News
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Foundation of the EPFC core group
Since its inauguration in 2012, EPFC is operated as a thematic group under the auspices of EAS. To professionalize and to go to the next level of cooperation and commitment, the EPFC-team decided to start an EPFC core group (EPFC-CG). This Core Group identify and solve bottlenecks that need to be solved in order to reach the EPFC-CG goals. On February 20th and 21st, the EPFC-CG had its first meeting…
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Second international workshop pikeperch unites aquaculture specialists
From 17-21 September 2018, EPFC organized the second edition of the international hands-on workshop in off-season reproduction of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca). This event was hosted and facilitated by Inagro, an agricultural research and consulting organization based in Belgium. Two top experts in reproduction of pikeperch came to Inagro to teach an international group of participants the tricks of the trade. Now, each participant has the necessary knowledge and skills to…
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Percid workshop in Ireland addresses issues in reproduction
From 8th to 9th of March 2017 EPC organised in conjunction with Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) a workshop on reproduction in percid culture in Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland. Delegates from 12 European countries spent the two days discussing a wide range of issues surrounding percid reproduction.
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Inagro’s pikeperch out of season artificial reproduction 2020
This year Inagro succeeded to produce around 2 million pikeperch larvae, this is a 35% improvement in hatching rate compared to last year! Some of the fertilized eggs were sent to a foreign research partner, another part stayed at the aquaculture department of Inagro.
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R&D brings burbot back to Belgium
Aqualota Hatchery & Consultancy and Odisee University of Applied Sciences, both members of the EPFC Core group, were recently featured in the September/October issue of Hatchery International.
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Aquaculture and duckweed – hand in hand
As the population skyrockets and our natural resources remain limited, we find ourselves in a difficult situation. We must continue to increase the food productivity to survive, and reduce our impact on the environment. This can clearly be seen in the fishing industry. Today, the demand for farmed fish is evermore increasing. Yet, many aquaculture systems generate high amounts of wastewater containing compounds such as suspended solids, total nitrogen, and…
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New approach in creating pikeperch broodstock
NAIK HAKI investigated a lot of approaches to create a pikeperch broodstock. According to Uros Ljubobratovic one of the most promising approach is a combination of keeping the animals first outdoor followed by stocking in indoor recirculated aquaculture system (RAS).
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Internship at Inagro’s hatchery for pikeperch
This year Inagro hosted the first internship in pikeperch larviculture. The aim of this hands-on training was to share the knowledge that Inagro has developed over the past ten years in the production of pikeperch larvae in controlled conditions.
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MyFishCheck: A Model to Assess Fish Welfare in Aquaculture
During her doctoral research, dr. Linda Tschirren, developped an app to help fish farmers evaluating how fish feel in their farm. The model her app uses, named MyFishCheck, allows the evaluation of welfare in five distinct modules: farm management, water quality, fish group behaviour, fish external and fish internal appearance, thereby yielding five individual grades categorising welfare ranging from critical, to poor, to acceptable, and good.
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New aquaculture infrastructure on Inagro
This new system needed to serve two purposes: Possibility to conduct feeding trials with an option for digestibility research. Be the optimal system for fish from 0.1g to 10g, a grow-out for juveniles.
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Feeding trail on commercial diets used in pikeperch grow-out
Evaluation of growth performance of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) fed with different commercial diets formulated for percid fish during grow-out phase.
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New book from our American colleagues
Bruner, John Clay, DeBruyne, Robin L (Editors). 2021. Yellow Perch, Walleye, and Sauger: Aspects of Ecology, Management, and Culture Springer Fish and Fisheries Series, Cham, Switzerland Vol. 41:1-402 pp.
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How research meets industry – a story of MATE HAKI and Kaiserzander
Kaizerzander applied 2 methods to optimise the spawning results with pikeperch. These protocols were developed by MATE HAKI.
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Welcome to EPFC-CG first Australian member
Our newest EPFC-CG member the Charles Stuart University is Australia’s largest regional university. It hosts the Agriculture, Water and Environment Institute which is an important regional hub for fisheries and water-related research.
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Percid session at EAS congress in Rimini
This year in Rimini (Italy) we get the change to have again a session on our favourite fish species. Of course this will depend on the amount of percid fish related abstracts submitted for EAS2022.
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“La Piscicology, le langage secret du monde aquatique”
Guirec Dewavrin was former employee of Percitech, EPFC-CG member. He has writen down his 40 years of experience gathered in 19 countries , alongside more than 63 professional teams in this new book.
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Swiss EPFC-CG workshop report
In beautiful Bern the Core Group members of EPFC had a meeting. First to evaluate the past 3 years of EPFC-CG and look forward to the coming 3 years. All present members could give their input on future EPFC-CG activities. Secundly, we learned, discussed and thought about selective breeding in percid fish and what could be the function of EPFC-CG in this.
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Initiatives towards ASC labelled pikeperch
The time may come that Pikeperch can be ASC labelled. But first the input of pikeperch farmers is needed to assure the standards are pikeperch proof.
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EPFC-CG student grant
With this student grant EPFC-CG intends to help members who are companies to solve their bottlenecks in the production. At the same time students get the opportunity to obtain insights and experience during the research in the production process on a fish farm or another aquaculture stakeholders (technique or fish feed producers).
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EPFC-workshop at EAS2023 in Vienna
Each year EPFC organises the first day of EAS congress a workshop for all EPFC members and those interested in Percid fish. The dinner organized during EAS is to bring the community together and enlarge your network.
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EPFC-CG hatchery workshop October 2023
From 23-25 October 15 people of the EPFC-CG assembled in Belgium to talk about hatchery bottlenecks, new insights and protocols. This is a short report of this workshop.
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EPFC workshop at EAS 2024 in Copenhagen
At EAS2024 in Copenhagen our European Percid Fish Culture group had a workshop and a network moment. Our EPFC workshop, open for everyone, was held on 26 August and had a nice audience what lead to interesting discussions.
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EPFC-CG on a visit at Aquapri
During EAS2024 EPFC-CG organized a tour towards the 400 ton farm of Aquapri.
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Fish Physiology in Support to a Sustainable Aquaculture
University of Namur (Belgium) is organising a conference on fish pathologie to support the aquaculture sector.
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Also at EAS2025 in Valencia a percid session
Dear EPFC members, let me remind you there will be a percid session at the EAS congress in Valencia. This session will focus on research done on percid fish. let me remind you there will be a percid session at the EAS congress in Valencia. This session will focus on research done on percid fish.
