SSC, Mowi-scotland, Ocean Matter, 360-aquaculture, The cleaner fish company

This work was funded by:

UK Seafood Innovation Fund

( https://www.seafoodinnovation.fund/projects/tools-for-improving-the-welfare-of-lumpfish-rd103/), Administered by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

Access2Sea

( http://access2sea.eu/ ): New Opportunities for More Competitive and Sustainable Blue Growth; funded by European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the umbrella of INTERREG Atlantic Area with the project identification code EAPA_1059/2018 – ACCESS2SEA.

Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS 2) (http://kess2.ac.uk/) part-funded by the Welsh Government’s European Social Fund (ESF) convergence programme for West Wales and the Valleys.

This work was developed at The Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research in collaboration with The Scottish Salmon Company; MOWI Scotland; The Cleaner Fish Company; Ocean Matters; and Three Sixty Aquaculture.

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