Game

Reindeer

Fish

Aquaculture

Economics and society


	Natural resources		Food production		Aquaculture Forum

Game-, Reindeer- and AquaFood Research Program – GRAF :


»	Consumer needs and expectations in the global markets

»	Healthy, tasty, and high-quality food products

»	Diverse and sustainable food production

»	Changes in livelihoods and business sector competitiveness


»	Projects
	•	Developing Reindeer husbandry and Reindeer meat market
	•	Markets for products of captive fisheries
	•	BENEFISH – the economic impact of the welfare of fish in European fish farming
	•	Development of fish product quality research
	•	Effects of live-chilling on product quality
	•	Regulating the sexual maturity of rainbow trout in food fish production
	•	Improving fish quality
	•	The quality of European whitefish in the supply chain
	•	Electric stunning of vendace
	•	Action plan for sustainable aquaculture in Åland
	•	Effects of location guidance on the fish farming economy
	•	Environmental investment in fish farming
	•	Diversifying aquaculture
	•	Research on the selective breeding of whitefish
	•	Research on production biology
	•	New wave
	•	Software for assessing the profitability of fish farming
	•	Economic success factors of the reindeer husbandry
	•	Fish Consumption and the Catering Sector
	•	Utilization of less-valuable fish material in food, feed and bioenergy

Diversifying aquaculture

The aquaculture production sector has grown quickly and the market has opened up and become more global. One factor contributing to success in this new expanding market has been a diverse product supply that meets demand.

The goal of the project:

The aim of this programme is to help the Finnish fish farming industry diversify its product supply and better adapt to the global market. Market research and studies on the feasibility of introducing new species (i.e. European whitefish, pearch, pike-pearch) in food fish farming in Finland are carried out. The nutrition, welfare and genetic characteristics of the European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) are examined.

Scientist in charge of project

Juha Koskela
Jyväskylä Game and Fisheries Research
Survontie 9 FI-40500 Jyväskylä, Finland
Phone +35820 575 1516
e-mail: firstname.lastname@rktl.fi

Other research staff: Jouni Vielma, Jari Setälä, Asmo Honkanen, Markus Kankainen, Kari Ruohonen

Cooperation

University of Jyväskylä: Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Finnish Food Safety Authority, Tromsø University College (Norway)

Duration: 1996–2010

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