Embracing the Internet of Things in Aquaculture
Embracing the Internet of Things in Aquaculture
The remote locations of salmon farms can sometimes mean that communicating data can be difficult. Heather Jones, CEO of the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) discusses the benefits of IoT technologies for the fish farming industry with CENSIS, Innovation Centre for Sensing, Imaging and IoT. Aquaculture is already of huge importance to…
Scottish consortiums take giant leap forward for salmon gill health
Two Scottish consortiums, backed by the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), are embarking on ambitious initiatives, valued at a combined £3.5 million, to improve gill health and resilience among farmed Atlantic salmon – one of the industry’s most significant challenges. The projects will bring together the expertise of a range of…
Scotland’s Invent Calendar
The people behind ‘Scotland is Now‘, the campaign showcasing the the benefits of living, working, studying or doing business in Scotland, are introducing something a little different for the festive season. Each day throughout December, the site will share a different modern Scottish innovation. Forget about your traditional advent calendar, in…
Cabinet Secretary Ewing visits Orkney to see progress of new Cooke Aquaculture site
(Kirkwall in Orkney): On Thursday, September 27th, the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy, Fergus Ewing, visited Cooke Aquaculture’s Orkney headquarters in Kirkwall to hear about progress made at the company’s new high-energy salmon farming site at East Skelwick, North Sound, Westray. The development of high-energy sites forms an…
Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC)
Support for productivity, export growth and rural jobs ‘Industry success through research partnerships’ – that is the goal that drives the work of the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC).
Giving graduates a direct route into a career in aquaculture
Graduates seeking a career in aquaculture now have a direct route into the sector, with the launch of a new collaboration between the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) and its industry partners.
Scottish mussel hatchery project receives international boost
An innovative project to get Scottish mussels to spawn in a hatchery environment has received an international boost with a visit from Tasmanian partners Spring Bay Seafoods – operators of one of the world’s few commercial-scale mussel hatcheries.
Aquaculture supply chain £1m innovation fund opens
Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) working in the aquaculture supply chain in the Highlands and Islands can now apply to a £1 million innovation fund, which has opened for applications.
SAIC co-hosts International Cleaner Fish Summit in Glasgow
The first ever International Cleaner Fish Summit is underway at the Technology & Innovation Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, co-hosted by the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) in partnership with the Norwegian Seafood Research Fund (FHF).
SAIC champions importance of regional growth sectors to UK Industrial Strategy
The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has given evidence to the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee as one of a panel of expert witnesses consulted on the recently published Green Paper, Building our Industrial Strategy.
