Researching Alternatives to Fish Oils in Aquaculture
Project Partners
Project Co-Ordinators
Prof. John R. Sargent (To July 2002)
Dr J. Gordon Bell (From Aug 2002)
Institute of Aquaculture
University of Stirling
Scotland, UK
Email: g.j.bell@stir.ac.uk
Project Tasks:
- Coordination of project
PARTNER 1 - Institute of Aquaculture
Dr Gordon Bell (Research Director)
Dr Douglas R. Tocher (Project Manager)
Institute of Aquaculture
University of Stirling
Scotland, UK
Email: d.r.tocher@stir.ac.uk
Project Tasks:
- Growth trials in Atlantic salmon
- Lipid deposition and metabolism
- Assay of fatty acid desaturase (FAD)
- Cloning of FAD & functional characterisation
- Stress hormone and immune assays
PARTNER 2 - Nutreco Aquaculture
Dr Grethe Rosenlund (Research director)
Nutreco Aquaculture Research Centre
Stavanger, Norway
Email: Grethe.Rosenlund@nutreco.com
Project Tasks:
- Formulation & production of feeds
- Organoleptic analysis
- Fish yield & quality analysis
PARTNER 3 - NIFES
Prof. Øyvind Lie (Research Director)
Dr Bente Torstensen (Project manager)
National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES)
Bergen, Norway
Email: bente.torstensen@nifes.no
Project Tasks:
- Growth trials in Atlantic salmon
- Lipid deposition and metabolism
- Fatty acid oxidation
- Expression of FAD genes
- Vaccination efficacy
PARTNER 4 - INRA
Dr Sachi Kaushik (Research director)
Dr Genevieve Corraze (Project manager)
Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique (INRA),
Unité de Nutrition Des Poissons,
Saint Pée Sur Nivelle, France
Email: corraze@st-pee.inra.fr
Project Tasks:
- Growth trials in rainbow trout
- Lipid deposition & metabolism
- Lipogenic enzyme assays
- Cloning & expression of lipogenic & FAD genes
- Electronic olfactory analysis
PARTNER 5 - ICCM
Prof. Marisol Izquierdo (Research director)
Dr Lidia Robiana (Project manager)
Instituto Canario De Ciencias Marinas (ICCM),
Las Palmas, Spain
Email: mizquierdo@dbio.ulpgc.es
Project Tasks:
- Growth trials on gilthead sea bream
- Lipid deposition & metabolism
- Stress hormone assays
- Immune function assays.
- Expression of FAD genes
PARTNER 6 - Universidad De Cadiz
Dr Gabriel Mourente (Research director)
Departmento De Biologia Animal
Universidad De Cadiz, Puerto Real, Andalucia, Spain
Email: mourente@uca.es
Project Tasks:
- Growth trials on European sea bass
- Lipid deposition & metabolism
- Stress hormone & immune assays
- Cloning & expression of FAD genes
PARTNER 7 - IFREMER
Dr Jean Robin (Research director)
Laboratoire de nutrition des Poissons IFREMER,
Plouzane, France
Email : jrobin@ifremer.fr
Project Tasks:
- Growth trials in sea bream larvae
- Lipid deposition & metabolism
- FAD assay in larvae