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HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning

Biological control of salmon lice through filtrating organisms (LiceFilter)

Tildelt: kr 99 999

The LiceFilter project aims to gather initial data on non-evasive, biological methods of removing sea lice from salmon farms. The project is built up in two work packages to identify filter feeders with the potential to efficiently remove salmon lice from the sea in laboratory trials (WP 1) and to demonstrate this potential in the filed (WP 2). The project contains three sets of experiments. First, potential candidates to efficiently remove salmon lice from sea water will be identified based on existing knowledge and tested for their salmon lice removing performance in laboratory experiments. Second, the laboratory results will be assessed for their validity under field conditions in sea water in mesocosm trials. Third, field trials will demonstrate the ability of filter feeders to remove salmon lice from an aquaculture site. The LiceFilter project will provide novel insight into the potential for biological control of salmon lice by filter feeders. The knowledge generated in this project will help to develop systems to make use of the potential of filter feeders to remove salmon lice from the sea to decrease the biological pressure by salmon lice on farmed and wild fish by removing infective and pre-infective lice from the water upstream, within and/or downstream from fish farms. If successful, this research could positively affect the environment, increase the health and welfare of captive salmon, and reduce growout costs associated with salmon aquaculture.

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HAVBRUK2-Stort program for havbruksforskning