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Trout fry vaccine to be trialled in Scotland

Trout fry vaccine to be trialled in Scotland

Scotland’s biggest trout farmer, Dawnfresh, and Stirling University’s Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) are leading a consortium that is taking a significant step towards the development of a commercial vaccine for rainbow trout fry syndrome (RTFS).

£2m to be spent on projects to improve fish health

£2m to be spent on projects to improve fish health

Scotland’s fish farmers have committed more than £1 million to five new innovation projects to improve fish health and wellbeing.

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Seabed sulphide may be key to new salmon farms

Seabed sulphide may be key to new salmon farms

Salmon farmer Cooke Aquaculture and the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) are leading a transatlantic effort to explore how measuring sulphides on the seabed could better track the impact of biomass from fish farms and open up expansion in high-energy areas.

Anchoring the future for high-energy aquaculture

Anchoring the future for high-energy aquaculture

A consortium of engineering experts is developing an innovative new anchoring technology for the Scottish aquaculture industry which would allow fish and shellfish farms to look at areas which are currently unsuitable for use.

Scottish industry welcomes statutory lice reporting

Scottish industry welcomes statutory lice reporting

Scotland’s salmon farmers have welcomed tighter rules on sea lice reporting and lice trigger levels announced by Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing at Holyrood today.

Summit seeks aquaculture growth by collaboration

Summit seeks aquaculture growth by collaboration

Around 90 delegates from Scotland’s aquaculture industry were due to meet behind closed doors at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre today to debate how to accelerate the sector’s growth.

Tomorrow's leaders look ahead with confidence

Tomorrow's leaders look ahead with confidence

A group of potential Scottish aquaculture leaders of the future have finished a series of training days that has given them with a variety of new skills and attributes, not least the confidence in their ability to manage staff.

Bolder and WiSA: bid to net more women for aquaculture

Bolder and WiSA: bid to net more women for aquaculture

A new group called Women in Aquaculture Scotland (WiSA) will be launched today – International Women’s Day – by people from across industry, academia and the public sector.

Dawnfresh farming chief and Shetland Mussels MD join SAIC board

Dawnfresh farming chief and Shetland Mussels MD join SAIC board

Alison Hutchins, the farming director of trout producer Dawnfresh, and Michael Tait, managing director of Shetland Mussels, have joined the board of the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC).

Pooling talent to help aquaculture and careers

Pooling talent to help aquaculture and careers

Fish farming industry employees and PhD students will tomorrow take part in a new initiative intended to cultivate Scotland’s aquaculture talent pool and find new ways of tackling industry challenges.

Genetic search for better fish wins £1.7m funding

Genetic search for better fish wins £1.7m funding

Improved disease resistance and growth rate for salmon and lumpfish are being targeted in a major research collaboration.

Portuguese fly farmer eyes Scottish salmon opportunity

Portuguese fly farmer eyes Scottish salmon opportunity

One of the founders of a Portuguese fly-farming start-up will be in Edinburgh today to attend an insect farming workshop run by Zero Waste Scotland.

Scotland's £3.5m bid to improve salmon gill health

Scotland's £3.5m bid to improve salmon gill health

Two Scottish consortiums, backed by the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), are embarking on 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.

Creating a buzz about fly farming in Scotland

Creating a buzz about fly farming in Scotland

A one-day workshop on the potential for insect farming in Scotland is to be held in Edinburgh next month to bring together key organisations from across the would-be insect supply chain.

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