WP5: RAS smolt: post-smolt performance and welfare in closed Containment Systems (RAS)


WP leader: Naouel Gharbi
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre


WP leader: Patrik Tang
NORCE Norwegian Research Centre
Objectives
Using temperature, training, and their dual effects to improve smolt health and welfare to allow more resilient smolts to be transferred to sea
- How do temperatures and water velocity use in RAS influence stress, osmoregulatory and energetic functions?
- Identify an optimal thermal range to sustain the beneficial physiological effects of water velocity use in RAS that propagates improved resilience and performance of smolts at sea
Expected outcome
- Providing temperature-based guidelines for using water velocity regimes in RAS to improve fish resilience, health, and welfare
- Improving knowledge on ways to mitigate physiological stress and enhance fish recovery after transfer to sea.
- Knowledge on how prior RAS training history within a specific thermal window contributes to growth performance at sea.