Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)

Profile

SAMS science focuses on three major areas:

1. Discovering the physical, chemical, geological and biological processes that drive the marine system
2. Describing how our coastal environment, where more than half the human population resides, responds to ever-increasing human pressures
3. Developing a sustainable blue economy so that we can use the marine environment for the benefit of people without degrading its health and productivity

Competences & Capabilities

• expertise in aquaculture (fisheries, farming, algae, governance and innovation)
• cultivation of microalgae
• algal biotechnology
• genomic and metabolomic analysis of micro and macroalgae
• large seaweed farm and hatchery
• culture collection of algae and protozoa (one of the largest in the world)
• aquarium
• research vessels
• marine robotics
• public outreach