Facilities

Labs and Equipment

  • Wet lab fully equipped
  • Dry Lab fully equipped
  • Pathology unit
  • Water chemistry & data logging
  • Microscopy
  • Video monitoring
  • Video Image capture facilities

Tanks and Water Supplies

  • 120m³/hr seawater supply, filtered to 30 microns,
    UV treated
  • Multi-replicated tanks from 3 litres to 160 cubic metres
  • Air blowers & oxygenation
  • Temperature & photoperiod controlled rooms
  • Automated tank monitoring and alarm system

Stocks

  • Eggs, larvae, fry, growers & broodstock :-
    • Cod
    • Haddock
    • Halibut
    • Turbot
    • Sole
    • Pollack
    • Whiting
    • Wrasse
  • Rotifers, Artemia & marine algae
  • Marine zooplankton

Support

  • High Bandwidth IT network
  • Library
  • Offices with IT equipment
  • Teaching & Video Conferencing
  • UHIMI associate
  • Post graduate student supervision
  • Undergraduate student projects
  • On site self-catered accommodation