Services and Consultancy

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UHI has a substantial programme of science, technology, and training that underpins the production of sustainable seafood products.  We have extensive experience working with aquaculture producers, processors, and retailers and have a track-record in delivering successful collaborative projects.

Our diverse range of commercial services and consultancy are relevant to the aquaculture industry, aquaculture regulators, and the various aquaculture supply chains. 

Our location enables us to have close relationships with a wide range of marine industries and much of our work is delivered through industry-science partnerships.  We can provide you with a unique multidisciplinary approach.  We can also help to connect you with experts across UHI in many different specialisms including aquaculture, water quality, computing, engineering, energy, robotics, healthcare, agriculture, molecular and biological sciences, as well as many other disciplines such as creative economies, tourism, humanities, history, arts, and social sciences.

Services are backed up by our well-equipped facilities and equipment and these include analytical services, genetic trait selection, environmental modelling, cultivation services, etc., We also have a range of facilities available for commercial hire such as labs, meeting rooms, survey vessels, equipment, and instrumentation.

We provide a wide range of specialist consultancy services and tailor these to suit the needs of your project or innovation idea.  This could be a short-term desk-based review, testing of an idea or to a long-term and large-scale surveying or modelling project.

 

Aquaculture consultancy is available from various partners at UHI, including:

Analytical and Chemistry content

Analytical and Chemistry

Analytical and Chemistry

Fish Health and Welfare
Infections - Protein and Peptide biomarker identification and quantification
Veterinary Medicines - residue testing in fish and fish products
Microscopy
Sea Lice Bioassays
Environment - Aquaculture Interactions
Veterinary Medicine – residue testing in environmental matrices
Water quality
Discharge Consents – chemical and physical analyses
Organic analyses
Analyses of metals
Ground resources mapping
Sustainable Aquafeeds
Protein analysis and profiling
Lipid analysis and profiling
Pigment analysis (astaxanthin)
Heavy metal analysis

 

Genetics and Molecular Biology content

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Stock Improvements and Management
Fish Stock Assessment
Trait Selection for Strains
Stock Improvement
Strain Identification
Pedigree Analysis
Sexing fish
Environmental DNA  (eDNA)
Modelling, Monitoring and Management content

Modelling, Monitoring and Management

Modelling, Monitoring and Management

Environment Aquaculture Interface 
Ecosystem modelling and ecosystem-based management Biosecurity planning
Application of ecosystems approaches Physical Oceanography
Pelagic ecosystem modelling Current modelling
Plankton - Sea lice production and transport Wave modelling
Plankton - detecting and forecasting algal blooms (including HABs) Benthic modelling
Plankton - Jellyfish monitoring Farm loading assessment
Invasive Species - monitoring and impact assessment Modelling of Capacity
Biofouling and biofouling services eDNA
Biodiversity monitoring Ecological Impact Assessment Analysis
Microbiological Monitoring Environmental Impact Assessment
Stock Assessment Fisheries Management

 

Marine Spatial Planning content

Marine Spatial Planning

Marine Spatial Planning

Advice and consultancy

 

Policy and Regulation content

Policy and Regulation

Policy and Regulation

Advice and consultancy

Stakeholder engagement and policy mapping

Economics and Societal Drivers and Effects content

Economics and Societal Drivers and Effects

Economics and Societal Drivers and Effects

Socio-economic linkages and analysis
Economic valuation
Impact analysis
Policy and project appraisals
Quantitative social surveys and phycometric surveys
Qualitative social research including interviews and focus groups
Integrated social-ecological and ecological-economic approaches