Business trip, Slovakia

From 8^th to 12^th April 2024, a five-day excursion was made with Master's students for the subjects “Culture of Warm-water Fishes” and “Pond Aquaculture“. A total of 20 different fish farms in the Czech Republic and Slovakia – fisheries, fish hatcheries, organizations, fish flow-through and recirculation farms, cage-fish culture, ponds, aquaponics, water structures, fish processing objects, fish shops, exhibitions, etc. The program included tasting fish specialities (ham, smoked fillets, sausages and spreads from African catfish, carp pate, etc.), but also participation in the artificial spawning of the Danubian salmon and a discussion with the SRZ Registrar. A total of eleven facilities were visited in the Czech Republic: Chov ryb Vaněk Josef, Tilapie, s.r.o., Vodní dům, Future Farming, a.s., Jezírka Banat, s.r.o., Rybníkářství Pohořelice, a.s., ZD Hrotovice, MO MRS, z.s., MO MRS, z.s., Rybářství Lipnice, s.r.o. and „Kapří paštika“ in Poříčí. A total of nine facilities were visited in Slovakia: MO SRZ, o.z., Rybárstvo Kamenný potok, s.r.o., Rybárstvo Krpeľany, Slovryb, a.s., SRZ Rada – Liptovská Mara a Slovianska dolina, PETRA-AQUA s.r.o., Agro rybia farma, o.z., and Gabčíkovo waterworks.

The excursion was realized thanks to the financial support of IAPW resources for teaching. We hereby thank the faculty management for their support!

Prof. Ing. Jan Kouřil, Ph.D., Ing. Ján Regenda, Ph.D. a Ing. Markéta Dvořáková Prokešová, Ph.D.