Welfare

Based on extensive studies carried out in the last five years, University of Maine Ph.D. student Kevin Neves and the University of Maines Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research (CCAR) Director Nick Brown have determined that cod living at high densities a…

Kudoa is a microscopic parasite found in several marine fish species worldwide. Enzymes produced by these parasites can make fish flesh soft or even gel-like, a condition commonly referred to as soft flesh. The parasite does not infect humans. NIFES has previo…

Fluctuating asymmetry (defined as small random deviations from the ideal bilateral symmetry) in isolated stickleback populations has been hypothesised to increase in response to both genetic and environmental stress experienced by a population, writes Nina Tro…

Fish are constantly being moved and transported, having both an affect on their health and on their meat quality. Hans Van de Vis, from the Netherlands Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies has looked at the stress response in farmed African c…

Food quality is increasingly becoming a global concept as suppliers and retailers become larger and fewer. Food should be responsibly sourced, safe and traceable to the farm. In addition, the ethical aspects concerning food production, such as protection of th…

Farmed salmon smolts become more robust and more likely to survive if they undergo optimal aerobic exercise training prior to sea transfer. This was the main message from Chilean Vicente Castro in his doctoral defense in Norway recently.