relation: https://orgprints.org/id/eprint/42551/
title: Does structural enrichment support the welfare of farmed rainbow trout juveniles in indoor facilities?
creator: Gesto, Manuel
creator: Jokumsen, Alfred
subject:  Production systems
subject:  Health and welfare
subject: Aquaculture
description: One of the aims of the Shelterfish project was to test whether simple shelters, easy to produce, install and remove, might have similar beneficial effects for fish welfare in aquaculture as observed before for fish used for re-stocking.  The experiments performed showed that fish have a clear preference for shelter use and that shelters had no negative effects on the fish growth performance. These results alone can be considered positive for fish welfare, since animal preference is an important welfare aspect. However, effects on external lesions and general health were modest, and the ability of the fish to deal with stress was not altered. There is likely room for optimization in the use of shelters and other types of enrichment for increasing the welfare of farmed fish. In the particular case of the use of shelters for salmonid farming, shelter effects seem to depend on many different factors and there is a need for further research to optimize their use in terms of shelter type, sheltering extent and timing for its application during the fish life cycle.
date: 2021-10-06
type: Conference paper, poster, etc. 
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: /id/eprint/42551/1/D2.3_Abstract%20Aq%20Europe%202021.pdf
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: /id/eprint/42551/2/D2.3_Abstract%20in%20congress%20book.pdf
format: application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
language: en
identifier: /id/eprint/42551/3/D2.3_Presentation%20EAS%202021.pptx
identifier:    Gesto, Manuel and Jokumsen, Alfred    (2021) Does structural enrichment support the welfare of farmed rainbow trout juveniles in indoor facilities?  [Styrker ”strukturelle miljøer”/skjul velfærd hos regnbueørreder i indendørs opdræt?]      Speech at: