Blood analyses provide substantial information about the physiological aspects of animal
welfare assessment, including the activation status of the neuroendocrine and immune …

To accommodate further growth in the Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry, new production
sites may well be established at more exposed locations along the coast or even offshore …

The present study evaluated the effects of increasing the dietary levels of EPA and DHA in
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) reared in sea cages, in terms of growth performance, welfare …

Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus L.) are increasingly being used as cleaner fish to control
parasitic sea lice, one of the most important threats to salmon farming. However, lumpfish …

A variety of tagging techniques are now available to monitor fish behaviour, physiology and
their environmental experience. Tagging is frequently used in aquaculture research to …

Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) reared in sea-cages in Atlantic Canada and Iceland can be
exposed to temperatures as low as 0–1° C during the winter months, and this can result in …

Sea cages used for fish farming are typically open to the environment, making the grow-out
phase a race against the accumulation of infections. In Norway, farmed Atlantic salmon …

It is increasingly common to rear Atlantic salmon smolts for longer periods in recirculating
aquaculture systems (RAS) before transfer to sea cages. The conditions for this part of the …

In this study, 12 farmed Atlantic salmon (~ 1200 g) were tagged with commercially available
heart rate (HR) bio-loggers and maintained in a controlled fish tank laboratory environment …

Widespread resistance to medicinal delousing compounds has resulted in non-medicinal
delousing methods being the preferred treatment option for sea lice infestation in Norwegian …