Parasite spillback from domestic animals can distort the balance between host and parasites
in surrounding wildlife, with potential detrimental effects on wild populations. In aquatic …

Sea trout face growth–mortality trade‐offs when entering the sea to feed. Salmon lice
epizootics resulting from aquaculture have shifted these trade‐offs, as salmon lice might …

The role of escaped farmed salmon in spreading infectious agents from aquaculture to wild
salmonid populations is largely unknown. This is a case study of potential disease …

Viral diseases are a serious problem in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) farming in Norway,
often leading to reduced fish welfare and increased mortality. Disease outbreaks in salmon …

The Norwegian Environment Agency and the Norwegian Food Safety Authority asked the
Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment to assess the risk to Norwegian …

Background The causal relation between parasitic sea lice on fish farms and sea lice on wild
fish is a controversial subject. A specific scientific debate has been whether the statistical …

The effect of nocturnal and diurnal releases on survival and migration of wild and hatchery‐
reared Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, L., smolts (n= 82) was investigated by releasing …

To be able to design effective management to alleviate wild fish from parasite infestation
pressure from fish farms, it is pivotal to understand when post-smolts migrate past areas of …

Floating passive‐integrated transponder (PIT) antennae and smolt traps were used to study
the time of sea entry and relative recapture of wild and hatchery‐reared Atlantic salmon …

Impacts of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis or Caligus spp.) on wild salmonids is currently
one of the most important issues facing management of fish farms in salmon producing …