Acronym STUNFISHFIRST
Category
Aquaculture
Title Development of prototype equipment for humane slaughter of farmed fish in industry Programme FP6
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
FP6 - SMEs-Co-operative Research Contract
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
Specific Research Activities for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source European Coordinator Hans van de Vis Coordinator email hans.vandevis@wur.nl
Coordinator institution
WUR - Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands)
Institutions involved
NA - Ace Aquatec (United Kingdom) ,
NA - Anova Food BV (Netherlands) ,
NA - Isidro De La Cal Fresco SL (Spain) ,
NA - Maatschap Janssen en Van Maris (Netherlands) ,
NA - Noordzee Aquaculture (Turkey) ,
NA - Not available (Ireland) ,
NA - Rijpelaal BV (Netherlands) ,
NA - Seafarm BV (Netherlands) ,
NA - Silsoe Livestock Systems Ltd (United Kingdom) ,
SRI - Silsoe Research Institute (United Kingdom) ,
NA - Specialised Welding Services Ltd (United Kingdom) ,
NA - University of Bristol (United Kingdom) ,
NA - Viskwekerij Royaal BV (Netherlands) ,
NA - Viveiro Vila Nova SA (Portugal) ,
WUR-ID-Lelystad - Wageningen Bioveterinary Research - Lelystad (Netherlands) ,
NA - Waitrose Ltd (United Kingdom) ,
NA - Zeeland-Vis BV (Netherlands) ,
Start year 2005 End year 2006 Funding (€) € 1,585,390 Website https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/512991 Summary The overall objective of the project is to develop prototype equipment for humane slaughter of the selected farmed fish species, namely eel (Anguilla anguilla), tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and turbot (Psetta maxima). Humane slaughter consists of stunning (rendering unconscious without avoidable stress prior to killing). Feasibility criteria rule out individual handling of the concerned species. The aim is therefore to develop prototype equipment for electrical stunning, as this can be applied to batches of fish in water.
(1) To model the physical processes involved in electrical stunning of fish to predict parameters for electrical stunning of various fish species; (2) To characterize requirements for electrical stunning of the selected species with respect to effectiveness of stunning and product quality; (3) To design and build prototype equipment on basis of the established requirements; (4) To study power saving techniques to facilitate implementation of electrical stunning at small SMEs; (5) To assess prototype equipment with respect to effectiveness of stunning, product quality and operational characteristics required by the SMEs which farm the selected species.
Keywords
Seabass;
Flatfish;
Prototype;
Fish;
Slaughtering systems ;
Turbot;
Eel;
Engineering;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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