Wageningen University & Research
The mission of Wageningen University & Research is "To explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life". Within Wageningen University & Research, nine specialised research institutes from the Wageningen Research Foundation and Wageningen University have joined forces to help answer the most important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment.
With approximately 30 locations, 6,000 employees, and 12,000 students, Wageningen University & Research is one of the leading organisations in its domain worldwide. An integrated approach to problems and the cooperation between various disciplines are at the heart of the unique approach of Wageningen.
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At the
Aquaculture and Fisheries (AFI) group of the Department of Animal Sciences, our aquaculture experts in (dr. Maria Forlenza), fish nutrition (dr. Johan Schrama, Marit Nederlof), recirculating aquaculture systems (Ep Eding, Roel Maas), nutritious ponds (dr. Marc Verdegem), fish immunology and fish microbiomes (dr. Fotini Kokou) work closely together on the interaction between nutrition, water quality and health in aquaculture production systems. Our fisheries experts study freshwater fish ecology (prof. Tom Buijse), eco-morphology of native and invasive fish species (dr. Leo Nagelkerke), fisheries in Asia and Africa (Paul van Zwieten) and population ecology of marine fish species (dr. Jan Jaap Poos).
Our aim is to be leading in academic research and education on sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries, with a focus on society-relevant questions and interactions between aquatic organisms and their environment. Our education offered to BSc, MSc and PhD students is closely aligned with our research. Our aquaculture research is focused on the interaction between fish nutrition, water quality and fish health in aquaculture production systems.
AFI has full access to the University's 1900 m2 aquatic research facility and laboratories. At AFI, our aquaculture experts study the interaction between nutrition, water quality and health in aquaculture production systems, be it recirculating or ponds. We believe that much of the future demand for fish will need to be achieved via understanding of nutritious ponds concepts and land-based recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS).