Salmonids

This paper describes a study in which environmental manipulation of salmon swimming depth was tested in an attempt to reduce farm infection of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar by the salmon louse, Lepeophtheirus salmonis, write B. Frenzl et al, University of Stirl…

The aquaculture industry is increasingly reliant upon industrially compounded aquafeeds, and the availability of cost-effective feedstuffs is a serious constraint to continued growth within the aquaculture sector, write Jesse T. Trushenski and Alexis Bergman.

Problems with lice and losses can be heavily reduced by placing farmed fish in closed systems until the fish reach a weight of one kilo. This has been shown by research conducted by scientists at Uni Research in Bergen, Norway.

Scientists are keen to sort farmed salmon and provide them with exercise right from the early stages of their growth, in order to equip them to deal with the stress of transfer to the sea.