Institute record of Unité de Gestion des Ressources Aquatiques et Aquaculture

Information

Type

Organization

Type

https://marineinfo.org/ns/institutes/types#Scientific

Name

Unité de Gestion des Ressources Aquatiques et Aquaculture

Name

The Management of Aquatic Resources and Aquaculture Unit@en

Acronym

ULG-UGERAA

Parent institute

Université de Liège; Faculté des Sciences; Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution

Address

Chemin de la Justice 10, 4500 Tihange, Belgium

Contact numbers

Telephone

+32-(0)85-27 41 55

Location

latitude

50.5352989

longitude

5.2633087

Description @en

The Management of Aquatic Resources and Aquaculture unit (UGERAA) is part of the Freshwater and Oceanic Science Unit of Research (FOCUS). It was created in 2020 as an association between the laboratory of Fish Demography and Hydroecology (LDPH) and the centre for Training and Research in Aquaculture (CEFRA). The UGERAA works closely with the Behavioural Biology unit (ULg) and the non-profit organisation CERER-Pisciculture. Its research team uses the fish as biological model to conduct fundamental and applied research in:

• management of aquatic resources: behavioural ecology, population dynamics, hydroecology, conservation and sustainable development of fisheries resources;
• aquaculture: reproductive biology and control, sex determination, genetic selection and improvement in growth, fish welfare and development of farming systems in line with environmental sustainability. Research is mainly carried out on freshwater fish species in Europe as well as in Africa within the framework of the development cooperation with countries in the southern hemisphere.