Danish project aims to boost quality of organic trout fry

摘要

Occording to European Commission regulations the life cycle of all animals in organic aquaculture must be 100 % organic by January, 2016. This requirement of exclusively organic fry from 2016 entails major challenges for organic farmers. The organic rules only allow very limited treatments against diseases to maintain the organic certificate. Fry are vulnerable to disease and hence the robustness of fry to diseases is crucial. In particular this concerns one of the most serious trout fry diseases inDanish aquaculture, Rainbow Trout Fry Syndrome (RTFS).To further strengthen and develop Danish organic aquaculture, a nationally funded research project, RobustFish (2014-2017) has recently been launched. The project focuses on organic robust trout fry to prevent disease and medical treatments. The projectwill also provide knowledge about market conditions for organic aquaculture products, consumer attitudes and development potentials for organic aquaculture.