The individual items of work commissioned by the Scottish Executive from Fisheries Research Services are as follows: Project CodeDescriptionStart dateEnd dateEstimated costs 2001-02 FC1183Evaluation of disinfectants against notifiable diseases, principally fish viruses Apr-00Mar-02£31,540FC1182Pathogenic IPN Apr-00Mar-03£88,315FC1181Disease susceptibility and immunology of cultured marine fish Apr-00Mar-03£41,290FC1184Diagnosis of emerging fish diseases Apr-00Mar-03£110,510FC1180Novel oral/immersion vaccine delivery systems for novel DNA vaccine formulationsApr-98Mar-03£67,584AE1158Impacts of salmon farming on wild fish populations Apr-00Mar-04£303,528FC1185Solutions for legislative control of VHS in the marine environmentApr-01Mar-03£261,362FC0756Evaluation of non animal techniques and procedures for the detection of shellfish toxinsApr-00Mar-03£162,128FC1186Ecology, biochemistry, genetic characterisation, and immunology of Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus (ISAV)Apr-01Mar-02£337,943AE1159Investigations into the identification and toxicity of Pseudo-nitzschia spp., the causative organisms associated with ASP in shellfish.Apr-00Mar-03£18,616AE1160Collation and assessment of historical algal bloom dataApr-01Mar-02£88,251AE1252Hydrobiology of the MinchesApr-96Mar-02£33,116The Scottish Executive also contributes £60,000 annually to a collaborative project investigating the potential environmental impact on the marine environment of sea lice treatments.