ILLUMIAQUA - Light quality and light regime for the safe production of robust salmon and rainbow trout
Contact: Dr. rer. nat. Alexander Rebl
Duration: 2025-2028
Funding: Nofima AS
Abstract:
The project ILLUMIAQUA will (a) develop a strategy to utilise light in Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout aquaculture to improve animal welfare, reduce losses and increase production efficiency, (b) gain fundamental knowledge about the light environment and the light sensitivity of salmonids, and (c) close specific knowledge gaps in the applied photobiology of salmonids. The primary objective of IllumiAqua is to provide best practice guidance for the use of illumination (irradiance, spectral quality and photoperiod) in the production of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout aligned to their biology at a given developmental stage in the production cycle.