The 5th profesional conference of the Faculty of Fisheries and Water Protection of Waters USB together with the Czech Fish Farmers Association of the Czech Republic was held at the Beseda Congress Hall in České Budějovice during 14th – 15th February 2019. The professional part of the conference was similar thematic as of the previous years organized by the Czech Fish Farmers Association. 200 participants from aquaculture business, fishermen associations, public, research institutes focused on fisheries, educational subjects in the field of fish industry and students had the opportunity to hear contributions focused on e. g.: fish production or technologies, possibilities of applying fish products on domestic market, quality water, outlook for the future of the Czech aquaculture production, support mechanisms of the European Union and subsidy policy. In addition to new information from the field of fisheries research, the conference also provided participants with the opportunity to informally discuss other topics in domestic and foreign aquaculture.

Thank you for your interest in the FROV JU activities and the great atmosphere at the event and the Operational Programme Fisheries for financial support from the project Konference III; reg. No. CZ.10.5.109/5.2/4.0/18_012/0000590.

Thanks to JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments) we present methodical video-demonstration of crayfish implementation into the system for noninvasive monitoring of cardiac and locomotor activities.

A crayfish is a pivotal aquatic organism that serves both as a practical biological model for behavioral and physiological studies of invertebrates and as a useful biological indicator of water quality. Even though crayfish cannot directly specify the substances that cause water quality deterioration, they can immediately (within a few seconds) warn humans of water quality deterioration via acute changes in their cardiac and behavioral activities.

In this study, we present a noninvasive method that is simple enough to be implemented under various conditions due to a combination of simplicity and reliability in one model.

This approach, in which the biological organisms are implemented into environmental evaluation processes, provides a reliable and timely alarm for warning of and preventing acute water deterioration in an ambient environment. Therefore, this noninvasive system based on crayfish physiological and ethological parameter recordings was investigated for the detection of changes in an aquatic environment. This system is now applied at a local brewery for controlling quality of the water used for beverage production, but it can be used at any water treatment and supply facility for continuous, real-time water quality evaluation and for regular laboratory investigations of crayfish cardiac physiology and behavior.

You can see the video here.

Iryna Kuklina*, Filip Ložek*, Petr Císař, Aliaksandr Pautsina, Miloš Buřič, Pavel Kozák

Written by Ing. Filip Ložek

The Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters USB, Vodňany has prepared for the 8th   week of the year 2019 this program:

- 19. 2. 2019 Educational program, ZŠ Protivín;
- 19., 21. 2. 2019 MEVPIS language courses (MEVPIS – grey classroom nr. 2, ground floor);
- 20. 2. 2019 Educational program, Jírovcova Grammar school, CB;
- 21. 2. 2019 Gentle yoga course (MEVPIS – large lecture hall, second floor);
- 22. 2. 2019 Private celebration (MEVPIS – yellow classroom nr. 1, ground floor);
- 24. 2. 2019 Power yoga (MEVPIS – large lecture hall, second floor).

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Written by Bc. Dana Brožová