Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Host density and pathogen transmission in salmon aquaculture: effects of increased production and pathogen control policies 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 Peder Andreas Jansen Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
NVI - Norwegian Veterinary Institute (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2016 End year 2021 Funding (€) € 870,500 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/254830?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=0&Geografi.1=Ukjent+Fylke&source=FORISS&projectId=313004 Summary Sustainable growth in aquaculture is a goal for the Norwegian government. Growth through increased production in the salmon farming industry may, however, affect the propagation and spread of pathogens, due to host density dependence. A key question is therefore how production can be increased, while at the same time control the spread of pathogens? The overall aim of the present project is accordingly to assess quantitative effects of production growth, various spatial allocations of production, and pathogen control policies, on the spread of pathogens in marine salmon farming. To accomplish this, the proposed project will make use of the wealth of production data from Norwegian salmon farming, along with data on pathogen occurrence and spread in this production. These data will be used to update and further develop stochastic models for the spread of infection, which can predict the occurrence and spread of pathogens based on the status and development of important risk factors. The models will then be used for scenario simulations, with varying production growth, spatial organization of the production, and pathogen control policies. Salmonid alphavirus causing pancreas disease, Infectious salmon anaemia virus and salmon lice will be the pathogens in focus. The output from the simulations will consist of future production histories covering the total marine production of salmon in Norway, pathogen and disease incidences in the farmed host populations, and pathogen control efforts. This output will further feed bio-economic models to quantify costs and benefits associated with the various management strategies and production growth scenarios. Environmental aspects relating to fish health and welfare issues, or pathogen spill-over to wild fish populations, will also be addressed, albeit in a more qualitative way.
Keywords
Production;
Parasite;
Fish;
Economy;
Salmon;
Open sea aquaculture;
Sustainability;
Cage aquaculture;
Aquaculture management;
Disease;
Aquaculture industry;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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