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.
New call from SLU Aquaculture
To stimulate cross-faculty collaborations and further strengthen aquaculture research at SLU we announce a new call! Applicants can receive up to SEK 200,000. The last day to apply is 13 October 2022
Webinar: Securing sustainable access to aquatic foods
Webinar: Securing sustainable access to aquatic foods aquaculture@slu.se Welcome to a webinar with focus on sustainable production and harvesting of “aquatic foods”, that is fish, invertebrates and
Prophylaxis of infectious diseases in fish, shrimp and pigs
Seminar: Prophylaxis of infectious diseases in fish, shrimp and pigs aquaculture@slu.se Welcome to this seminar with invited guests from Ghent University! The program covers both aquatic and
Seminar on how to strengthen Swedish aquaculture
Seminar on how to strengthen Swedish aquaculture aquaculture@slu.se The Swedish Board of Agriculture will tell about their role in strengthening Swedish aquaculture and together with Matfiskodlarna
Miljö-DNA kan användas för att räkna gäddorna i sjön
Researchers can now measure how much fish there is below the surface using only a water sample. In a study recently published in the journal Environmental DNA, Erik Karlsson and colleagues measured
Novel insights into the welfare of farmed fish
Just like pigs, chicken and cows, farmed fish are protected by Swedish animal welfare legislation, but there is a great lack of knowledge about how fish should be kept, cared for, handled and finally
de mörka sjöarnas klimathjälte
Life from microbes to vertebrates has evolved countless solutions to colonize practically every imaginable part of Earth. Among the less familiar evolutionary innovators is a sturdy fish, Eurasian
Karin Nilsson
karin.a.nilsson@slu.se I am a researcher at the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Environmental Studies at SLU, Umeå. Most of my work concerns aquatic food webs and fish populations in particular. I
Matfiskodlarna supports research on fish farming in freshwater
There is a great need for more knowledge within Swedish fish farming. As a result, the industry organization Matfiskodlarna chooses to support research on farmed salmonids at the Swedish University
Aprajita Singh
aprajita.singh@slu.se Doctoral student at Department of animal nutrition and management. Working on Project “Alternative feed to fish: Bioactive components effect on gut microbiota, metabolism and
National Aquaculture Conference 2022
National Aquaculture Conference 2022 aquaculture@slu.se Welcome to the National Aquaculture Conference 15-16 March 2022, where innovation, circular systems and entrepreneurs are in focus. This time
Christopher Griffiths
christopher.griffiths@slu.se My work explores the structure, function and composition of food webs. I'm particularly interested in the scaling of ecology and how we can use information gained at the