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Better disease protection for salmon pen cleaner fish

Better disease protection for salmon pen cleaner fish

A research consortium is working to optimise the formulation and delivery of a key vaccination given to protect the cleaner fish species ballan wrasse from disease.

Collaboration is key to farmed wrasse progress

Collaboration is key to farmed wrasse progress

The number of farmed ballan wrasse used in aquaculture to support integrated sea lice management could overtake wild-caught wrasse as soon as 2022 as a result of increased and more effective breeding and deployment programmes, according to aquaculture experts.

Giving wrasse the right start

Giving wrasse the right start

A group of researchers is aiming to determine the best possible conditions to prepare hatchery-produced ballan wrasse for life as cleaner fish in salmon farms.

Searching for the most badass wrasse

Searching for the most badass wrasse

A group of researchers in Scotland is to carry out a series of tests to determine whether the boldness of individual Ballan wrasse makes them more adept at picking sea lice parasites from salmon.

Cleaner fish eggs flown into UK by private jet

Cleaner fish eggs flown into UK by private jet

Private jets are normally the preserve of the super wealthy but are being used by a Norwegian company to carry a different kind of VIP – Very Important Packages of lumpfish eggs – to the UK.