Ongoing
Real-time modelling and prediction of harmful algal blooms
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
Salmonid freshwater cage farming in a changing world
This project brings together a unique freshwater aquaculture partnership to improve t...
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Gill Health in Scottish farmed salmon
Identification of actions and measures that can be used to prevent, reduce, or treat...
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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
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
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...
Ongoing
Using eDNA metabarcoding as an alternative to macrobenthic assessments
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is DNA present in environmental samples such as sediment. e...
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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SAIC Introduces: the Digital SalmoFan™
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Aquaculture researchers secure £1.6 million to explore next-generation tech...
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New tool being developed to validate sea lice dispersion models
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