Biotechnology
Natural products and marine science
BIOTECHNOLOGY
Our region's unique landscape provides an abundance of natural resource from the sea and land, such as seaweed and timber. These can be used as feedstock for industrial biotechnology applications and create high value products for the food, pharmaceutical or packaging industries. By-products from aquaculture, forestry, brewing and distilling can be transformed into valuable products.
Our region is home to the largest seaweed processing company in the UK and Scotland's oldest independent marine science organisation - the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS).
2500
strains of algae and protozoa in Europe's largest culture collection
50
of the UK's seaweed cultivation farms
15000
km of coastline
24
marine biotechnology researchers at SAMS
Wild seaweed harvesting as a diversification opportunity for fishermen
Read our report on wild seaweed harvesting as an opportunity for fishermen to diversify.
The accompanying kelp atlas shows the locations and type of seaweed located around our coastline.
SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION OF MARINE SCIENCE (SAMS)
Situated at the European Marine Science Park, SAMS is one of the UK's leading seaweed cultivation institutes. Home to Europe's largest and most diverse culture collections for algae and protozoa.
