Atlantic salmon Salmo salar and ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta display different susceptibility to clonal strains of Paramoeba perurans [PDF]
, 2020 Amoebic gill disease (AGD), caused by the marine amoeba Paramoeba perurans, is an important disease of farmed Atlantic salmon Salmo salar L. in Norway. The use of wrasse as cleaner fish in salmon net pens raises questions about interspecies transmission ...
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Use of lumpfish for sea-lice control in salmon farming: challenges and opportunities [PDF]
, 2017 Efficient sea-lice control remains one of the most important challenges for the salmon farming industry. The use of wrasse (Labridae) as cleaner fish offers an alternative to medicines for sea-lice control, but wrasse tend to become inactive in winter ...
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First feed matters: The first diet of larval fish programmes growth, survival, and metabolism of larval ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) [PDF]
, 2022 The use of cleaner fish, such as the ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta), is important for combatting the sea lice problem in salmonid cage farming. Ballan wrasse is the only wrasse species that is cultivated, though only about 50% of the approx.
Aase, Anna Sigrid Nordberg +8 more
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Fishes, 2023 Salmon lice are one of the biggest challenges to sustainable salmonid aquaculture. The species display high evolutionary potential, which is evident by its development of resistance to numerous chemical compounds used for delousing.
Albert Kjartan Dagbjartarson Imsland +4 more
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The selective cleaning behaviour of juvenile blue-headed wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum) in the Caribbean [PDF]
, 2018 Through the removal of parasites, dead skin and mucus from the bodies of visiting reef fish (clients), cleaner fish have a significant ecosystem function in the ecology of coral reefs.
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Recreational charter boat fisheries provide alternative economic development to traditional commercial fisheries, especially to coastal communities in warm seas.
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Essential fatty acid metabolism and requirements of the cleaner fish, ballan wrasse Labrus bergylta: Defining pathways of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis [PDF]
, 2018 Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) is an effective counter-measure against sea lice used by Atlantic salmon farmers, proving to be more effective and economical than drugs or chemical treatments alone.
Kabeya, Naoki +4 more
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Sea temperature effects on depth use and habitat selection in a marine fish community [PDF]
, 2021 Understanding the responses of aquatic animals to temperature variability is essential to predict impacts of future climate change and to inform conservation and management.
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Behavioral and depth preference for wrasse (Labridae) used as cleaner fish in salmon aquaculture [PDF]
, 2023 Wild and farmed wrasse are used as cleaner fish in Norwegian salmon aquaculture as a biological remedy against the ectoparasite salmon lice. For wrasse to be a well-functioning cleaner fish, it is essential that the species can coexist with salmon in the
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Phylogeography of Labrus bergylta (Pisces: Labridae) in the north-eastern Atlantic
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2015 The ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta (Labridae), is a protogynous hermaphrodite fish common in the north-eastern Atlantic from Norway to Morocco. It is a commercially important resource for local fisheries and is currently being used as cleaner fish to ...
Frederico Almada +2 more
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