Development of broodstock management and husbandry tools for improved hatchery performance of ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta).

• Main Author: Grant, Bridie
• Other Authors: Migaud, Herve, Davie, Andrew, Marine Harvest (Scotland) Ltd., Scottish Sea Farms, Innovate UK (Project Ref. 81199).
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Stirling 2016
• Subjects: Labrus bergylta; cleaner fish; phylogeographic structure; broodstock management; benthic spawning; egg quality; behaviour; degumming; Fishes Breeding; Ballan wrasse; Caligidae Biological control; Atlantic salmon Parasties Biological control; Ballan; Norway; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/24416; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/24416/1/Bridie%20Grant%20Final%20Thesis%2017_10_2016.pdf

Cleaner fish, including ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) have been proposed as a sustainable solution to sea lice infestations affecting farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) globally. However, in order to become sustainable, ballan wrasse need to be farmed. This thesis investigated the establishment...