Services and Consultancy
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
Analytical and Chemistry
Fish Health and Welfare |
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Infections - Protein and Peptide biomarker identification and quantification |
Veterinary Medicines - residue testing in fish and fish products |
Microscopy |
Sea Lice Bioassays |
Environment - Aquaculture Interactions |
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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 |
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Protein analysis and profiling |
Lipid analysis and profiling |
Pigment analysis (astaxanthin) |
Heavy metal analysis |
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Stock Improvements and Management |
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Fish Stock Assessment |
Trait Selection for Strains |
Stock Improvement |
Strain Identification |
Pedigree Analysis |
Sexing fish |
Environmental DNA (eDNA) |
Modelling, Monitoring and Management
Modelling, Monitoring and Management
Environment Aquaculture Interface | |
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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
Marine Spatial Planning
Advice and consultancy
Policy and Regulation
Policy and Regulation
Advice and consultancy
Stakeholder engagement and policy mapping
Economics and Societal Drivers and Effects
Economics and Societal Drivers and Effects
Socio-economic linkages and analysis |
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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 |