Attraction and avoidance of wild demersal fish and crustaceans to open-net aquaculture pens resolved by baited and towed underwater camera surveys

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Dunlop, Katherine, Strammer, Ilona, Keeley, Nigel
• Other Authors: Norges Forskningsråd
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2024
• Subjects: Finnmark; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1400195; https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1400195/full

Wild gadoids are known to have close associations with open-net fish farms, leading to concerns about changes in natural fish distribution and feeding patterns. However, the nature of the relationships between non-pelagic fish and mobile benthic invertebrates and aquaculture facilities remains poorl...