The overall objective of the Research Group is to improve fish welfare and security of fish production in aquaculture. This will be targeted by conducting research on fish reproduction through gamete research, improved induced spawning and surrogate technology as well as nutrition technology through testing alternative feed sources. Outcomes will be assessed by reproductive performance tests, fish and system microbiota and stress research.

The originality of the research lies within the One health approach to fish farming that takes into account the external factors such as the systems that fish are kept in and the internal factors of fish welfare (reproductive performance, intestinal and gonadal microbiota, stress parameters) that allow for the production of heathier and more secure fish products. The holistic approach of the project to aquaculture production contributes to its ambitious nature and innovative aspect.

Prof. Dr. Béla Urbányi Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety University Professor Research keywords: innovation, fish, fish reproduction, aquaculture development, fish genetics

Dr. Gergely Bernáth Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety Senior Research Fellow Research keywords: fish reproduction, gamete quality, gamete preservation, controlled reproduction, fish gamete microbiome

Prof. Dr. Ákos Horváth Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety University Professor Research keywords: fish, cryopreservation, gametes, culture, salmonids

Dr. Kinga Katalin Lefler Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety Research Fellow Research keywords: fish, histology, steroid hormones, stress, blood sampling

Dr. Uros Ljubobratovic Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety Senior Research Fellow Research keywords: aquaculture, artificial reproduction, larviculture, pikeperch, sturgeons

Prof. Dr. Tamás Molnár Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety University Professor Research keywords: fish, genetics, behaviour, intensive culture, percidae

Prof. Dr. Tamás Müller Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety University Professor Research keywords: fish, propagation, induced maturation, conservation, gametes, larvae, rearing

Dr. István Szabó Institute of Aquaculture and Environmental Safety Associate Professor Research keywords: ecotoxicology, environmental microbiology, contamination and remediation, water quality, microbiome