Icelandic lower catch advice for lumpfish. Iceland’s Marine and Freshwater Research Institute advises that the total catch of female lumpfish for the fishing year 2022/2023 should be no more than […]
Now is the time to put research into practice, say international lumpfish experts. The use of lumpfish is a key tool in the management of sea lice across international aquaculture, […]
Wrasse performance ‘exceed expectations’ at Mowi Scotland. Mowi Scotland’s production of ballan wrasse that aid in natural sea lice control has exceeded expectations. Wrasse and lumpfish – also referred to […]
Research into fish farm cleaner fish for human consumption. Can cleaner fish such as lumpfish and Ballan wrasse be used for human consumption after completing their job as a lice-eaters? […]
Fish given a ‘kelping’ hand through new research funding of £125,000 from the Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) Kelpring – the company behind a tool that mimics wild seaweed habitats – […]
New tool to improve ‘cleaner fish’ welfare in salmon farming. Researchers at the University of Stirling have developed a new tool that fish farmers can use to improve the welfare […]
Can cleaner fish become dinner? Would you like lumpfish for dinner? Nofima is trying to reveal how millions of cleaner fish used in the Norwegian salmon farming industry can be […]
Icelandic small-scale lumpfish fishery regains MSC certification. A small scale lumpfish fishery based in Iceland has regained MSC certification, after making the necessary improvements in the past years to meet […]
Akvaplan-niva contributes to aquaculture broodstock of lumpfish and wolffish. A digital kick-off meeting for the project BESTBROOD (Identification of broodstock performance indicators and markers to boost the aquaculture of emerging […]
Aquaculture study findings shed light on lumpfish welfare. New research from aquaculture experts at the University of Stirling could help improve the welfare of farmed lumpfish – a species vital […]
Ocean Matters produces record number of lumpfish. Ocean Matters – the Anglesey based ‘cleaner fish’ specialist – finished 2019 on a high by harvesting harvested their 2,000,000th lumpfish. According to […]
Warm waters challenge fish health. Warmer than average sea temperatures this year, beginning late winter to its peak in July, have provided challenges to salmon and lumpfish survival at several […]
BioMar eliminates cataracts in lumpfish with a new feed diet. Cataracts are unfortunately a common eye condition in lumpfish affecting at least 60% and as much 100% of fish with […]
Mowi Scotland Buys Lumpfish Facility – Mowi Scotland has announced the purchase of Ocean Matters aquaculture facility located in Anglesey, North Wales, which will form an important addition to Mowi’s “cleanerfish” […]
Project researches welfare of cleaner fish. Lumpfish are cleaner fish used to fight salmon lice. The Norwegian Rensvel project conducted by Nofima aims to find ways of gauging cleaner fish’s […]
Lumpfish genome mapped. The entire DNA sequence encoding the genes (genome) of the lumpfish (lumpsucker) has now been mapped, enabling the study of all the genes that contribute to traits […]