Aquaculture

The Aquaculture Working Group (AG Aquakultur) emerged from the former Aquaculture and Aquatic Ecology department of the Department of Animal Sciences. The AG is responsible for all housing facilities related to aquaculture research and serves as an infrastructural unit for laboratory animal husbandry within the department, accessible to all groups. The AG also conducts its own independent research projects, contributing to research in the areas of breeding, reproduction, husbandry technology, and product quality. Research is conducted on various fish species, such as trout, tilapia, and catfish, as well as on zebrafish as a model organism. Administratively, the AG is integrated into the Functional Breeding department, whose head, Prof. Tetens, also holds the scientific directorship for aquaculture.