Acronym LUSINFER
Category
Aquaculture
Title Optimal use of Lumpfish for delousing of farmed salmon Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
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Funding source National Coordinator Albert Kjartanson Imsland Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
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Institutions involved
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Start year 2016 End year 2020 Funding (€) € 1,684,211 Website NA Summary The interest in the use of lumpfish as cleaner fish for salmon in aquaculture has increased greatly over the last couple of years, mainly because the first life stages are easier to control compared to other cleaner fish species, and because it actively grazes on sea lice at lower temperatures than wrasse. Results achieved in small-scale sea cage trials with salmon and lumpfish shows clearly that the lumpfish has great potential as a biological delouser and can achieve up to 97% delousing of salmon. However, it has been shown that broodstock management, and production of eggs and milk can be challenging and requires better understanding of the basic mechanisms that control the maturation of the species. Moreover, the securing of the basic environmental conditions that affect the growth, natural development and response to environmental factors and fish welfare in lumpfish are of fundamental importance so that the use of lumpfish is going to be sustainable alternative.
The LUSINFER project deals with the development of protocols for the entire lifecycle of lumpfish through systematic work with optimum broodstock management, optimal farming of juvenile lumpfish and efficient use of lumpfish in sea cages with salmon. The project will form a foundation for eco-friendly and sustainable option for biological delousing of salmon in aquaculture. The overall goal of the project is to develop an optimal operating protocol for efficient production and utilization of lumpfish as biological delouser for farmed Atlantic salmon.
Keywords
Parasite;
Broodstocks;
Cage aquaculture;
Fish biology;
Protocol;
Larval rearing;
Fish;
Open sea aquaculture;
Land-based aquaculture;
Lump fish;
Marine Region
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