Acronym POSTMOLT
Category
Aquaculture
Title Optimalisert postsmolt: et paradigmeskifte for norsk lakseindustri - Optimized post-smolt: a paradigm shift for the Norwegian salmon industry 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 Cato Lyngoy Coordinator email cato.lyngoy@marineharvest.com
Coordinator institution
NA
Institutions involved
HUB - Bergen University College (Norway) ,
NA - MOWI ASA (Norway) ,
NIVA - Norwegian Institute for Water Research (Norway) ,
NOFIMA - Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Norway) ,
NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway) ,
NVI - Norwegian Veterinary Institute (Norway) ,
NA - Uni Research AS (Norway) ,
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway) ,
HVL - University of Western Norway (Norway) ,
Start year 2012 End year 2015 Funding (€) € 876,160 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/217502?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=120&ProgAkt.3=HAVBRUKS-Havbruk+-+en+n%C3%A6ring+i+vekst Summary In salmon farming about 20% mortality occur from the salmon are transferred to sea pens, until slaughter size(Gullestad, et al., 2011). The mortality is caused by disease, injury, or stress caused by handling the fish (Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries). A major part of the losses occur shortly after seawater transfer. Producing a larger and more robust smolt may improve survival and growth after seawater transfer. As well as being a potential problem for wild salmon stocks, lice also cause stress and reduced growth in farmed salmon due to frequent delousing. Reducing the time spent in open sea pens may thus also reduce the problems with salmon lice. The project will evaluate production of postsmolts up to 1 kg using floating semi-closed containment systems in sea, or in land-based plants, using recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS).
Goals:
To develop basic and applied knowledge about how the time salmon spend in open cages in sea can be reduced, by increasing the time on land or in semi-closed systems at sea, and to determine the consequences for the performance, physiology, and welfare of the fish and production costs.
Keywords
Animal welfare;
Salmon;
Fish biology;
Fish;
Cage aquaculture;
Land-based aquaculture;
Open sea aquaculture;
Marine Region
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
1
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