The
main objective of the recently approved EU Project FISHBOOST is "To
improve the efficiency and profitability of European aquaculture by advancing
selective breeding to the next level for each of the six main finfish species
through collaborative research with industry"
The
six species which will be researched in the project are Atlantic Salmon, Common
Carp, European Sea Bass, Gilthead Sea Bream, Rainbow Trout and Turbot. The
initiative's host institute is Nofima ‒ the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and
Aquaculture Research – but it also includes 14 well-recognised research,
industry and NGO partners from nine European countries. These collaborators on
aquaculture breeding will work together in a five year comprehensive research
project with 7 SMEs, 4 large industries and 1 NGO throughout Europe. See list
on map - https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=207859877706903567632.0004f104f8880f5aa97cf&msa=0
The
biggest impact of FISHBOOST will arise when commercial fish breeders integrate
new breeding technologies and adopt accurate measurements of new traits to
attain genetic gain, thereby overcoming current barriers that reduce potential
profit to breeders and limit the European aquaculture sector as a whole.
FISHBOOST
will develop schemes that are practical, more productive, and maximise genetic
improvement of an economically-derived breeding goal with a sustainable
inbreeding rate.
Read more here.
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