Sustainable production and use of cleaner fish for the biological control of sea lice: recent advances and current challenges

• Published in: Veterinary Record
• Main Authors: Brooker, Adam J, Papadopoulou, Athina, Gutierrez, Carolina, Rey, Sonia, Davie, Andrew, Migaud, Herve
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2018
• Subjects: Review; Ballan; Atlantic salmon; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://veterinaryrecord.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/183/12/383; https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.104966

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, ballan wrasse ( Labrus bergylta ) and lumpfish ( Cyclopterus lumpus ), and the sector in most countries is rapidly e...