Acronym REGFISHWELH
Category
Aquaculture
Title Effects of the Regulatory Framework on Fish Welfare and Health 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 Lars Helge Stien Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
IMR - Institute of Marine Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway) ,
NVI - Norwegian Veterinary Institute (Norway) ,
UiO - University of Oslo (Norway) ,
Start year 2017 End year 2020 Funding (€) € 400,443 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/267664?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=180&ProgAkt.3=HAVBRUK2-Stort+program+for+havbruksforskning&source=FORISS&projectId=269015 Summary In this project, we will analyse how the legislation and the interaction between the government and the aquaculture industry affects fish welfare and fish health in commercial sea cages. We will undertake a systematic comparison of the regulatory framework for fish health and welfare with the corresponding framework for chicken production to identify any discrepancies or inconsistencies. Focus groups within fish welfare courses will give information on how the personnel rearing the fish perceive the framework, and highlight issues they think the framework fails to address. In-depth interviews of key people in the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority, fish health professionals, fish farmers and fish farm company leaders will provide information about how they interact with each other and how the different parties perceive the regulations and the policy instrument used by the various branches of the government. One of the goals is to evaluate when regulations which provide detailed requirements and describe specific solutions are most appropriate, and when function based regulation that only specify overall goals of good fish welfare and health work better. We will also analyse known cases were government measures work against animal welfare in order to promote other societal interests, to gain an understanding of how these conflict cases are handled by the industry and different levels of the government. Based on the results of the in-depth interviews, the focus groups and the analysis of regulations, we will then formulate assumptions about the effects of the framework and test whether these assumptions can be confirmed by available data on increased mortality and disease outbreaks in the industry. The ultimate goal is to achieve a better understanding of how the regulatory framework affects fish welfare and fish health, and on this basis,give advice on how it can be improved to promote better fish welfare and fish health
Keywords
Fish;
Open sea aquaculture;
Fishing industry;
Salmon;
Animal welfare;
Cage aquaculture;
Policy;
Fish health;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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