



Welcome to ARCTAQUA
Cross-Border Innovations in Arctic Aquaculture
Aquaculture is the fastest-growing animal production sector, and it is considered as an environmentally-sustainable industry that produces protein source for the growing world population. However, in Europe and Russia, the aquaculture production volumes have not followed the increasing demand for aquaculture products. Diversification of the farmed aquatic species is vital to cater to the market demands for fish protein. The main objective of ARCTAQUA is to promote the development of sustainable aquaculture in the Arctic region. For this, the ARCTAQUA will address main bottlenecks in the production of novel fish species (Arctic char, spotted wolffish, European whitefish and nelma) in the Arctic region; a strategy to improve the economic feasibility of the production systems of these species and to expand this industry. Ultimately, the ARCTAQUA will be a catalyst to create new job opportunities and contribute to the economic development of the Arctic region. This project is funded by Kolarctic CBC, EU, Russia, Norway, Sweden and Finland (http://kolarctic.info, and http://www.kolarctic.no).
OUR ACTIVITIES
Research at Luke
Open-access bioinformatics pipeline to extract DNA variants for genomic studies
Incubation of wolffish eggs
In the middle of January, batches of wolffish eggs were collected from broodstock fish that were
International Science Festival
The International Science Festival in Gothenburg is one of Europe’s leading popular science events
Marker development at Luke
In genomic selection, tens of thousands of DNA markers are analyzed from tissue samples of
Spotted wolffish trial at Nord
Our Nord University research team has completed the first feeding trial on spotted wolffish. The team
Research at Luke
In January 2021, ARCTAQUA partners at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) initiated an
Activities at Swedish Univ. Agric. Sci.
A large-scale sampling was conducted by the researchers of Swedish University of Agricultural
Participation in conference
ARCTAQUA partners participated in All-Russian Scientific Web Conference “Topical issues of morphogenesis
Sampling from wolffish trial
Wolffish were fed mussel meal-containing feeds for 12 weeks. The fish had good growth during the
Webpage manager: Bisa Saraswathy (bisa.saraswathy@nord.no) from Nord University.