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Looking back, thinking ahead: Heather Jones

Looking back, thinking ahead: Heather Jones

Fish Farming Expert has asked individuals connected to the salmon farming industry about their year, and what they hope for in 2022. We continue the series with Heather Jones, chief executive of the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC).

The real deal: can living kelp hides boost cleaner fish?

The real deal: can living kelp hides boost cleaner fish?

KelpRing, a company that makes KelpRing live seaweed hides for cleaner fish used in salmon pens, has received a £125,000 funding package from the UK Seafood Innovation Fund to explore potential benefits of its device.

How back-to-work course rekindled my love of aquaculture

How back-to-work course rekindled my love of aquaculture

A programme to help women return to work after a career break, and to choose a job in aquaculture, has opened to applications for a new intake. Here aquaculture reproduction expert Bridie Grant explains how the confidence-building and skills development work of the inaugural Women Returners Programme helped her get back to working life after she left to start a family and found herself struggling to pick up where she had left off.

Gallagher steps down from SAIC board to focus on key year for SSF

Gallagher steps down from SAIC board to focus on key year for SSF

Scottish Sea Farms today announced that managing director Jim Gallagher has stepped down from the board of the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) to focus on opportunities immediately ahead for the salmon farmer – including more than £40 million of key strategic investments next year.

New funding opportunity for aquaculture innovators

New funding opportunity for aquaculture innovators

The Stirling-based Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has launched a new call for proposals for innovation projects that will help to increase the economic impact and reduce the environmental footprint of aquaculture.

Loch Duart joins ‘open data’ pilot project

Loch Duart joins ‘open data’ pilot project

Scottish salmon farmer Loch Duart is hosting a £1.1 million pilot project aimed at accelerating the aquaculture sector’s digital transformation and supporting the drive towards enhanced sustainability, productivity, and operational efficiency on fish farms.

The tiny jellyfish suspected of causing a big problem

The tiny jellyfish suspected of causing a big problem

The damage that microscopic jellyfish might be doing to farmed salmon will be discussed at the International Gill Health Conference taking place online tomorrow and Wednesday.

Making fish farm impact modelling more accurate

Making fish farm impact modelling more accurate

A consortium of organisations in Scotland is developing a more accurate way of predicting how salmon farms interact with their surrounding environment.

New funding window opened for aquaculture innovators

New funding window opened for aquaculture innovators

A UK government fund that helps progress a wide range of ideas to improve fish farming today opened its third call (Call 3) for grant applications from innovators seeking to develop solutions to challenges in aquaculture, fisheries and the seafood supply chain.

Cheap and quick tests being developed to detect shellfish diseases

Cheap and quick tests being developed to detect shellfish diseases

Aquaculture researchers in Scotland are developing a PCR method that will help detect the presence of a range of diseases and biofouling species affecting oysters and mussels, in a project that could be a significant boost to the health and wellbeing of the shellfish.

Women in Scottish Aquaculture group launches digital hub

Women in Scottish Aquaculture group launches digital hub

Women in Scottish Aquaculture (WiSA) has revealed plans for a new online forum launching next month, designed to connect more than 300 members, promote diversity, and highlight the range of opportunities for women in the sector.

Better disease protection for salmon pen cleaner fish

Better disease protection for salmon pen cleaner fish

A research consortium is working to optimise the formulation and delivery of a key vaccination given to protect the cleaner fish species ballan wrasse from disease.

Gill health conference scheduled for October

Gill health conference scheduled for October

The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has announced the return of the International Gill Health Conference, which will see the aquaculture sector combine its expertise and knowledge to tackle one of salmon farming’s biggest challenges.

Bid to solve mussel shell breakage problem

Bid to solve mussel shell breakage problem

A group of aquaculture researchers in Scotland is undertaking an initiative that could determine the cause of shell breakage in different species of mussels, one of the biggest challenges facing the sector globally.