Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Micro organisms a future sustainable feed source for farmed fish 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 Anders Kiessling Coordinator email anders.kiessling@slu.se
Coordinator institution
SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)
Institutions involved
FORMAS - Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (Sweden) ,
SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden) ,
SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden) ,
SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden) ,
UGOT - University of Gothenburg (Sweden) ,
Start year 2010 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 2,284,643 Website NA Summary The report 'Sweden: an aquaculture nation in the making, SOU 2009:26,' underlines the importance of feed in the development of sustainable fish farming. The main aim of the project is to explore the use of organic rest products from fermentation as a feed source for monogastric animals, with special emphasis on farmed fish. The underlying rational is that farmed fish is currently in a rapid domestication process characterised by a non sustainable use of marine and plant resources as main ingredient in constructed diets. On one hand, there will be research to secure sustainable feed resources as a prerequisite for the successful integration of farmed fish in a sustainable society. On the other hand, will be the implementation of novel feed sources that may cause nutritionally enhanced conditions in the fish. The second aim of this project therefore includes biological evaluation of nutrition, both from a production and a welfare perspective, integrating multidisciplinary expertise from both fish and terrestrial farmed animals. Knowledge gained in this project will have direct implications also for other monogastric animals under human care. However, the report, (SOU, 2009:26) points out that research capacity is a major bottleneck. A third aim of the project is to capitalise on the synergy between the internationally recognised Swedish research in nutrition, genetics, welfare and veterinarian medicine of terrestrial farmed animals with ongoing activities in fish.
Keywords
Fish;
Animal welfare;
Diets;
Sustainability;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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