Environmental enrichment in fish aquaculture: A review of fundamental and practical aspects

P Arechavala‐Lopez, MJ Cabrera‐Álvarez… - Reviews in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental enrichment (EE) can improve the welfare of captive fish. Its objective is to
provide new sensorial and motor stimulation in order to help meet their behavioural …

The flesh texture of teleost fish: Characteristics and interventional strategies

Z Wang, F Qiao, WB Zhang, G Parisi… - Reviews in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
With the growing demand of consumers for high‐quality aquatic products, controlling the
harvest quality of farmed fish is becoming increasingly important in aquaculture industry …

Fish under exercise

AP Palstra, JV Planas - Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2011 - Springer
Improved knowledge on the swimming physiology of fish and its application to fisheries
science and aquaculture (ie, farming a fitter fish) is currently needed in the face of global …

Understanding fish muscle growth regulation to optimize aquaculture production

EJ Vélez, E Lutfi, S Azizi, M Perelló, C Salmerón… - Aquaculture, 2017 - Elsevier
Aquaculture has become an agronomic activity with noticeable development around the
world to respond to the simultaneous decrease of fish captures and the increasing demand …

[HTML][HTML] The optimum velocity for Atlantic salmon post-smolts in RAS is a compromise between muscle growth and fish welfare

G Timmerhaus, CC Lazado, NAR Cabillon, BKM Reiten… - Aquaculture, 2021 - Elsevier
It is increasingly common to rear Atlantic salmon smolts for longer periods in recirculating
aquaculture systems (RAS) before transfer to sea cages. The conditions for this part of the …

Aerobic swimming in intensive finfish aquaculture: applications for production, mitigation and selection

DJ McKenzie, AP Palstra, J Planas… - Reviews in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We review knowledge on applications of sustained aerobic swimming as a tool to promote
productivity and welfare of farmed fish species. There has been extensive interest in whether …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term swimming up-regulates pro-inflammatory mediators and cytokines in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)

C Espírito-Santo, FA Guardiola, ROA Ozório… - … and Physiology Part A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aerobic swimming exercise in fish has been shown to improve robustness of some species.
However, the optimal conditions to be applied and the mechanisms underlying remain …

Heritability and genotype by environment interaction estimates for harvest weight, growth rate, and shape of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) grown in river cage …

TQ Trọng, HA Mulder, JAM van Arendonk, H Komen - Aquaculture, 2013 - Elsevier
Harvest weight has been the main selected trait for the GIFT strain of Nile tilapia
(Oreochromis niloticus). However, growth rate and body shape are traits of increasing …

The effect of hypoxia on fish swimming performance and behaviour

P Domenici, NA Herbert, C Lefrançois… - … exercise to farm a fit fish …, 2013 - Springer
Oxygen depletion, hypoxia, can be a common stressor in aquatic habitats, including
aquaculture. Hypoxia limits aerobic swimming performance in fish, by limiting their aerobic …

Induced sustained swimming modifies the external morphology, increasing the oxygen-carrying capacity and plasma lactate levels of juvenile gilthead seabream …

X Yu, VFMF Sousa, BM Oliveira, FA Guardiola… - Aquaculture, 2022 - Elsevier
Some species of fish can be induced to swim under optimal conditions aiming to improve
their growth performance and welfare. This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of …