Acronym NORSMOLT
Category
Aquaculture
Title Optimal smolt production and post smolt performance in the High North - Seawater intermixing, low temperatures and intensive rearing 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 Hilde Toften Coordinator email hilde.toften@nofima.no
Coordinator institution
NOFIMA - Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway) ,
NA - Uni Research AS (Norway) ,
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway) ,
Start year 2008 End year 2011 Funding (€) € 892,693 Website https://www.fhf.no/prosjekter/prosjektbasen/900050/ Summary Water quality is essential for a successful smolt production. In this initiative we have been focusing on seawater intermixing, low temperatures and intensive rearing with the intent to propose solutions that can make Northern-Norway more self-sufficient with Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) smolts and contribute to improved survival, growth, health and welfare in farmed salmon. Five experiments were conducted: 1)Study growth and physiological performance in juvenile salmon during exposure to different salinities; 2)Examine growth, smolt physiology, health and susceptibility to Moritella viscosa in salmon smolts after exposure to different salinities; 3-4)Investigate the effect of low temperatures on developmentof basic hypo-osmoregulatory mechanisms in salmon smolts; 5) Examine interaction effects of salinity, temperature and intensity on performance and health of salmon smolts and to implement results from the NORSMOLT project and other research projects into a model. At last we disseminated the results to the research community and stakeholders.
To develop an improved production model for Atlantic salmon smolt in Northern Norway that can make this region self-sufficient with smolts.
Goal:
To develop an improved production model for Atlantic salmon smolt in Northern Norway that can make this region self-sufficient with smolts.
Keywords
Salmon;
Animal welfare;
Fish biology;
Growth rate;
Fish;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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