The main objective of the recently approved EU Project FISHBOOST is "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"The six species which will be researched in the project are Atlantic Salmon, Common Carp, European Sea Bass, Gilthead Sea Bream, Rainbow Trout and Turbot. The initiative's host institute is Nofima ‒ the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research – but it also includes 14 well-recognised research, industry and NGO partners from nine European countries. These collaborators on aquaculture breeding will work together in a five year comprehensive research project with 7 SMEs, 4 large industries and 1 NGO throughout Europe. See list on map - https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=207859877706903567632.0004f104f8880f5aa97cf&msa=0
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.
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