Research

Contract Research

  • Feeds and additives trials
  • Equipment testing
  • Product and protocol development
  • Supply of biological materials

Funded Research

 

In-House Research

 

Collaborative Research

  • Haddock farming development: developing broodstock and hatchery management techniques, on-growing and suitable diets.
  • Environmental input of cod cage culture: collecting baseline data on solid waste effluent from cod cages, and on seabed deposition.
  • The immune system of gadoids & the development of vaccines: studying the ontogeny of the immune system in gadoids and its application to vaccination.
  • Cod diet fishmeal replacement project: testing different levels of fishmeal replacement with vegetable proteins
  • Photoperiod manipulation on haddock: investigating the benefits of photoperiod manipulation on growth and maturation.
  • Controlling the microbial flora during gadoid larval rearing: defining the microbial flora in larval haddock and cod during first feeding.
  • Studies on halibut larval first feeding: environmental parameters of husbandry
  • Live feed studies including alternative copepod culture
  • Consultancy and reviews
  • Cod Farming Development: developing broodstock, larval rearing, weaning and on-growing protocols.
  • Alternative Live Feeds experimental rearing of harpacticoid copepods
  • Nutritional Experiments: efficacy of nucleotides on spawning of broodstock and egg quality
  • Halibut Farming Development: environmental control of halibut broodstock and larval rearing procedures