Projects

Environmental impact of Mussel farming

Benthic fauna surveys in connection with mussel farming in Venøsund, Limfjorden.

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Fishlab was responsible with​ sample processing, species determination and data work. Subcontracting WSP.

Turbot restocking program

Since 2021 Fishlab has worked on cultivation and release of Turbot Scophthalmus maximus in Danish coastal waters through the restocking program “Fiskeplejen”. The project was carried out with the help local fishermen from the Federation of Danish Recreational- and Amateur Fishery and a collaboration with Venøsund Fisk og Skaldyr ApS, DTU Aqua, and Fjort&Bælt. The day of the release was documented through a video by Fjord&Bælt.​

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Mesozooplankton monitoring

Since 2013 Fishlab and partners have worked on the Danish national monitoring program for marine mesozooplankton. Fishlab receives samples from several areas in Denmark to be analyzed and registered in the Danish environmental database “VanDa”.

Eelgrass monitoring

Fishlab and subcontractor Gaviadyk was investigating eelgrass occurrence by diving in the Limfjord and the coastal waters of the western Baltic Sea during in 2019 as part of a national surveillance programme (NOVANA programme) for the Ministry of Environment. Click on the video to see an explainer video produced by Ministry of Environment.