SAIC secures £10m to help industry thrive

THE Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) plans to focus on small and medium sized enterprises over the next five years, after securing its second phase of funding, worth £10 million. It will also use the money to develop aquaculture skills and talent across Scotland through a mentoring scheme; working with undergraduates and schools to build…

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Russian buyer to reopen Pinneys

THE Scottish salmon plant Pinneys, shut by Young’s Seafood last year, is set to reopen this autumn after being bought by a Russian company. More than 100 jobs are set to be created at the factory in Annan, with potentially more in the future, the Scottish government has announced. The factory in Dumfries and Galloway…

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Minister heralds hatchery investment

SCOTTISH Sea Farms is to receive £1.28 million in R&D support from Scottish Enterprise towards its work enhancing fish welfare. Announced this morning at its new recirculation hatchery in Barcaldine, Argyll, the funds will go towards a total of £18.3 million the company is investing in innovative research and development. The R&D spans five key…

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Student feed start-up wins £500,000

A MICROALGAE feed start-up launched by an Edinburgh University student has just won £500,000 funding to build a pilot plant. MiAlgae aims to revolutionise the animal and fish feed industries with microalgae made from the co-products of whisky. The company, founded by Douglas Martin (pictured) while a masters student in Edinburgh in 2015-16, grows algae…

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