Cleaner fish

BioMar claims to have created a lumpfish diet that eliminates the development of cataracts and therefore improves their efficacy as cleaner fish.

A major research collaboration between academic and industry scientists aims to boost selective breeding of vital UK aquaculture species.

The emeritus professor of functional ecology at the University of Glasgow, who is one of the world’s preeminent experts on fish behaviour, discusses salmon welfare, nesting sticklebacks… and a near…

Although lagging behind Norway, research into the use of Pacific cleaner fish species to combat lice issues is showing some promise.

Two of Scotland’s leading fish farming companies have helped to close the cycle of ballan wrasse – successfully breeding from farm-raised broodstock.

Jim Treasurer, editor of the first ever comprehensive review of the use of wrasse, lumpsuckers and other cleanerfish species on salmon farms, explains the significance of the new book

The health, welfare and deployment of cleaner fish on salmon farms were the subjects of a Q&A session at today’s Aquaculture UK conference in Aviemore.

The first ever comprehensive book on the use of cleaner fish in aquaculture, edited by Jim Treasurer, former Research Director at Ardtoe Marine Research Facility, has been published today.

Some of Britain’s leading cleanerfish experts are taking part in a Q&A session as part of Aquaculture UK in May.

A research project led by Felix Scholz, a veterinarian with The Fish Vet Group (FVG) in Galway, has recorded a pathogenic impact of the microsporidian Tetramicra brevifilum in lumpfish for the first…

Eirik Sigstadstø, R&D director at the Norwegian Research Fund (FHF), has high hopes for next week’s sea louse control conference in Trondheim, in which the use of lumpfish and wrasse are set to…

A comprehensive overview of the development of Europe’s marine finfish aquaculture industry over the last five years is now available to view online.

Fish Vet Group Norge has recently hired Marta Alarcón – a fish health specialist with a strong background in researching cardiomyopathy syndrome (CMS) in Atlantic salmon and diseases in lumpfish.

Health issues, leading to early harvests, caused Scottish salmon production levels fell by 5.2 percent last year, to a total of 162,817 tonnes, according to figures released by Marine Scotland…

A grading system, which can sort even lumpfish as small as 0.5 grams, is now commercially available, following the development of a novel design by Stofnfiskur and Vaki, a Division of Pentair Aquatic…

There is increasing evidence that farmers can augment brain growth in their fish by mimicking aspects of their natural habitat in farm sites. But, from a welfare point of view, are bigger brains a…

Scottish salmon farmers spend 27% less on sea lice medicines last year, as investment in biological and mechanical controls begin to bear fruit, according to figures published today by the Scottish…