Business trip report, Bavaria, Regenda

On 3^rd December 2024 we participated in the third Workshop within the bilateral project BYCZ-SPF00088 Fish Welfare Education - Knowledge Transfer and Innovation in Fisheries Science, which is supported by the Small Project Fund of the Interreg Bavaria-Czech Republic Programme. The workshop programme focused on fish welfare issues in the reproduction of salmonids and fish handling in general. The Czech side presented the current situation with the problems of fish sales in the Czech Republic, which is mainly carried out in live state (wholesale and retail). This brings some specific risks in terms of fish welfare. The Bavarian side demonstrated the problems of fish handling during artificial spawning from the point of view of fish welfare, incubation of fish eggs and rearing of salmonid fry, including a practical demonstration of specific working procedures and technological elements. In the afternoon, we travelled to the Czech Republic where the programme continued with a tour of the RAS salmonids farm at Pstruhařství Mlýny. Discussed were mainly the differences of fish handling in traditional flow-through farms and in modern indoor RAS.