Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0347468

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0347468

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The role of neurohormones in the regulation of appetite and successful sea water transfer in farmed Atlantic salmon. Cultured Atlantic salmon spend the first part of their life in freshwater and then following a physiological adaption phase called smoltification, the fish (now termed smolts) are transferred to sea cages for growout. A proportion of smolts fail to thrive after transfer, show slow or no growth and usually die some months later. This project will investigate the role that the neurohomones that control both appetite and physiological stress in fish have in stimulating the resumption of feeding after sea water transfer.The basic knowledge generated will be used directly in development of strategies for minimising smolt failure in Atlantic salmon aquaculture.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2004

End Date: 12-2006

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $195,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Animal Physiology—Systems | Gene Expression | Aquaculture | Fisheries Sciences

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Aquaculture |

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