Sea lice

Fish health and genetics are set to top the agenda at Benchmark’s seminar during AquaNor 2019.

Today the Scottish government announced plans to introduce legislation to make the weekly reporting of sea lice data statutory, one week in arrears, in a move that has been welcomed by the SSPO.

The Scottish salmon industry expressed a clear commitment to increase investment in tackling sea lice during 2019, according to a poll conducted by SAIC, the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre.

The inventor of Stingray – a laser emitting device designed to kill sea lice in salmon farms – is in contention for a European Inventor Award.

Benchmark has appointed experienced aquaculture veterinarian Neil Robertson as its new head of CleanTreat.

The world’s main salmon producers have halved the amount of medical treatments used against sea lice over the course of the last six years.

Lumpfish offered feed blocks are likely to perform better as cleaner fish than those given pelleted diets, according to new research.

Extreme weather events and changing ocean conditions are creating unpredictable outcomes for aquaculture. One area where research is offering some insight into what to expect, though, is the increasin…

Grieg Seafood has released its 2018 Annual Report; discussing productivity results for its fish farms across the globe

A new system to remove sea lice from salmon is set to be deployed in Chile after Cermaq signed an agreement with Sea Farm Innovations (SFI) to support the development of SFI's new system.

The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) has announced that sea lice levels in the industry are at their lowest levels for six years, despite 47 percent drop in spending on medicinal sea lice…

The top representative of Scotland’s salmon farming sector has urged the country’s politicians to lower the level of sea lice deemed acceptable on salmon farms.

A new platform to help salmon farmers track, compare, and improve treatment strategies against sea lice has been launched today by Manolin, the aquaculture analytics company.

Norwegian researchers have developed an electronic “sensor” fish to measure how mechanical delousing impacts salmon.

Good feed and the right environment during their hatchery phase are key for lumpfish to be effective as cleaner fish in salmon farms once transferred to sea.

Although lagging behind Norway, research into the use of Pacific cleaner fish species to combat lice issues is showing some promise.

A project seeking to achieve the validation of a new genetic tool to optimise lice treatments is being undertaken by PatoGen and Marine Harvest Chile.

Scottish salmon producers have welcomed a Holyrood committee report on the sector, despite the fact that it reached a number of very negative conclusions about the environmental impact of the industry…

Sea louse experts met at an international conference in Chile last week to share the latest scientific knowledge in the control and management of this major challenge for the global salmon industry.

An international collaboration of scientists from Chile and the UK has revealed why some Atlantic salmon are more resistant to infection from Caligus sea lice than others.