Acronym ViTal
Category
Aquaculture
Title Identification of behavioral welfare indicators and evaluation of an automated behavioral monitoring system for fish in aquaculture systems 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 NA Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
TI-FI - Thunen Institute - Institute of Fishery Ecology (Germany)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2016 End year 2019 Funding (€) € 436,545 Website https://fisaonline.de/en/find-projects/details/?tx_fisaresearch_projects%5Bp_id%5D=10132&tx_fisaresearch_projects%5Bs_id%5D=&tx_fisaresearch_projects%5Bsa_id%5D=&tx_fisaresearch_projects%5Bas_id%5D=&tx_fisaresearch_projects%5Bgt_id%5D=&tx_fisaresearch_projects%5Bpage%5D=&tx_fisaresearch_projects%5Baction%5D=projectDetails&tx_fisaresearch_projects%5Bcontroller%5D=Projects&cHash=305c2e279c2488854fe177509b44ff7a Summary The project VitAl aims to develop behavioral welfare indicators for aquaculture of rainbow trout. An automated system based on RFID will be established and evaluated for its suitability in automated assessment of behavioral patterns and the early detection of behavioral signs of poor welfare. By means of controlled experiments the effects of two important parameters in fish husbandry, i.e. water quality and stocking density, will be evaluated with regard to the behavior, activity and swimming performance of the fish. The evaluation will be conducted by means of an automated RFID-system, visual observations and via SmartTags. The findings of the project shall help to derive behavioral indicators for welfare assessment on fish farms. The project shall further investigate, whether an automated system based on RFID may be used to detect behavioral signs of poor welfare automatically and whether this might serve as an alarm system for aquaculture practice.
Keywords
Fish;
Animal welfare;
Engineering;
Monitoring;
Trout;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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