Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Rognkjeks som biologisk avlusingsmetode for oppdrettslaks og torsk i nord-norge - Royle biscuits as a biological defection method for farmed salmon and cod in Northern Norway 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)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Albert K. Imsland Coordinator email Albert.Imsland@bio.uib.no
Coordinator institution
UiB - University of Bergen (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2011 End year 2014 Funding (€) € 321,500 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/en/project/FORISS/208614?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=0&Prosjektleder=Albert+Kjartanson+Imsland&source=FORISS&projectId=256199 Summary "In recent years, there has been a strong focus on the growing salmon lice problem in the Norwegian aquaculture industry. Salmon lice cause major economic losses to the industry in the form of lost growth, increased mortality, lost feed, secondary infections and downgrading. Today, wrasse is the only environmentally friendly alternative to chemical de-lice in salmon. However, low temperatures and the lack of distribution in northern Norway limit the use of wrasse in this area. In contrast to wrasse, lumpfih are widespread along the entire coast. The ultimate goal of the project is, therefore, to develop a full-scale operating protocol for the efficient use of lumpfish as biological lice for salmon and cod.
The results are expected to be able to provide the aquaculture industry with answers to the challenges and benefits of using lumpfish as biological lice. Until now it has not been possible to use lumpfish for biological de-lice at low temperatures, but the project will provide the necessary biological and technical basis to be able to use lumpfish as a sustainable alternative for biological de-lice in the geographical and climatic conditions where wrasse is small , or not, suitable for biological de-lice. The aquaculture industry has benefited from such a sustainable alternative, which can help the aquaculture industry in the future reputation development, which in turn provides good finances. The project is proposed to be divided into four work packages that will partly overlap in time.
- Work package 1: Domestication of lumpfish
- Work package 2: Behavior and food choices in lumpfish
- Work package 3: Development of biological and technological operating protocols for de-lice in cages
- Work package 4: Full-scale testing of lumpfish as biological lice"
Keywords
Parasite;
Salmon;
Lump fish;
Cage aquaculture;
Cod;
Protocol;
Fish;
Open sea aquaculture;
Marine Region
76
Not associated to marine areas
0
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