Cleaner fish growth, welfare and survival in Atlantic salmon sea cages during an autumn-winter production

• Published in: Aquaculture
• Main Authors: Geitung, Lena, Wright, Daniel William, Oppedal, Frode, Stien, Lars Helge, Vågseth, Tone, Madaro, Angelico
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Ballan; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2728506; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735623

Cleaner fish used as a biological control agent against salmon lice is rapidly increasing in Atlantic salmon aquaculture. However, concerns have been raised about the welfare and mortality of cleaner fish in salmon cage systems, which could in turn affect their performance in controlling salmon lice...