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PatoGen plans laboratory in Scotland

PatoGen plans laboratory in Scotland

Fish health and diagnostics company PatoGen Ltd is establishing a laboratory in Oban to expand its services to the Scottish aquaculture industry.

Researchers probe seafood sector ‘Covid-shock’

Researchers probe seafood sector ‘Covid-shock’

A research team led by Oban-based Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) has begun to investigate the impact of Covid-19 on the UK seafood industry.

UN hears how seaweed farming relieves poverty

UN hears how seaweed farming relieves poverty

A global seaweed expert will tell a UN meeting today how the seaweed industry is helping people in developing nations escape poverty.

SAMS researcher aids Mauritius oil spill clean-up

SAMS researcher aids Mauritius oil spill clean-up

A scientist working to recycle nitrogen from industries like aquaculture and agriculture has played a part in mitigating damage from an oil spill on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, where she is based.

Scientists identify new tool for testing fish farm impacts

Scientists identify new tool for testing fish farm impacts

Bacterial “metabarcoding” has considerable potential for use as a cost-effective, rapid and highly sensitive tool to assess the impacts of fish farms on the surrounding area, a three-month study has shown.

Understanding hormones to improve oyster production

Understanding hormones to improve oyster production

Understanding how oysters respond to the natural environment during reproduction could increase productivity in hatcheries and improve the success of conservation measures, according to a researcher at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban.

Ocean warming assessment illustrates climate challenge facing salmon farming

Ocean warming assessment illustrates climate challenge facing salmon farming

The temperature challenge facing Scotland’s salmon farmers has been illustrated by a new report on how ocean warming, especially of the North Atlantic, is affecting the mix of species in the seas.

How worms can cut costs of land-based aquaculture

How worms can cut costs of land-based aquaculture

A marine ecologist awarded a £1.2 million fellowship to research the use of aquaculture sludge to grow worms for animal protein has given details of how finfish farmers might benefit from her science.

£1.2m funding for ecologist turning farm waste to food

£1.2m funding for ecologist turning farm waste to food

A marine ecologist from the Oban-based Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) has been awarded a £1.2 million fellowship to research using animal waste from agriculture and aquaculture to create protein.

SAMS research helps prompt UN seaweed policy rethink

SAMS research helps prompt UN seaweed policy rethink

Delegates attending the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) sub-committee on aquaculture in Trondheim, Norway this week have called for more work to be done to understand the global seaweed industry, after hearing from Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) scientist Professor Elizabeth Cottier-Cook and five other international experts.

Events planned to help everyone become WiSA

Events planned to help everyone become WiSA

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) is to stage two events next month for Women in Scottish Aquaculture (WiSA) as part of the networking group’s ongoing mission to encourage female participation and progression in the industry.

Funded researchers offered to aquaculture industry

Funded researchers offered to aquaculture industry

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) is inviting members of the aquaculture industry interested in developing research projects with academia to brainstorming sessions in Edinburgh and Oban.

What is IMTA, exactly?

What is IMTA, exactly?

An aquaculture expert from the Scottish Association for Marine Science has contributed towards achieving a global definition of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA).

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.

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