MSP for Shetland commends University's aquaculture facilities

Mr Scott – who is the current Scottish Liberal Democrat Spokesman for Transport, Rural Affairs, Fisheries, Environment and Sport – met with academic staff and research students from both divisions of the University, to hear about current aquaculture and sport projects and to discuss how the research may benefit Scotland and communities across the globe. 

Mr Scott’s tour began in the University’s world-class Institute of Aquaculture where the Institute’s Director, Professor Brian Austin, showed him around the facilities.  This involved a visit to various laboratories and the tropical aquarium and included talks on parasitology, sea lice control, sustainable aquaculture and nutrition.

The final stop on the Aquaculture tour was the Institute’s special Omega 3 testing facility where Mr Scott had his Omega 3 levels measured.

The Aquaculture tour enabled Mr Scott to find out about various world-leading Stirling projects which all seek to develop solutions or meet challenges relating to economics, health and the environment.