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Integrating avian protein products into salmon feed practices
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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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Transforming Fish Health Management: A High-Throughput, Non-Lethal Diagnostic Approach
This project not only met but exceeded its main objectives, yielding two significant...
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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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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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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...
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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,...
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ZOEX: converting waves into energy for fish farming
This project aimed to confirm whether mounting the ZOEX Wave Energy Converter (WEC) t...
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Understanding failure rates in Rainbow trout populations
The primary objective of this study was to identify the cause of failed fish syndrome...
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Exploration of groutless rock anchors to support aquaculture infrastructure
Groutless technology has the potential to reduce the costs associated with traditiona...
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Aquaculture Insights: open data platform for salmon aquaculture
Developing an open data platform for fish farmers, to combine multiple data sources a...
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Georeferenced 3D photogrammetry: a tool for monitoring finfish aquaculture impacts
Hard substrates are often highly complex, making them difficult to sample in, but the...
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Development of diagnostic techniques to assess fish health and impact of sea lice treatment
This project successfully repurposed diagnostic technologies from human and veterinar...
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Producing sustainable marine zooplankton protein for aquafeed
This project explored ways to increase the availability of marine ingredients for the...
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LPAS: Live Plankton Analysis System
This project built and tested a Live Plankton Analysis System (LPAS) prototype that c...
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Tubenet™ technology for sea lice control in Scotland
Addressing specific scientific questions to fully understand the efficacy and impacts...
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MARLIN AQUA: Sustainable energy access for offshore aquaculture
Exploring a modular approach to renewable energy generation in conjunction with aquac...
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Novel functional feeds for improved performance in Atlantic salmon based on nettle
This project demonstrates that Atlantic salmon be grown on feeds with nettle inclusio...
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Virtual maintenance and training of fish farms through photogrammetry and virtual reality
Virtual reality: bringing gaming technology to fish farm maintenance and taking train...
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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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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...
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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