Environmental enrichment in fish aquaculture: A review of fundamental and practical aspects

P Arechavala‐Lopez, MJ Cabrera‐Álvarez… - Reviews in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental enrichment (EE) can improve the welfare of captive fish. Its objective is to
provide new sensorial and motor stimulation in order to help meet their behavioural …

Environmental enrichment increases aquatic animal welfare: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

Z Zhang, L Gao, X Zhang - Reviews in Aquaculture, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the rapid development of aquaculture and the gradual decrease in fishery resources,
aquatic animal welfare (AAW) has received increasing attention from animal protection …

Positive welfare effects of physical enrichments from the nature-, functions-and feeling-based approaches in farmed rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

V Brunet, A Kleiber, A Patinote, PL Sudan, C Duret… - Aquaculture, 2022 - Elsevier
The present study aimed to investigate whether environmental enrichment had significant
effects on rainbow trout's welfare through nature-, functions-and feeling-based approaches …

Effects of environmental enrichment on the welfare of juvenile black rockfish Sebastes schlegelii: Growth, behavior and physiology

Z Zhang, Q Bai, X Xu, H Guo, X Zhang - Aquaculture, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental enrichment is a promising way to enhance fish welfare in aquaculture.
However, the observed effects of enrichment on fish growth, behavior and physiology vary …

An evaluation of vertically suspended environmental enrichment structures during rainbow trout rearing

KM Crank, JL Kientz, ME Barnes - North American Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental enrichment is the addition of substrate or structural complexity to typically
sterile culture environments, but the effects of enrichment on fish rearing performance are …

Physical enrichment for improving welfare in fish aquaculture and fitness of stocking fish: A review of fundamentals, mechanisms and applications

Z Zhang, W Lin, Y Li, X Yuan, X He, H Zhao, J Mo, J Lin… - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the issue of fish welfare in various aquaculture systems has garnered
significant attention from animal protection organizations, government departments …

Use of suspended plastic conduit arrays during brown trout and rainbow trout rearing in circular tanks

SC White, E Krebs, N Huysman… - … American Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental enrichment is the modification of otherwise sterile hatchery rearing units to
provide structural complexity. We investigated the use of an array of suspended plastic …

The Effect of Environmental Enrichment on Laboratory Rare Minnows (Gobiocypris rarus): Growth, Physiology, and Behavior

C Xu, M Hou, L Su, N Qiu, F Yu, X Zou, C Wang… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Environmental enrichment is an important part of animal welfare. In this
study, rare minnow in different rearing conditions underwent comprehensive evaluation …

[PDF][PDF] Suspended arrays improve rainbow trout growth during hatchery rearing in circular tanks

E Krebs, N Huysman, JM Voorhees… - International Journal of …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Environmental enrichment can be an effective tool to improve rearing effi ciencies during
hatchery production. This study evaluated the effectiveness of two different vertically …

[PDF][PDF] Vertically-suspended environmental enrichment structures improve the growth of juvenile landlocked fall Chinook salmon

AJ Rosburg, BL Fletcher, ME Barnes… - … Journal of Innovative …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Environmental enrichment is the use of structures or materials to create more natural or
complex environments in hatchery rearing units. This study assessed the effects of two types …