Acronym PROCOD
Category
Aquaculture
Title Progressive, modern production of juvenile Atlantic cod Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Albert K. Imsland Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
Akvaplan-niva - Akvaplan-niva AS (Norway)
Institutions involved
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway) ,
Start year 2006 End year 2009 Funding (€) € 886,310 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/172263 Summary High throughput, reduced generation time, rapid development, high energy diets, intensive feeding scheme (rotifers), high densities, heated water and photoperiod control, with constant light to enhance growth and accelerate development, are becoming key requirements for successful season-independent intensive Atlantic cod juvenile production. An effective exploitation of intensive land-based production facilities calls for detailed knowledge on the impact of key rearing factors on fundamental production c haracteristics such as growth performance, food conversion efficiency, definition of quality parameters, optimal live feed production, efficient logistics and fish welfare. The proposed project will therefore focus on these key parameters. The overall objective is to optimise production of juvenile cod applying a multidisciplinary approach to solve central bottlenecks related to juvenile quality, rotifer quality, water quality and fish welfare under intensive production. The project will focus on challenges related to commercial scale production of larval and juvenile cod and will integrate, biological, water chemical, logistical and technological challenges where the overall aim is propose solutions for the problems addressed in the project. It is intended to carry out a series of production experiments in small scale as well as under conditions similar to those in modern production of juvenile Atlantic cod. Laboratory experiments will be applied to study interactions between chosen factors as an effective way of clarifying interactive effects. Large scale studies will be performed at Marine Harvest production facility at Smøla and at SagaFjord SeaFarm production facility at Stord, with emphasis on studying chosen production parameters under realistic densities and in real scale. Real-life transport studies will be performed using truck and well-boat in cooperation with industrial partners J. Tveiten Transport and Rostein AS
Keywords
Feed quality;
Land-based aquaculture;
Cod;
Technology;
Fish;
Larval rearing;
Marine Region
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
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