Fish Welfare Fish welfare net is a portal dedicated to research into fish welfare and serves as a source and reference point for information on fish welfare-related research initiatives. The site aims to increase awareness of emerging fish welfare concerns, and is able to rapidly disseminate new research findings.
http://www.fishwelfare.net/
EADGENE
European animal disease genomics network of excellence for animal health and food safety website available soon!
EMIDA Coordination of European Research on emerging and major infectious diseases in livestock www.emida-era.net
IMAQUANIM Improved immunity in aquacultured animals www.imaquanim.dfvf.dk
PANDA Permanent network to strengthen expertise on infectious diseases of aquaculture species and scientific advice to EU policy www.europanda.net
PARAQUAM Parasite pathogens in new species of Mediterranean aquaculture: an experimental approach website not available
PROMICROBE Microbial control for more sustainable aquaculture www.promicrobe.ugent.be
RANA Risk assessment of new and emerging systemic iridoviral diseases for European fish and aquatic ecosystems website not available
Benefish The EU project Benefish (Evaluation and Modelling of BENEfits and Costs of FISH Welfare Interventions in European Aquaculture) explores the benefits and costs of welfare measures in aquaculture production systems, having defined a widely-applicable set of operational welfare actions and indicators that can be connected to measurable consequences in production and extended to effects on value chain and changes in consumer perception. www.benefish.eu
Wealth
The WEALTH initiative, also funded by the EU, focuses on how different environmental factors and husbandry conditions in various farming systems result in physiological stress, and on the subsequent consequences for behaviour, growth performance, disease resistance and general welfare in fish farming. WEALTH has developed and tested new welfare indicators and applied these together with established indicators in various experiments in both tanks and sea cages. Recommendations for industry good practice are also provided. http://wealth.imr.no/
FINE FISH - Reduction of malformations of juvenile fish in hatcheries These studies aim to provide practical guidelines on how to avoid malformations. http://www.finefish.info
FASTFISH - Identifying quantifiable indicators of stress in farmed fish
The main goal of this project is to develop the first database and expert system for on farm welfare and stress level assessment in farmed fish at all ontogenetic stages. http://fastfish.imr.no/
AQUAFIRST
Selective breeding to improve disease and stress resistance in fish and shellfish
Homepage: http://aquafirst.vitamib.com/
WELLFISH - A network on fish welfare in European aquaculture
The principal aim of this Action is to bring all relevant stakeholders together to provide such a synthesis to contribute to a more secure foundation for the development of operational welfare indicators (OWIs) – measurements or assessments of welfare that can be made practically at aquaculture facilities – , in order to monitor and safeguard the welfare of farmed fish. http://www.fishwelfare.com/
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