Species

Current structure and state of art for important RTD challenges for the aquaculture breeding industries of the six main finfish species in Europe. 

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Atlantic salmon

• North & West Europe
• 40 years of modern breeding
• High sophistication
• Large or highly specialised companies

Main breeding traits: 

• Growth 
• Deformations
• Fillet color
• Disease resistance

Pedigree tracing by separating families

Important R&D challenges: 

• Enhance production: diseases, FE, adaption to novel diets
• Enhance breeding: sequencing, avoidance of sib testing
• High need for genomics for next level of breeding

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Gilthead seabream

• South Europe
• 15years of modern breeding
• Moderate-high sophistication
• Large companies and SMEs

Main breeding traits: 

• Growth 
• Shape
• Lipid deposition

Pedigree tracing by genotyping

Important R&D challenges:

• Enhance production: FE, fillet%, diseases

• Enhance breeding: non-lethal ways of improving FE and fillet%, markers for disease
• Need for genomics for next level of breeding for disease

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Rainbow trout

• North & West Europe
• 30 years of modern breeding
• High sophistication
• Large companies and SMEs

Main breeding traits: 

• Growth 
• Maturity age
• Carcass yield
• Deformation
• Fillet color

Pedigree tracing by separating families or genotyping

Important R&D challenges:

• Enhance production: processing yields, FE, diseases, adaption to novel diets

• Enhance breeding: non-lethal ways of improving feed efficiency and fillet%, SNP chip
• High need for genomics for next level of breeding

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Turbot

• South & West Europe
• 20 years of modern breeding
• High sophistication
• Large companies and SMEs

Main breeding traits: 

• Growth 
• Shape

Pedigree tracing by separating families or genotyping

Important R&D challenges:

• Enhance production: fillet yield, diseases, adaptation to novel diets

• Enhance breeding: non-lethal ways of improving fillet yield, inbreeding control, SNP chip
• Moderate-high need for genomics for next level of breeding

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European seabass

• South & West Europe
• 20 years of modern breeding
• Moderate sophistication
• SMEs

Main breeding traits: 

• Growth 
• Shape
• Sex ratio

Pedigree tracing by genotyping

Important R&D challenges:

• Enhance production: diseases, FE, fillet%

• Enhance breeding: non-lethal ways of improving FE and fillet%, markers for disease
• Need for genomics for next level of breeding for disease

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Common carp

• East Europe
• 0 years of modern breeding
• low sophistication
• SMEs and governmental institutes 

Main breeding traits: 

• Scales

Pedigree tracing by genotyping possible

Important R&D challenges:

• Enhance production: growth, winter survival, fillet yield, diseases

• Enhance breeding: construct efficient programs, inbreeding controls
• Low need for genomics for next level of breeding

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