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

Improving fish quality

Quality is an important factor enhancing competitiveness in foodstuff production. The unique expertise and infrastructure of FGFRI is used in research and development projects in cooperation with companies and other partners.

The goal of the project

The aim is to maintain and develop expertise on product quality with the following methods:

Studying product quality of fish
Developing and maintaining methods for quality monitoring
Assessing research methods and their reliability
Maintaining and promoting collaborative networks with enterprises
Applying knowledge obtained by scientific research for use by companies
Designing new research and product development projects on fish quality

Photo: Susanna Airaksinen

Results

Methods for research on product quality are confirmed and meet international criteria. Methods have been tested in experimental conditions and results concerning the factors affecting product quality have been presented in public. Collaboration networks have been tested in research projects and partnerships have been strengthened.

Scientist in charge of project

Susanna Airaksinen
Turku Game and Fisheries research
Itäinen Pitkäkatu 3, FIN-20540 Turku
Phone 0205 751 688
e-mail: firstname.lastname@rktl.fi

Other research staff: Kari Ruohonen, Olli Norrdahl, Jari Riihimäki, Markku Vaajala

Cooperation

Other research institutes, the enterprises of the branch and the sponsors

Duration: 2006–

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