Acronym NA
Category
Fisheries
Title The Hardangerfjord Salmon Lice Project 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 Bengt Finstad Coordinator email bengt.finstad@nina.no
Coordinator institution
NINA - Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2007 End year 2009 Funding (€) € NA Website https://www.fhf.no/prosjekter/prosjektbasen/552352/ Summary This three-year research effort will focus on the interactions of salmon lice between farmed and wild salmonids in the Hardangerfjord and will be a continuum of the project which was initiated in 2004 (see: http://www.nina.no and the attachment to the present application; NFRProgressReportHardanger2005). The applied project consists of four closely linked workpackages: 1) Salmon lice abundance on wild and escaped salmonids; 2) Optimised salmon lice monitoring and control strategies in farms; 3) Understanding the physical oceanographical factors on salmon lice abundance and distribution in the Hardangerfjord and 4) Development of a mathematical population model for the Hardangerfjord system. The Hardangerfjord has the largest density of fish farms in Norway. However, even though strategies for lice treatment in fish farms have been greatly improved during the present project, we still experience episodes of high lice infestation on wild salmonids in this fjord. Therefore, there is a great need to extend the time series to cover and understand more of the different combinations of environmental and managemental factors which influence salmon lice levels on the different salmonid populations. By using and combining the long-time results from the project our overall goal is to develop a mathematical population model for the Hardangerfjord system which can be used in management schemes aimed at minimising the risk of salmon lice infestation on wild and farmed fish stocks. Epidemiological models in combination with lice dispersal models is vital to understand the complex relationship between hosts, parasites, environment and measures taken in fish farms. Modelling will also give advice to the industry for optimal placement of fish farms within a fjord system. The degree of nternational collaboration also shows that results obtained in this project can be used for other fjord systems globally in management schemes aimed at minimising the risk of salmon lice infestation on wild and farmed fish stocks.
Keywords
Salmon;
Open sea aquaculture;
Environmental impact;
Parasite;
Fish;
Cage aquaculture;
Wild animals;
Marine Region
13
Northern North Sea (27.IVa)
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