Optimisation of the hatchery production of ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) with an emphasis on nutritional and environmental requirements

• Published in: Aquaculture
• Main Author: Cavrois-Rogacki, Thomas
• Other Authors: Davie, Andrew, Migaud, Hervé, Monroig, Oscar, Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Center, Mowi Scotland, Scottish Sea Farms, BioMar
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Stirling 2019
• Subjects: Artemia enrichment; cleaner fish; phospholipids; selenium; temperature; plant-based diets; deformities; Ballan wrasse; Atlantic salmon Parasites Biological control; Ballan; Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/31267; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/31267/1/PhD%20thesis%20post%20viva%20TCR%20010620.docx

Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta), successfully used as a biological delouser of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), are eco-friendlier alternative to the use of chemotherapeutants. However, the use of wild caught specimens, which account for most of the deployed fish, is not sustainable. Therefore, the in...