Cleaner fish used as a biological control agent against salmon lice is rapidly increasing in
Atlantic salmon aquaculture. However, concerns have been raised about the welfare and …

Stocking cleaner fish to control sea lice infestations in Atlantic salmon farms is widespread
and is viewed as a salmon welfare-friendly alternative to current delousing control …

Over the last 2 decades, cleaner fishes have been employed to remove external sea lice
parasites from Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in sea cages. Norway, Scotland, Ireland, and the …

The salmon aquaculture industry has adopted the use of invertivorous 'cleaner fishes'(CF)
for biological control of sea louse infestations on farmed salmon. At present,~ 50 million CF …

Warm water treatment has in recent years become widely used for ridding salmonids of sea
lice in aquaculture although the consequences of the treatment for fish welfare are not …

Infestations with salmon lice and subsequent salmon lice management is one of the most
challenging and costly aspects of marine salmonid aquaculture. Both the handling and …

The infestation of farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) by ectoparasitic sea lice
(Lepeophtheirus salmonis) presents a need for new approaches to parasite control. One …

Atlantic salmon in aquaculture act as reservoir hosts and vectors of parasites like salmon
lice and this parasite is shown to harm wild salmonid populations. In this study, n= 29,817 …

Abstract The Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture industry is faced with an obstacle in
sustainability with increasing production, which is the control and prevention of the …

Currently, cleaner fish are one of the most widely used sea lice control strategies in Atlantic
salmon aquaculture. Two species are currently being farmed in North Atlantic countries …