Work Package 2 - PhD Curriculum Development and Assessment

About Wageningen UR

 

General

The Aquaculture and Fisheries Group (AFI) is part of the Department of Animal Sciences and participates in the Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, WIAS . 
Mission: to be leading in academic research and education on sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries, with a focus on society relevant questions and on the interactions between aquatic organisms and their environment.

Research

Most research is conducted as PhD projects with PhDs embedded in the Graduate School WIAS Research of the Aquaculture and Fisheries Group focuses on the development of sustainable management practices for both fisheries and aquaculture. Research is organized according three levels of integration:

• Organism level
• Production system level
• Populations and aquatic ecosystems level

Studies at the Organism level aim at understanding the adaptive capacity of fish (and shrimp) under various environmental conditions, by studying the interplay between genetic predisposition, feeds, and water quality on one hand and the physiological/endocrine regulation of reproduction, health and growth of fishes on the other hand.

Studies at the Production systems level concentrate on understanding how fishes affect their environment, by investigating nutrient balances in aquatic production systems, and by designing sustainable integrated farming systems for fish and shrimp.

Research at the Population level concentrates on the dynamics of fish populations in natural ecosystems, by analysing the complex interactions between various fish species and their individual habitat requirements.