SAMS Impact Report 2024
SAMS Impact Report 2024

Read the highlights from an eventful 2024.
SAMS response to the marine planning zone consultation
SAMS response to the marine planning zone consultation

Read our response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on extending marine planning zones to 12 nm from the coastal baseline.

EIT Food course INSPIRE Restorative Aquaculture
EIT Food course INSPIRE Restorative Aquaculture

Interested in setting up a business in the Seaweed, Microalgae and the Aquaculture sector? 13 Oct to 11 Nov 2025 in Oban.

Latest news

Tim Awbery has been chosen as both the SAMS and UHI student of the year

Mon, Jun 30, '25

Conservation star named student of the year

Tim Awbery praised for work on minke whales

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Steve Ham is the new Head of Enterprise at SAMS

Wed, Jun 18, '25

SAMS appoints new Head of Enterprise

Appointment will allow SAMS to bolster blue economy research

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GlobalSeaweed-SUPERSTAR scientists Prof. Lim Phaik Eem of the University of Malaya and Prof. Elizabeth Cottier-Cook of SAMS have been at the UN Ocean Conference to highlight the threat to wild seaweeds.

Fri, Jun 13, '25

Seaweed species loss prompts UN Ocean Conference call

UNOC3 is being held at a critical moment for the world’s ocean

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SAMS scientists conduct experiments on board the institute’s research vessel Seol Mara to attempt to measure the depths at which sea lice can be detected.

Thu, Jun 12, '25

SAMS hosts a week of aquaculture innovation

Experiments continue to better understand the life cycle and prevalence of sea lice

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Latest papers

Marine heatwaves as hot spots of climate change and impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services
Authors:

Wernberg T, Thomsen MS, Burrows MT, Filbee-Dexter K, Hobday AJ, Holbrook NJ, Montie S, Moore PJ, Oliver ECJ, Sen Gupta A, Smale DA, & Smith K

Nature Reviews Biodiversity
07, 7, 2025
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Evolution of far-red light photoacclimation in cyanobacteria.
Authors:

Antonaru LA, Rad-Menéndez C, Mbedi S, Sparmann S, Pope M, Oliver T, Wu S, Green DH, Gugger M, Nürnberg DJ

Current Biology: 35
05, 13, 2025
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A European biobanking strategy for safeguarding macroalgal genetic material to ensure food security, biosecurity and conservation of biodiversity
Authors:

Hofmann LC, Brakel J,.... Rad Menendez C, Ross M et al

 

European Journal of Phycology
04, 29, 2025
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Recognising Seaweeds: Addressing Gaps in International Biodiversity Frameworks for Global Seaweed Conservation
Authors:

Beattie S, Brodie J, Nagabhatla N, Corrigan S, Lim PE, Poong S-W, Kambey CSB, Cottier-Cook EJ

Sustainable Development
04, 30, 2025
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