The UK government’s Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) is a research and development (R&D) fund that launched in July 2019. The SIF programme is now part of the UK Seafood Fund under the Science and Innovation pillar.
The fund is administered by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Call 4 will be opening in September 2022. Further details will follow in due course.
The fund supports projects, ideas and technologies that aim to disrupt the seafood sector. Disruptive innovation is when the application of the technology or idea has a significant impact on the industry or the market. Projects should consider these priorities:
To reduce the environmental impact of seafood.
Technologies to bring the industry into the 21st century.
Ensuring seafood security for years to come.
Creating new partnerships across
the seafood & tech sectors
Strengthening the evidence base for
sustainable management.
To improve future certainty for
seafood business.
Based on literature and local knowledge, the most feasible shell valorisation streams for Northern Ireland would be in agriculture, aggregates and construction. The...
The development of an export pack atmosphere support system for live shellfish during road and airfreighted distribution to distant export markets. The system...
Swansea University, Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research with the help of salmon aquaculture industry partners developed the Lumpfish Welfare Watcher – a web-based and...
Our short film series explores what innovation means to the UK Seafood Innovation Fund.