TY - JOUR T1 - Aerobic swimming in intensive finfish aquaculture: applications for production, mitigation and selection A1 - McKenzie,David A1 - Palstra,Arjan P. A1 - Planas,Josep A1 - Mackenzie,Simon A1 - Bégout,Marie-Laure A1 - Thorarensen,Helgi A1 - Vandeputte,Marc A1 - Mes,Daan A1 - Rey,Sonia A1 - de Boeck,Gudrun A1 - Domenici,Paolo A1 - Skov,Peter V. AD - MARBEC Université Montpellier CNRS IRD Ifremer Montpellier, France AD - Research Animal Breeding and Genomics Wageningen Livestock Research Wageningen University Wageningen ,he Netherlands AD - Facultat de Biologia Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona ,Spain AD - Institute of Aquaculture University of Stirling Stirling, UK AD - Plateforme Experimentale de Palavas Ifremer Palavas‐les‐Flots, France AD - Hólar University College Sauðárkrókur Iceland AD - INRAE AgroParisTech GABI Université Paris‐Saclay Jouy‐en‐Josas, France AD - Department of Production Animal Clinical Sciences Norwegian University of Life Sciences Oslo ,Norway AD - Systemic Physiological and Ecotoxicological Research Department of Biology University of Antwerp Antwerp ,Belgium AD - IAS‐CNR Istituto per lo studio degli impatti Antropici e Sostenibilità in ambiente marino Sezione di Oristano Località Sa Mardini Torregrande (Oristano),Italy AD - DTU Aqua Section for Aquaculture The North Sea Research Centre Technical University of Denmark Hirtshals ,Denmark UR - https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12467 DO - 10.1111/raq.12467 KW - aerobic exercise KW - growth KW - maturation KW - selection KW - stress KW - welfare N2 - We review knowledge on applications of sustained aerobic swimming as a tool to promote productivity and welfare of farmed fish species. There has been extensive interest in whether providing active species with a current to swim against can promote growth. The results are not conclusive but the studies have varied in species, life stage, swimming speed applied, feeding regime, stocking density and other factors. Therefore, much remains to be understood about mechanisms underlying findings of ‘swimming‐enhanced growth’, in particular to demonstrate that swimming can improve feed conversion ratio and dietary protein retention under true aquaculture conditions. There has also been research into whether swimming can alleviate chronic stress, once again on a range of species and life stages. The evidence is mixed but swimming does improve recovery from acute stresses such as handling or confinement. Research into issues such as whether swimming can improve immune function and promote cognitive function is still at an early stage and should be encouraged. There is promising evidence that swimming can inhibit precocious sexual maturation in some species, so studies should be broadened to other species where precocious maturation is a problem. Swimming performance is a heritable trait and may prove a useful selection tool, especially if it is related to overall robustness. More research is required to better understand the advantages that swimming may provide to the fish farmer, in terms of production, mitigation and selection. Y1 - 2021/01 PB - Wiley JF - Reviews In Aquaculture SN - 1753-5123 VL - 13 IS - 1 SP - 138 EP - 155 ID - 74789 ER -