Aquaculture

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing AgriFood areas globally, and is key to ensure food security for a growing world population.

The UK aquaculture industry has a production value in excess of £590 million to the UK economy, and Scottish salmon represents one of the most valuable food exports. The expertise found within the UK aquaculture industry positions us as leaders on many of the challenges and opportunties in this field. The UK industry is centred around production of key species such as salmon, as well as other growing finfish and shellfish sectors. Combining best industry practice with innovative solutions and a supportive research base, the UK is positioned to significantly expand its offshore, nearshore and land-based production systems.

Innovate UK Business Connect has expertise across a range of aquaculture production methodologies which gives us the insight needed to connect you to relevant organisations. We bring together a range of different stakeholders from industry, academia, government and others to enable consortia building and provide clear direction to people who want to innovate in this sphere.

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Launchpad: agri-tech and food technology, Mid & North Wales – MFA

Opens: 04/11/2024   Closes: 11/12/2024

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1.5m for innovation projects in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in Mid and North Wales.

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Agri-tech and food technology, Eastern England – Round 3 CR&D

Opens: 23/09/2024   Closes: 06/11/2024

UK registered businesses can apply for up to £300k for innovation activities in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in Eastern England.

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Agri-tech and food technology, Eastern England - Round 2 MFA

Opens: 23/09/2024   Closes: 06/11/2024

UK registered SMEs can apply for up to £100k each for innovation activities in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in Eastern England.

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Innovation Exchange Challenge: Nature inclusive solutions for floating offshore wind farms

Opens: 05/09/2024   Closes: 08/11/2024

The iX programme is supporting Ocean Winds (a 50-50 joint venture of ENGIE and EDP Renewables) to find innovators that can provide a solution to offshore wind industry’s nature inclusive designs challenge for floating offshore wind farms.

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Innovation Exchange Challenge: Acquiring actionable ecological data in offshore wind farms

Opens: 05/09/2024   Closes: 08/11/2024

The iX programme is supporting Ocean Winds (a 50-50 joint venture of ENGIE and EDP Renewables) to find innovators that can provide a solution to the offshore wind industry’s ecology monitoring challenge for offshore wind farms.

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Innovation Exchange challenge: Measuring Atmospheric Stability through Measurements of Temperature, Humidity and Pressure in Remote Marine Locations

Opens: 08/07/2024   Closes: 08/11/2024

Innovation Exchange seeks to identify innovative solutions for measuring atmospheric stability in remote marine locations.

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African Aquaculture: Challenges and opportunities

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