Benchmark appoints two Strategic Sea Lice Managers. Benchmark Animal Health have appointed two Strategic Sea Lice Managers to their Technical Services team to provide support to customers using Benchmark’s ground-breaking […]
Sea lice reporting and publication passes to Marine Scotland. Scottish farmed salmon sector has voluntarily published data on sea lice for the last 10 years. Reporting of sea lice figures […]
Fisheries Trust Sea Lice Auditing for Loch Duart Scottish salmon farm Loch Duart has just agreed a programme with the West Sutherland Fisheries Trust (WSFT) for the monitoring and auditing […]
Sea lice averages down. Scottish farmed salmon sector delivers second lowest year on record for sea lice. Annual figures published 03.02.2021 by the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) show that […]
Photo Helge Skodvin/ Nofima Drawing on the natural abilities of Pacific salmon to fight sea lice Do Pacific salmon species carry a secret they could share with Atlantic salmon? What […]
New lab experiments in Norway show anti-sea lice agent deltamethrin is highly toxic to lobster larvae, according to an article on the Institute of Marine Research website. When researchers simulated […]
Sea Lice Prevention is Better Than Cure – In a new article titled Prevention not cure: a review of methods to avoid sea lice infestations in salmon aquaculture, researchers from the […]
Mowi Trials New Sea Lice Avoidance System – Mowi is the first aquaculture company in Scotland to trial innovative new sea lice avoidance systems developed by AKVA group Mowi Scotland’s […]
New deal brings innovative sea lice treatment closer to market. The development of an innovative new treatment method to control lice in farmed salmon has moved a step closer with […]
Aquaculture experts hatch new plan for sea lice resistance. A new, cost-effective selective breeding method is being developed by a Scottish research consortium that could enhance fish health and wellbeing […]
A team of Scottish and international aquaculture experts is developing a pioneering oral vaccine for sea lice, helping the industry to tackle one of the biggest threats to the health […]
Snorkel salmon pens reduce sea lice infestation. Physically separating salmon from salmon louse larvae reduces infestation of salmon by 75 percent compared with a normal sea cage, according to an […]
Aquaculture leaders pledge to confront sea lice threat. The Scottish salmon industry expressed a clear commitment to increase investment in tackling sea lice during 2019, according to a poll conducted […]
Cermaq will use a new tool in Chile to combat sea lice – a mechanical system that is based on flushing with clean sea water with ambient temperature to remove […]
Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, SSPO announces lowest sea lice levels in six years. and big reduction in spend on medicinal treatments. The Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation (SSPO) yesterday (Tuesday 26th […]
Scots salmon producers call for tighter sea lice enforcement. Julie Hesketh-Laird, CEO of Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation, has written to Fergus Ewing, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy to call on […]
A major milestone achieved in sea lice control as two of Scotland’s leading salmon farmers have reported a breakthrough in the drive to control sea lice in the most responsible, […]