Biofouling on salmon pen nets and cleaner fish shelters does not harbor planktonic stages of sea lice

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Jevne, Lone Sunniva, Øvrelid, Margrete Slåtsve, Hagemann, Andreas, Bloecher, Nina, Steinhovden, Kristine, Båtnes, Anna Solvang, Olsen, Yngvar, Reitan, Kjell Inge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media 2020
• Subjects: Båtnes; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2680289; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00727

The objective of the current study was to determine the extent to which planktonic sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis Krøyer, 1838 and Caligus elongatus Nordmann, 1832) were present in the biofouling on open-sea net pens used for commercial rearing of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), and to assess i...