funding Awarded for Optimising Health Interventions in Salmon Production

Pulcea were among the beneficiaries from SAIC’s rapid call for ambitious, collaborative proposals aligned with Scotland’s Farmed Fish Health Framework. Proposals were encouraged for innovation projects that will deliver broad benefit to the Scottish industry so we joined the OptiBath Consortium with fellow commercial partners Loch Duart and Nevis Marine to work along with the Institute of Aquaculture at our Stirling Campus location, as well as benefiting from the international perspective of the Institute of Marine Research in Norway.

Read more about the project on the Scottish Aquaculture site.

31-Jul-2019

Pulcea pleased to meet Mr Ivan McKee MSP, Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation

The Scottish Government is extremely supportive of the aquaculture industry and it was a pleasure for Ian Jamieson to meet Mr Ivan McKee when he visited the University of Stirling Innovation Park on Wednesday 13th March 2019.  Following the visit Mr McKee commented “It was great to hear about the important work by SAIC, who are linking Scottish research expertise to business innovation”.   The following week Mr McKee travelled to Norway to meet senior leaders in the Norwegian salmon farming industry.

29-Mar-2019

AWARD OF A KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PARTNERSHIP (KTP)

Following Innovate UK's award of £189,878 over a 3 year period, Pulcea is delighted to offer a high calibre individual the opportunity of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP ) to further develop our close collaboration with Stirling University's Institute of Aquaculture. The objective of the KTP is to improve the efficacy of medicinal treatments in the Atlantic salmon farming industry through the selective use of physical processes. The KTP Associate will work under the academic supervision of Professor James Bron and Dr Armin Sturm - experts on the biology and treatment of sea lice. The successful applicant will gain further experience by working closely with industry veterinarians and international Regulators.

23-Aug-2018

new institute of aquaculture and global food security

Congratulations to our landlords for their recent award of £22m of additional funding as part of the UK City Region Deal for Stirling and Clackmannanshire.  Of particular interest to ourselves was the news of a £17m investment for a new Institute of Aquaculture and Global Aquatic Food Security.  

We are delighted with the advantages of having our Technical Office within the Stirling University Innovation Park (SUIP) as we are benefiting from the close proximity of like-minded companies who all enjoy the support of one of Scotland's leading Universities and the facilities of their wonderful Campus.  

1-Jun-2018

Aquaculture UK 2018

Aquaculture UK 2018 in Aviemore was blessed with lovely sunny days and an excellent number of attendees - we couldn’t ask for anything better to make our Exhibition debut.  Our Stand design provided a convenient location for discussions with potential business partners whilst alerting decision makers to the presence of our new and innovative company as we move to the Scale Up phase of development.

25-May-2018

Ian jamieson joins as technical director

After a number of months supplying Consultancy Services to Pulcea, Ian discovered he enjoyed the challenges of working within aquaculture so much that he has now made the move permanent.  Ian has considerable operational expertise of marine physics in other industries and he is backing his technical and innovative prowess to add to the list of his Patents in a Start Up company of which he is part owner.

18-Sep-2017

RIFE-SOS Saprolegnia Consortium 

Naturally occurring oomycetes such as Saprolegnia parasitica  are ubiquitous in Scottish freshwater environments.  Pulcea are part of an industry wide consortium led by the University of Aberdeen's Professor Pieter van West which will investigate the hypothesis that several risk factors are playing a synergistic role in suppressing immunity in fish towards Saprolegnia, which leads to saprolegniosis. 

7-Sept-2017

saic award to study ultrasound

The Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) has awarded £39,467 of Rapid Response funding to the Universities of Dundee and Stirling to support Pulcea's investigations into the use of Ultrasound as a potential means of delousing farmed salmon. You can read the SAIC press release here.

19-May-2016