Aquaculture research at SLU

Research at SLU contributes to sustainable aquaculture through development of modern breeding programmes, resource-efficient and high-quality fish feed ingredients and circular innovative farming methods. Environment, economy, animal welfare and food quality are the focus of our research.

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Meet researcher Khrystyna Kurta!

Over the next four years, researcher Khrystyna Kurta will investigate the possibilities of improving the reproduction of Swedish food fish – join us in the world of our Swedish fish farms!

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SLU Aquaculture granted projects

The platform provides funding for projects aimed at strengthening research in aquaculture and contribute to cross-faculty collaboration within SLU. Read about our ongoing activities in different projects.

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Researchers in aquaculture at SLU

Are you interested in aquaculture and want to get in touch with our researchers connected to the platform?

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Aquaculture research infrastructure

Here you will find a list of research infrastructure at SLU, also available for researchers at other universities or companies. Do you find something that suits your research?

Aquaculture projects at SLU

Blue Food 2.0
Advancements in aquaculture have led to significant increases in production quantities, but also...
Increased robustness in farmed rainbow trout through epigenetics for sustainable production (EpiTrout)
The EpiTrout project aims to develop a stress-management strategy employing epigenetics as a tool...
Farming in a changing climate: Increased resilience for sustainable Arctic char farming (ResiChar)
Climate change poses a threat to the sustainable growth of Arctic char farming, which in Sweden i...
Fish farming in the North – a food production with environmental potential
The project aims to investigate if and how rainbow trout and Arctic charr can be farmed sustainab...

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Research results (popular science)

Fish stunning methods fail!
In two studies, we evaluated existing and alternative stunning methods for farmed fish. We studie...
Save the rainforest with oil and protein from yeast
Yeast protein and yeast oil produced from wood and straw cellulose can be used as alternative...
Genetic mapping of Arctic charr – an important step for Swedish aquaculture
The Swedish breeding program for Arctic charr has been run successfully for almost forty years....
Fish welfare at risk due to poor routines
Maintaining good animal welfare for fish is a major challenge within aquaculture. One threat...
Insects as feed for trout
A problem with fish farming is that commercial fish feed contains fishmeal and fish oil. These ra...

More research results from SLU Knowledge bank

Published: 10 January 2025 - Page editor: aquaculture@slu.se

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