The CrowdMonitor handbook for commercial net pens v0.1: an updated welfare indicator toolbox and crowding intensity scales for measuring and monitoring Atlantic salmon welfare during crowding operations

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This handbook is an output of the FHF - Fiskeri- og havbruksnæringens forskningsfinansiering (the Norwegian
Seafood Research Fund) funded project “CrowdMonitor” (grant agreement number 901595). The CrowdMonitor
project “Monitoring and optimising the crowding of Atlantic salmon using emerging health and welfare indicators”
aimed to update our scientific and operational knowledge on the crowding of Atlantic salmon in net pens using an
updated suite of operational and laboratory-based welfare indicators (OWIs and LABWIs). It involved two
Norwegian research partners (Nofima and the Institute of Marine Research) and two commercial partners (Cermaq
Norway AS and Grieg Seafood ASA). This handbook builds upon and expands existing welfare indicator toolboxes,
suggests new crowding intensity scales and recommendations for aiding the crowding of Atlantic salmon in net
pens based upon the results of the CrowdMonitor project, other relevant projects, other information sources, and
an updated scientific state of the art. The suggestions we provide are no guarantee of crowding outcomes and are
meant as guidance and support for personnel involved in monitoring and managing the crowd.

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NVA : hdl.handle.net/11250/5279098