Acronym NYBRØK
Category
Aquaculture
Title New well boat knowledge - biological risk factors when using a well boat for the transport and processing of salmon 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 Ole-Kristian Hess-Erga Coordinator email ole-kristian.hess-erga@niva.no
Coordinator institution
NIVA - Norwegian Institute for Water Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
Akvaplan-niva - Akvaplan-niva AS (Norway) ,
NA - Aqua Competence AS (Norway) ,
ILAB - Industrial Laboratory Foundation (Norway) ,
NA - Norwegian underwater intervention AS (Norway) ,
NA - PatoGen AS
(Norway) ,
NA - Seafarm Systems AS (Norway) ,
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway) ,
Start year 2022 End year 2024 Funding (€) € 1,342,500 Website https://www.fhf.no/prosjekter/prosjektbasen/901788/ Summary Both the transport, processing and crowding of salmon have been shown to be a welfare risk for farmed fish. Transport and processing of live salmon in a well boat can be risky, but at the same time an activity on which the aquaculture industry is completely dependent. Most of the transports and treatments take place relatively problem-free, but at irregular intervals there are reports of fish welfare challenges and mortality incidents.
Goal: To carry out new studies for increased understanding of relevant issues where current existing knowledge is not sufficient, in order to develop concrete measures that can be implemented to achieve a significant reduction of biological risk when using a well boat for transport or treatment.
Subgoals:
1. To compile and evaluate the most relevant mortality events during transport and when processing salmon in a well boat to illustrate similarities and differences, in order to be able to design monitoring programs and targeted trials.
2. To characterize the effect of water quality and accumulating compounds on salmon during transport and during treatment in a well boat.
3. To characterize how gas saturation and pressure before, during and after transport and treatment in a well boat affect the salmon's welfare, health and performance, also after the first time in the sea.
4. To integrate the results from sub-objectives 1–3 in order to illustrate connections between the welfare/health of the salmon, water quality and gas saturation, as well as propose measures to reduce biological risk before, during and after transport and treatment in a well boat.
Keywords
Fish biology;
Fish;
Salmon;
Open sea aquaculture;
Animal welfare;
Marine Region
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
41
Norwegian Sea (27.IIa)
2
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