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Supporting the Mekong fish farmers with the breeding of Tra catfish. KU Leuven

Filip Volckaert
Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation

Tra catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) is the main commercially farmed fish in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. However, most farmers have been faced with poor fingerling quality which affects the quality of the finished product. Most farmers are wild type stock with no history of genetic improvement, which leads to subop­timal production (loss of nutrients), poor overall quality and uncertainty in the globalized market. In order to ...

Dairy farmers wish to improve their economic resilience and operational decision-making Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Social Sciences, Animal Sciences
Main research question/goal

The profitability of an average dairy farm in the third quarter of 2020 is below the average of the last 5 years. It is clear that an ever-growing group of dairy farms is struggling to make ends meet financially. This operational group of dairy farmers called MELKTOOLS aims to improve their economic resilience and to disseminate the results of their own findings to the entire dairy ...

Analysing fish behavior with machine learning for automatic welfare assessment KU Leuven

Tomas Norton
Animal and Human Health Engineering (A2H)

M3-BIORES is currently doing exciting research on computational ethology, focusing on the real-time monitoring of animal behaviours using sensors and state-of-the-art real-time algorithms. We want to understand better the animals mental state, health and welfare, and translate this knowledge in innovative ICT technologies to support farmers, zoo keepers and sports professionals. We develop novel sensor-based methods that reveal insight into ...

Monitoring of the effects of offshore windfarms on endo-, epi- and hyperbenthic fauna and fish on soft sediments and the pelagic Ghent University

Ulrike Braeckman
Department of Biology

By Royal Decree of May 17, 2004 (as amended by the Royal Decree of September 28, 2008, February 8, 2011 and March 20, 2014), a zone was designated in the Belgian marine areas for the production of electricity. Project developers must apply for an environmental permit for the construction and operation of installations to generate electricity.

Nine projects in this zone have obtained a domain concession and an environmental permit for ...

Developing an Artificial Intestine for the sutainable farming of healthy fish Ghent University

Sandra Van Vlierberghe
Department of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Milan, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Skretting (Norway), Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research

A healthy, balanced diet has a fundamental role in preventing a large range of chronic diseases and contributes to prolong life quality with obvious benefits for the individual as well as for the society. Aquaculture production plays a substantial role in this perspective because fish is an important source of well-balanced proteins and important nutrients such as marine-derived omega-3 fatty acids. However, its sustainability generates ...

Valorisation od sustainably caught and fresh fish Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Agricultural and Farm Development, Fisheries and Aquatic Production, Animal Sciences
Main research question/goal
How can the intrinsic value of fish landed in Belgium be better translated into a fair price for the fishers? This research project has a practical and economic purpose but also requires scientific expertise. The project objectives are: 1) organizing the traceability of fish landed; 2) establishing procedures (or applying existing procedures) that guarantee good fish quality; 3) establishing ...

Monitoring an evaluation of electromagnetic fields from the power lines of the offshore wind parks on fish in the Scheldt sstuary Research Institute for Nature and Forest

Wildlife Management and Invasive Species, Aquatic Management, Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Power cables between offshore wind farms and the mainland create electromagnetic fields (EMF), which can potentially affect various species of fish and marine mammals. Little is known about whether these effects occur and, if so, in what form and on what scale. In addition, the question is at what burial depths EMFs can still be detected on the sea bed and in the water column.

For the Borssele offshore wind farm, a Monitoring and ...

Acoustic ecology of pelagic fish communities: a study into the effects of construction and exploitation of wind farms Flanders Marine Institute

Hans Slabbekoorn
Flanders Marine Institute
This project concerns an interdisciplinary study with fundamental and applied aspects fitting the targets of the Dutch National Research Agenda (NWA). The project will collect data, using a set of echosounders, on density and diversity of pelagic fish in and around offshore windfarms in association with acoustic conditions during the construction and exploitation of windfarms.

Small-scale aquaculture using kitchen waste and agricultural by-products as sustainable fish feed resources Ghent University

Geert Janssens
Department of Veterinary and Biosciences, Jimma University

Small-scale fish ponds are a potential solution for quantitative and qualitative malnutrition in Ethiopia, especially for infants. This project evaluates if sustainable feed resources such as kitchen waste and agricultural by-products can be successfully applied to farm fish by rural households. First, on-campus experiments will be performed, that then will serve as basis to implement small-scale aquaculture at rural communities.