Effects of Agricultural Pesticides in Aquafeeds on Wild Fish Feeding on Leftover Pellets Near Fish Farms

• Published in: Frontiers in Genetics
• Main Authors: Olsvik, Pål A., Larsen, Anett Kristin, Berntssen, Marc H. G., Goksøyr, Anders, Karlsen, Odd André, Yadetie, Fekadu, Sanden, Monica, Kristensen, Torstein
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
• Subjects: Genetics; Slaughter; atlantic cod; Atlantic salmon; Gadus morhua; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6775492/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31611904; https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2019.00794

Screening has revealed that modern-day feeds used in Atlantic salmon aquaculture might contain trace amounts of agricultural pesticides. To reach slaughter size, salmon are produced in open net pens in the sea. Uneaten feed pellets and undigested feces deposited beneath the net pens represent a sour...