Ongoing
Salmonid freshwater cage farming in a changing world
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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Testing of novel health ingredients
Securing the viability of strategies that bolster mucosal robustness and mitigate str...
Ongoing
Improving Disease Resistance in Atlantic salmon and Rainbow trout to Flavobacterium psychrophilum
The development and application of a F. psychrophilum immersion challenge model in At...
Ongoing
Gill Health in Scottish farmed salmon
Identification of actions and measures that can be used to prevent, reduce, or treat...
Ongoing
Exploring the risk factors for Saprolegniosis outbreaks in salmon farms
Increased understanding of Saprolegnia and its causative factors, enabling Scotland’s...
Ongoing
Optimising freshwater health interventions in seawater salmon production
This field-based project focuses on improving best practice for treating fish showing...
Ongoing
Spatial and temporal drivers of gill pathology in Atlantic Salmon
Unlocking the mechanisms underlying the variability in gill pathology, generating nov...
Ongoing
Live plankton analysis system (LPAS)
Salmon farmers face significant challenges from various forms of plankton and algae....
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
Aquawrasse: cleanerfish personality study
Ballan wrasse is one of the species used as cleanerfish in salmon farming. Their natu...
Ongoing
AquaLeap: innovation in genetics & breeding to advance UK aquaculture production
AquaLeap aims to improve genetics and breeding for four UK aquaculture sectors includ...
Ongoing
Novel Approach to Monitoring Aquaculture Impacts (NAMAqI)
Improved monitoring techniques for the measurement of sulphides analysis.
Ongoing
Increasing capacity for salmon farming in areas of high dispersion
Better data on the benthic footprint of exposed sites; improved environmental monitor...
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.
priority innovation areas
news & events
News
SAIC supports 100th aquaculture project following latest funding call
Event
Aqua Nor 2023: Scottish Pavilion
Event
Sustainable Aquaculture Summit
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