It is difficult to sell salmon in the chiller cabinet if it tastes and smells bad. Unwanted bacteria in the farming ponds cause bad odour, but now researchers are coming up with possible solutions.
Farmed salmon in the Nordic countries are fed soya from Brazil. Now researchers are proposing Nordic-produced raw materials as a sustainable supplement.
New types of feed, lower water temperatures, and recirculation in aquaculture facilities are examples of where Nordic research results are contributing to a more sustainable aquaculture industry. “The Nordics are leading the way,” says the chair of the committee.
More than three million farmed salmon die each year in the Faroe Islands. A Nordic research project reveals that heart conditions are among the causes of the high mortality rate.
The Nordic and Baltic countries are boosting research in aquaculture with nine new research projects. Among other things, the projects are to develop sustainable feed for salmon farming. The Director of NordForsk says this is an important step along the Nordic region’s path of becoming the world’s most sustainable region by 2030.
This project will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and statistical models to aid the transition from a human experience-based management of RAS production to a knowledge-based automatic one. Feed management, feeding and feed waste is a major challenge to production. In marine aquaculture, video systems are widely used to observe the fish.
The "Happy Salmon" project aims is to contribute with knowledge and solutions for a successful Atlantic salmon smolt production using novel sustainable feeds and that are applicable in modern recirculating landbased farming systems.
The RAS-TOOLS project will pave the way for the development of next generation RAS monitoring for better control of water quality and fish health issues, and thereby contribute to the development of a sustainable RAS industry.
SAFE project aims at utilizing the potential of oleaginous yeast and thraustochytrids and developing high-value oil enriched biomass containing carotenoids, astaxanthin and beta-glucans for salmon feed from wood-based materials.
