Acronym LeppeProd
Category
Aquaculture
Title Produksjon av berggylt - Production of rock gilts 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 Jørgen Borthen Coordinator email borthen@sjomat.no
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway) ,
NOFIMA - Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Norway) ,
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) ,
SINTEF-SFH - SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture (Norway) ,
NA - SINTEF Ocean (Norway) ,
Start year 2010 End year 2014 Funding (€) € 3,421,956 Website https://www.fhf.no/prosjekter/prosjektbasen/900554/ Summary As the problems with salmon lice and lice's resistance to chemical agents have increased rapidly, interest in wrasse has increased correspondingly. A large-scale investment in wrasse as one of the measures against salmon lice will require in the order of 10–20 million wrasse annually. Until 2010, 1-3 million wrasse have been used annually in the salmon industry (wild hunting). This increased in 2010 to approx. 20 million (Source: Råfisklaget).
An increase in the catch of wild wrasse as indicated above may represent a threat to wild stocks. In order to meet the need for wrasse in the salmon industry, there is therefore a need to develop methods for breeding wrasse in captivity.
The project will be carried out as a collaboration between SINTEF, Nofima, the Institute of Marine Research and NTNU, and covers key bottlenecks throughout the life cycle. All the four largest commercial players that focus on wrasse farming (Marine Harvest Labrus. Profunda, Nordland Leppefisk and Cleanfish) are actively participating in the project. Researchers at the four institutions have extensive experience in developing production methods for new marine species in aquaculture. This includes species such as gilthead seabream (Institute of Marine Research in particular), halibut, cod, halibut, turbot, sea bass and sea bream and aquarium fish.
Goals:
• To develop knowledge that contributes to the commercial production of rock gilts becoming stable and predictable.
• To cover key bottlenecks throughout the life cycle through:
- to clarify the importance of broodstock nutrition for roe production and roe quality
- to develop technology for ironing, disinfection and incubation of roe
- to clarify the effect of nutrition in the live feed phase and vascular environment including microbial conditions
- to develop technology for fry and the growth phase
- to clarify whether farmed rock gilts graze salmon lice as efficiently as wild-caught fish in cages
- to develop protocols for intensive production of rock gilts
Keywords
Broodstocks;
Protocol;
Open sea aquaculture;
Diets;
Salmon;
Fish;
Parasite;
Land-based aquaculture;
Wrasse;
Life cycle;
Larval rearing;
Cage aquaculture;
Animal welfare;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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