FISHBOOST
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From 2014-02-01 to 2019-01-31; closed project
Globally there is an increasing demand for aquaculture products. There is a high potential for improving efficiency, profitability and sustainability of the European aquaculture sector. The development of better and more breeding programmes make a major contribution to these improvements. The European FP7 research project FISHBOOST will advance aquaculture to the next levels for the six main finfish species (Atlantic salmon, common carp, European seabass, gilthead seabream, rainbow trout and turbot). Among others, genetic variation for traits that impact production efficiency will be quantified and the genetic architecture of resistance to diseases will be unravelled. Information gathered during the project will be used to design a framework for sustainable selective breeding.
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Visit the website at www.fishboost.eu.
Or visit http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/111583_en.html for more details about the FISHBOOST project
Or visit http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/111583_en.html for more details about the FISHBOOST project
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Impact: The biggest impact of FISHBOOST will arise when commercial fish breeders integrate new breeding technologies and adopt accurate measurements of new traits to attain genetic gain, thereby overcoming current barriers that reduce potential profit to breeders and limit the European aquaculture sector as a whole.
FISHBOOST will develop schemes that are practical, more productive, and maximise genetic improvement of an economically-derived breeding goal with a sustainable inbreeding rate. |
Aim: To improve the efficiency and profitability of European aquaculture by advancing selective breeding to the next level for each of the six main finfish species through collaborative research with industry
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