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The structure of fish populations and traceability of fish and fish products. KU Leuven

Filip Volckaert
Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation
FishPopTrace is an international project aiming at the construction of a Pan-European framework, built on advanced technologies, for product traceability and policy related monitoring, control and surveillance in the fisheries sector. Pursuing a holistic approach, the project can contribute to fisheries management and conservation measures in line with the global attempt to move towards sustainable fisheries.

Mechanisms of ammonia transport in marine fish with a different nitrogen metabolism. University of Antwerp

Gudrun De Boeck
Systemic Physiological and Ecotoxicological Research (SPHERE)
Ammonia toxicity is a frequent problem in aquatic environments (aquaculture, eutrophication, …) which adversely affects fish performance and welfare. Fish also produce endogenous ammonia in their nitrogen metabolism, and it is their most important nitrogen waste product. Mechanistic strategies in fish gills to cope with ammonia toxicity and transport have fascinated biologists for many decades. The recent discovery of the ammonia transport ...

Unravelling the interplay between the bacterial fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare and the hypothalamus-pituitaryinterrenal axis of their host under acute and chronic stress conditions Ghent University

Annemie Decostere
Department of Pathobiology, Pharmacology and Zoological Medicine

demand. This proposal aims to unravel the interplay between the bacterial fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare and the stress response mediated via the hypothalamus-pituitaryinterrenal (HPI) axis of its host under acute and chronic stress conditions. Hereby a marked contribution will be made to i) the use of the cortisol content and glucocorticoid (GC) profile of scales as a reflection of the fishU+2019s exposure to chronic stress as this ...

WARM AND WANTED: EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND FISHERIES ON FISH GROWTH Ghent University

Marleen De Troch
Department of Biology

Warming temperatures are hypothesized to accelerate the somatic growth of individual fish to smaller adult body sizes. Fisheries extract large fish from populations because of their high market value, and cause populations to adapt maturation to earlier ages and smaller fish sizes. This PhD research will test the response of the growth of Common sole (Solea solea) populations to these climate and fishing pressures. In a first step, ...

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

Hans Polet, Els Vanderperren
Agricultural and Farm Development, Aquatic Environment and Quality, 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 ...

Bilateral co-operation: Determination of toxic compounds and metal's speciation in fish in industrial areas Hasselt University

Jan YPERMAN
Applied and Analytical Chemistry
The aim of the study is to determine toxic compounds and speciation of metals in freshwater fish collected from several industrial and agricultural areas in Dolnysk in Poland. The evolution of pollutants profiles as a function of the following factors such as location, season, fish organ, fish species will be studied. The relationship between the kind of industrial activity and the kind, form and distribution of pollutants in fish will be ...

Fish injury, mortality and passage at te pumping station Groot Schijn Research Institute for Nature and Forest

Organisation Support, Estuaries, Wildlife Management and Invasive Species, Aquatic Management
Pumping stations in a watercourse impede the free migration of fish and cause the ecological functions of a watercourse not to be used or to be only partially used. The Flemish Environment Agency (VMM), as water manager, is increasingly switching to more fish-safe pumps and jacks. In order to make a good choice, it is important that the testing of alternative pumps takes place in a standardised manner. The Groot Schijn Pompgemaal (PGGS) in ...

How can we improve the knowledge about different fish species in hotel schools? Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Johan Robbens
Aquatic Environment and Quality, Animal Sciences
Main research question/goal
The Food2know (Fish2know) project rests on the boundary between scientific knowledge transfer and information. The aim is to significantly increase insight into the topic of wild caught fish among stakeholders who can be considered as ambassadors of the product: future chefs and food service staff. Supporting this project are ILVO’s scientific expertise and the ILVO mission to work towards a ...

The fish diversity of the Burundese rivers and the impact of human activities on this ichthyofauna KU Leuven

Jos Snoeks
Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity Conservation
The objectives of this study were to </>compile the most uptodate information on the fish diversity of the Burundese river systems; to verifyand, if necessary, to revise taxa with taxonomic problems and to describe newly discovered species; </></>to determine the main environmental variables that are associated with fish distribution in the Upper Malagarazi River basin, and to identify potential threats to this fish ...