Fish and aquacultural science
This includes fisfarming,fish genetics, fish breeding, fish ecology and fish ethology. Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants, to be used e.g. as food.
ASIAN-PACIFIC AQUACULTURE 2024
ASIAN-PACIFIC AQUACULTURE 2024 aquaculture@slu.se Asian Pacific Aquaculture 2024 will be the next chance for the international aquaculture community to visit Indonesia and see the rapidly expanding
Boosting the reproductive performance of Arctic charr using high-throughput sequencing technologies
The project will identify the main causes affecting male fertility and assess to which degree they explain the low reproductive performance in Arctic charr farmed in Sweden. Multiple parameters will
Course in Principles of Fisheries Science
How much can we fish without jeopardising fish stocks and ecosystems? Fisheries science is the field that answers that question. In the course Principles of Fisheries Science you will learn all about
Bachelor thesis 15 ECTS
Do you want to work with marine biology, marine ecology, freshwater biology, freshwater ecology, limnology or sustainable development? Make a difference for the Baltic Sea, the Skagerrak or Kattegat,
Master-thesis-30/60-ECTS
Do you want to work with marine biology, marine ecology, freshwater biology, freshwater ecology, limnology or sustainable development? Make a difference for the Baltic Sea, the Skagerrak or Kattegat,
Education
We offer education and courses for those who are interested in fish, fishery, marine biology, limnology (freshwater biology) and aquatic ecology. Our courses are highly rated by our students and we
Hållbart fiske kräver djupare kunskap om fiskpopulationer
To ensure sustainable fishing we need to know how large the fish populations are, and understand their dynamics. In his thesis, Stefan Skoglund at SLU has developed methods that increase our
Problems for char in a warmer climate
Char have been farmed in Sweden since the 1970s. In the beginning, it was used for stocking lakes, e.g. for the popular ice-fishing, but more recently it has been farmed mainly as a food fish. The
Aquaculture opportunities and challenges
Say 'agriculture' and everyone gets an idea of what you're talking about. But say 'aquaculture' and the associations might not be as clear. Aquaculture has great potential to grow, as more than
Fish farming in the North - a food production with environmental potential
The project aims to investigate if and how rainbow trout and Arctic charr can be farmed sustainably in hydropower dams in northern Sweden from a biological, ecological, social and economical
Diss Stefan Skoglund
Population regulatory processes in the Baltic salmon (Salmo salar) charlotta.eriksson@slu.se Stefan Skoglund defends his thesis "Population regulatory processes in the Baltic salmon (Salmo salar)
National Aquaculture Conference 2024: Compensatory fish farming, climate and the way forward in focus
The 2024 National Aquaculture Conference, this time in Umeå, gathered more than 100 participants – all with an interest in aquaculture; from farmers, researchers and processors to authorities and