Sammendrag
The northern periphery countries of Iceland, Norway and Scotland, along with Russia, aim to establish a sustainable production of cod fry to promote successful cod farming in northern areas. The project is uniquely organised around networks of research institutes and producers of juvenile cod in the participating countries. Several technical obstacles have to be overcome before cod hatchery production can be made efficient and sustainable. These will be examined by the multi-country team and findings transferred to the commercial hatcheries throughout the northern periphery area. These include addressing high levels of abnormal development of cod juveniles, improving growth rates and production through control of maturation, benchmarking of fry production and collaboration in producing a cod hatchery manual. NorthCod project is aimed at exchanging and standardising fish production information in the northern periphery area to maximise knowledge of production systems and improve the efficiency of the production systems. This will involve benchmarking across hatcheries in the area and production of a cod hatchery production manual utilising best practice and ensuring best standards of fish welfare The ultimate aim of NorthCod is to increase the likelihood of success for the aquaculture of cod in remote communities of the Northern Periphery Area, promote sustainable cod cultivation in private companies and thereby increase the sector?s employment and income potential. This will be accomplished through transnational co-operation in a project comprised of three different parts: (i) standardisation of production methods, (ii) sex control and preservation of cod sperm by freezing and (iii) production of a cod hatchery manual.
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