Sea louse control in Scotland, past and present
Abstract Methods for farming the Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar L) in Scotland were developed at the Unilever Research Laboratory facility at Lochailort on the west coast of Scotland in the late 1960s. By the spring of 1972 a fledgling commercial company had been set up and Marine Harvest, as it was...
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crwiley:10.1002/ps.491 2024-09-15T17:56:22+00:00 Sea louse control in Scotland, past and present Rae, Gordon H 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.491 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fps.491 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ps.491 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Pest Management Science volume 58, issue 6, page 515-520 ISSN 1526-498X 1526-4998 journal-article 2002 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.491 2024-07-25T04:20:03Z Abstract Methods for farming the Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar L) in Scotland were developed at the Unilever Research Laboratory facility at Lochailort on the west coast of Scotland in the late 1960s. By the spring of 1972 a fledgling commercial company had been set up and Marine Harvest, as it was known, received its first year class of smolts at Lochailort. Sea lice ( Lepeophtheirus salmonis Krøyer) from passing wild fish infected the smolts but did not cause any significant damage until the summer of 1976 when intervention was required. The Scottish industry has since grown to become a vital source of employment for fragile rural economies and produced about 130 000 tonnes of salmon in 2000. This paper gives an overview of how fish welfare has been maintained by the development of treatments and management strategies aimed at minimising the impact of sea lice. © 2002 Society of Chemical Industry Article in Journal/Newspaper Atlantic salmon Salmo salar Wiley Online Library Pest Management Science 58 6 515 520 |
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Abstract Methods for farming the Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar L) in Scotland were developed at the Unilever Research Laboratory facility at Lochailort on the west coast of Scotland in the late 1960s. By the spring of 1972 a fledgling commercial company had been set up and Marine Harvest, as it was known, received its first year class of smolts at Lochailort. Sea lice ( Lepeophtheirus salmonis Krøyer) from passing wild fish infected the smolts but did not cause any significant damage until the summer of 1976 when intervention was required. The Scottish industry has since grown to become a vital source of employment for fragile rural economies and produced about 130 000 tonnes of salmon in 2000. This paper gives an overview of how fish welfare has been maintained by the development of treatments and management strategies aimed at minimising the impact of sea lice. © 2002 Society of Chemical Industry |
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Sea louse control in Scotland, past and present |
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