Using Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) and European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) as model species the project will try to achieve these main goals:

1. Identify non-invasive and reliable behavioural indicators that can be used to monitor and quantify acute and chronic stress levels in farmed fish 
   


2. Validate and quantify these indicators as proxy measures for stress using immunological and physiological methods
   


3. Develop databases and protocols for on farm monitoring of environmental data and the validated stress level indicators
   


4. Develop an expert system for assessment and management of stress levels in aquaculture production system based on analysis of monitored parameters
   


5. Implement, test and refine the database, protocols and expert system (FAST-TOOL) in commercial aquaculture in periods with potentially high an low stress levels
   


6. Identify the prerequisites and market mechanisms for a successful implementation of FAST-TOOL in the aquaculture industry, and estimate the costs and benefits of implementation of FAST-TOOL for the fish farmer