Acclimation with lice-infested salmon improves cleaner fish delousing performance

• Published in: Aquaculture Environment Interactions
• Main Authors: Gentry, Katherine, Bui, Samantha, Oppedal, Frode, Bjelland, Reidun Marie, Nola, Velimir, Dempster, Timothy David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Ballan; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2983983; https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00385

Securing the welfare and maximising the lice removal efficacy of ~60 million cleaner fish used each year on salmonid farms is essential to develop a productive and ethical industry with low salmon lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis levels. We tested whether ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta welfare and lice c...