Summary from our SLU Aquaculture workshop

Last changed: 30 September 2022
Christos Palaiokostas presenterade resultat från sitt projekt: "Application of genotyping by sequencing in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)". Foto.

March 12th, SLU aquaculture researchers gathered in a cross-faculty SLU Aquaculture workshop.

Program and presentations

The program included presentations from SLU aquaculture-financed  projects, lectures from new professors at SLU, discussions about future research areas and project grants from the platform.

Welcome and introduction

Dirk-Jan de Koning, HGEN, vice chairperson SLU Aquaculture. See the presentation.

Presentations with results from platform-financed projects:
  • Application of genotyping by sequencing in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) (Christos Palaiokostas, Animal Breeding and Genetics) See the presentation.

  • Probing the biological activities of bioactive compounds using gnotobiotic Artemia as toolbox (Kartik Baruah, Animal Nutrition and Management) See the presentation.

  • LIVEFLY2fish -whole live black soldier fly in rainbow trout diets (Aleksandar Vidakovic, Animal Nutrition and Management) See the presentation.

  • Feasibility and potential for farming and conditioning of wild fish fed with by-catches in Sweden (Örjan Östman, Aquatic resources) See the presentation>>
Lectures by new professors:
  • The unappreciated role of natural biostimulants in organic wastes: the Renaissance in Plant Nutrition (Jean W.H. Yong, Biosystems and Technology) See the presentation.

  • Walk on the wild side - is studying natural fish populations relevant for aquaculture? (Anti Vasemägi, Aquatic resources) See the presentation.