aimed to develop innovati...

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