About

About Nordic Network on Fish Welfare 

The Nordic Network on Fish Welfare serves as a discussion group to work on and promote the welfare of the farmed fish in the Nordic countries.

The Network gathers expertise on fish welfare and understands that a joint effort of physiologists, immunologists, ethologists, engineers and fish farmers is needed to better quantify, understand and improve the welfare conditions of the fish in aquaculture and other human-related activities with fish.

The Network is intended as centralized point of discussion and expertise reference in the region, and it is expected to grow in the future by the incorporation of more Nordic partners.

Among the main objectives of the network is the promotion of collaboration among Nordic partners towards the improvement of fish welfare in aquaculture facilities in the region.

Specific aims

The Nordic Network on Fish Welfare aims at being a Nordic discussion group with the following goals:

• Sharing expertise/knowledge on fish welfare among Nordic partners.
• Facilitate student exchange among Nordic institutions for training purposes.
• Spread advances on fish welfare and welfare optimization strategies through the organization of a Nordic workshop on fish welfare, to which industry and stakeholders will be invited.
• Collect information about the current status related to the management, monitoring practices and stress status of the welfare of aquaculture fish, across Nordic countries.
• Strengthen Nordic collaboration for applications to relevant national/international research funding calls.