The expansion of aquaculture production into more exposed harsh and remote ocean
environments presents both new opportunities and challenges. To manage the complexities …

Marine aquaculture has the potential to increase its contribution to the global food system
and provide valuable ecosystem services, but appropriate planning, licensing and …

Sea cages used for fish farming are typically open to the environment, making the grow-out
phase a race against the accumulation of infections. In Norway, farmed Atlantic salmon …

Since salmon lice have developed resistance to pesticides, non-medicinal delousing
treatments have become increasingly used to remove the parasite from fish on salmon farms …

Periods of fasting occur for a multitude of reasons in Atlantic salmon aquaculture. Feed
withdrawal is widely used prior to transport, parasite treatments, preslaughter and for …

Avoiding genetic interactions between wild and farmed Atlantic salmon is regarded as one
of the major requirements for a sustainable salmon aquaculture industry. For this reason …

The development of aquaculture is a story of international success, but not in the EU. The
present study investigates why the development of aquaculture is stalling or sometimes …

The salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) is an ecologically and economically important
parasite of salmonid fish. Temperature is a strong influencer of biological processes in …

Latin America (LATAM) plays an important role in the world's production of aquatic animals
and is the second most productive region in the world. Chile, Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico …

This chapter introduces principles for welfare assessment of farmed fish. The introduction
details the developments in science and society regarding the proposition that fish have a …