Scottish Aquaculture - A Sustainable Future
21st - 22nd April 2009       

FIELD TRIP OVERVIEW - only a few places left !

The planned field trip will take in some of Scotland's most beautiful scenery, providing a taste of both the Highlands and the west coast.

Day 1, will begin with a coach ride to the University of Stirlings Howietoun fish farm, smolt unit and fishery. We will then take the coach to the Institute of Aquaculture to meet the staff and tour the laboratory facilities. After lunch, the coach will take the scenic route to the west coast for an afternoon visit to the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) laboratory at Dunstaffnage. We will overnight in the nearby town of Oban.

Day 2, will begin with a short coach ride to South Shian on the shores of Loch Creran where we will be given a tour of the Scottish Sea Farms site, inlcuding the processing unit, wellboat and a a boat tour of the loch to take in the cages and some of the local shellfish sites. After lunch and depending upon time and weather we will return to Edinburgh via Glencoe.

The costs of the field trip will be covered by the delegate, and is expected to be £190 which includes, transport, accommodation, boat trip and packed lunches for two days.

DETAILED TRIP ITINERARY

Maximum size of party 20

Thursday - 23/04/2009

08:00 Edinburgh Conference Centre Travel by minibus to Stirling
09:00 Howeitoun Fishery and Fish Farm Tour of trout farm, hatchery, smolt unit and fishery
10:15 Travel by minibus to University of Stirling
10:30 Tea-coffee
10:45 University of Stirling Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) Welcome and introduction to the work of the IoA
11:15 Tour of laboratory and specialist research facilities
12:15 Buffet Lunch
12:45 Travel by minibus to Dunstaffnage (depending upon weather and time, stops will be made for photographs and sight of cage trout farm and mussel farm)
14:45 Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) Tea-coffee
15:30 Welcome and introduction to the work of SAMS
16:30 Tour of laboratory, specialist research facilities and vessels
17:00 Travel by minibus to Oban for overnight accommodation
19:30 Ad hoc gathering for drink and dinner

Friday - 24/04/2009

08:00 Oban Travel by minibus to South Sian - Scottish Sea Farms site
08:40 Scottish Sea Farms Site Office - South Shian, Loch Creran Split into two groups - both groups will undertake the same activities in split sessions
Presentation on Scottish Sea Farms and Scottish Salmon
Tour of processing and automated filleting facilities whilst in action
Tour of wellboat - RonjaSkye - in action
Board service craft and circumnavigate the farm lease area including sight of local shellfish operations
Visit cages and receive first hand description of farm operation and feeding system
14:00 Buffet Lunch
14:45 Travel by minibus to Edinburgh - Conference Centre. If weather and time permit, the return route will be via Glencoe.
17:00 Arrive Edinburgh Conference Centre - Tour ends

The site visits are designed to give an overview of some of the facilities available within Scotland for aquaculture research and to place the themes of symposium in the context of the reality of aquaculture.

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