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.

Crayfish eDNA workshop
The eDNA workshop Crayfish & eDNA took place at Drottningholm in Stockholm. The main topic was how to improve detection of crayfish and crayfish plague from water samples by using eDNA methodology.

Sustainable fish farming in Rwanda
The purpose with this project is to contribute to food security through sustainable Tilapia production in Rwanda with locally available resources. Aquaculture is recent in Rwanda dates 1950s, fish
Department of Aquatic Resources
Our research focuses on fish and shellfish in the seas, lakes and rivers. We monitor the aquatic environment, developing the methods and know-how for sustainable use of aquatic resources.

FRESH - forskargrupp
FRESH is a research collaboration founded in 2012 between the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and the University of Gothenburg (GU) which aims to increase knowledge and awareness

Physiological assessment fish
Several national and international studies have shown that the welfare of fish in aquaculture in many aspects is substandard. This is partly because it is difficult to assess fish stress, suffering

Best anaesthesia protocol for fish
There are over 30000 species of fish, living in a wide range of habitats. To treat ‘fish’ as one group is probably even less meaningful than to attempt to produce general guidelines for ‘mammals’. In

The welfare - farmed fish
In 2013 we published the report 31-4568/11 "Risk evaluation of slaughter of farmed fish in Sweden". Unfortunately, as the report points out, a risk assessment is never better than the experimental

DigiHeart
Up to 20% of farmed salmonids die before reaching slaughter. This occurs during stressful situations such as delousing, deteriorating water quality, and transport. This is a serious welfare issue,

New book on farming and conservation of the noble crayfish
Now it's here! A new book on noble crayfish farming has been published by SLU. The book is requested by farmers, authorities and the public and is needed in the work to preserve the increasingly

Data Collection within CFP
To support the management of fish stocks and ensure a sustainable fishery on theses stocks biological, economical, social and environmental data from fishery, aquaculture and to some extent the

Joint initiative to find future feed for fish, poultry and pigs
The project “The feed of the future for fish, pigs, poultry and laying hens” led by Axfoundation and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) brings together researchers and practitioners
Webinar: environmental effects of open cage aquaculture
Webinar: Environmental effects of open cage aquaculture aquaculture@slu.se Welcome to a webinar on the environmental effects and future prospects of open cage aquaculture in northern Sweden! During