Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title The use of rheotactic and optometry responses in order to slaughter salmon at a rested state 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 Kjell Ø. Midling Coordinator email kjell.midling@nofima.no
Coordinator institution
NOFIMA - Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
NVI - Norwegian Veterinary Institute (Norway) ,
Start year 2007 End year 2009 Funding (€) € NA Website https://www.fhf.no/prosjekter/prosjektbasen/572012/ Summary New legislations regarding slaughter practices of farmed fish in Norway are expected to be enforced by 2007. The directive is expected to ban the current use of carbon dioxide to anaesthetise the fish before bleeding, and only stunning methods which render the fish unconscious immediately (e.g. by a blow to the head or electrical stunning) will be approved. This project aims at developing methods and technologies, based on optomotor and rheotactic responses in adult immature salmon, so that the fish can e momentary stunned while still in a state of rest. The low stress restraint- technologies described will be applicable for all stunning-systems as it aims to deliver single fish for individual treatment at a predictable frequency (fish/min) without the use of pumps. The water quality will be homogenous from the storage cage until the fish is stunned. The results from the project are expected to dramatically improve the welfare of the fish during slaughter in addition to a prolonged pre-rigor time (minimum 24 hours). The project consists of three parts (WPs), from swimming-tunnel tests on individual fish to semi-commercial sized slaughter systems. The project is a collaboration between the Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Fiskeri forskning) and the National Veterinary Institute (NVI)
Goal:
To develop methods and technologies, based on optomotor and rheotactic responses in adult immature salmon, so that the fish can be momentarily stunned while still in a state of rest.
Keywords
Fish;
Slaughtering systems ;
Process efficiency;
Salmon;
Engineering;
Technology;
Animal welfare;
Marine Region
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