• Applying genetic technologies to combat infectious diseases in aquaculture 

      Robinson, Nicholas Andrew; Robledo, Diego; Sveen, Lene; Daniels, Rose Ruiz; Krasnov, Aleksei; Coates, Andrew; Jin, Ye Hwa; Barrett, Luke T.; Lillehammer, Marie; Kettunen, Anne Helena; Phillips, Ben L.; Dempster, Tim; Doeschl-Wilson, Andrea; Samsing, Francisca; Difford, Gareth Frank; Salisbury, Sarah; Gjerde, Bjarne; Haugen, John-Erik; Burgerhout, Erik; Dagnachew, Binyam Sime; Kurian, Dominic; Fast, Mark D.; Rye, Morten; Salazar, Marcela; Bron, James E.; Monaghan, Sean J.; Jacq, Celeste; Birkett, Mike; Browman, Howard I.; Skiftesvik, Anne Berit; Fields, David M.; Selander, Erik; Bui, Samantha; Sonesson, Anna Kristina; Skugor, Stanko; Østbye, Tone-Kari K; Houston, Ross D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Disease and parasitism cause major welfare, environmental and economic concerns for global aquaculture. In this review, we examine the status and potential of technologies that exploit genetic variation in host resistance ...
    • Comparison of Norwegian health and welfare regulatory frameworks in salmon and chicken production 

      Gismervik, Kristine; Tørud, Brit; Kristiansen, Tore S; Osmundsen, Tonje Cecilie; Størkersen, Kristine Vedal; Medaas, Christian; Lien, Marianne Elisabeth; Stien, Lars Helge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The health and welfare of farmed fish are often regarded with less concern than for other production animals. This review compares the Norwegian legal health and welfare frameworks for broiler chickens and farmed salmon, ...
    • Fish welfare in offshore salmon aquaculture 

      Hvas, Malthe; Folkedal, Ole; Oppedal, Frode (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      To accommodate further growth in the Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry, new production sites may well be established at more exposed locations along the coast or even offshore. Here, fish will encounter strong currents ...
    • Future feed resources in sustainable salmonid production: A review 

      Albrektsen, Sissel; Kortet, Raine; Skov, Peter Vilhelm; Ytteborg, Elisabeth; Gitlesen, Susanne; Kleinegris, Dorinde Mechtilde Meike; Mydland, Liv Torunn; Hansen, Jon Øvrum; Lock, Erik Jan Robert; Mørkøre, Turid; James, Philip; Wang, Xinxin; Dragøy, Ragnhild; Vang, Birthe; Hatlen, Bjarne; Daneshvar, Ehsan; Bhatnager, Amit; Jensen, Linda B.; Øverland, Margareth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Aquaculture is one of the most resource-efficient and sustainable ways to produce animal protein. The Food and Agriculture Organization predicts that cultivated aquatic species will provide around 53% of the world's seafood ...
    • Genome editing on finfish: Current status and implications for sustainability 

      Blix, Torill Pauline Bakkelund; Dalmo, Roy Ambli; Wargelius, Anna; Myhr, Anne Ingeborg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Novel genome editing techniques allow for efficient and targeted improvement of aquaculture stock and might be a solution to solve challenges related to disease and environmental impacts. This review has retrieved the ...
    • Mineral nutrition and bone health in salmonids 

      Bæverfjord, Grete; Prabhu, P. Antony Jesu; Fjelldal, Per Gunnar; Albrektsen, Sissel; Hatlen, Bjarne; Denstadli, Vegard; Ytteborg, Elisabeth; Takle, Harald Rune; Lock, Erik-Jan; Berntssen, Marc; Lundebye, Anne-Katrine; Åsgård, Torbjørn Einar; Waagbø, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      In the recent years, challenges faced in salmonid farming with regard to deformities have helped to improve our knowledge on skeletal biology and development of bone health in salmonids. Different nutritional, genetic and ...
    • Mineral nutrition and bone health in salmonids 

      Bæverfjord, Grete; Prabhu, P. Antony Jesu; Fjelldal, Per Gunnar; Albrektsen, Sissel; Hatlen, Bjarne; Denstadli, Vegard; Ytteborg, Elisabeth; Takle, Harald Rune; Lock, Erik-Jan; Berntssen, Marc; Lundebye, Anne-Katrine; Åsgård, Torbjørn Einar; Waagbø, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      In the recent years, challenges faced in salmonid farming with regard to deformities have helped to improve our knowledge on skeletal biology and development of bone health in salmonids. Different nutritional, genetic and ...
    • Nutrient retention efficiencies in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture 

      Nederlof, Marit; Verdegem, Marc C. J.; Smaal, Aad C.; Jansen, Henrice M (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      One of the bottlenecks for commercial implementation of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) is the difficulty in quantifying its environmental performance. We reviewed a large body of literature to determine the ...
    • Prevention not cure: a review of methods to avoid sea lice infestations in salmon 1 aquaculture 

      Barrett, Luke T.; Oppedal, Frode; Robinson, Nicholas Andrew; Dempster, Tim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The Atlantic salmon aquaculture industry still struggles with ectoparasitic sea lice despite decades of research and development invested into louse removal methods. In contrast, methods to prevent infestations before they ...
    • Risk assessment of the use of alternative animal and plant raw material resources in aquaculture feeds 

      Glencross, Brett D.; Baily, Johanna; Berntssen, Marc; Hardy, Ronald; MacKenzie, Simon; Tocher, Douglas R. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      A wide range of raw materials are now used routinely in aquaculture feeds throughout the world, primarily to supply protein and energy in the form of lipid from edible oils. Protein meals and oils used can generally be ...
    • Risk assessment of the use of alternative animal and plant raw material resources in aquaculture feeds 

      Glencross, Brett D.; Baily, Johanna; Berntssen, Marc; Hardy, Ronald; MacKenzie, Simon; Tocher, Douglas R. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      A wide range of raw materials are now used routinely in aquaculture feeds throughout the world, primarily to supply protein and energy in the form of lipid from edible oils. Protein meals and oils used can generally be ...
    • Salmon lice treatments and salmon mortality in Norwegian aquaculture: a review 

      Overton, Kathy; Dempster, Tim; Oppedal, Frode; Kristiansen, Tore S; Gismervik, Kristine; Stien, Lars Helge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      With the expansion of Atlantic salmon aquaculture, the economic and ecological impacts of salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) has increased. Norway battles this problematic parasite with various control and preventative ...
    • Submerged cage aquaculture of marine fish: a review of the biological challenges and opportunities 

      Sievers, Michael; Korsøen, Øyvind Johan; Warren-Myers, Fletcher; Oppedal, Frode; Macauley, Georgia; Folkedal, Ole; Dempster, Tim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Surface-based cages are the dominant production technology for the marine finfish aquaculture industry. However, issues such as extreme weather events, poor environmental conditions, interactions with parasites, and conflicts ...
    • Tag use to monitor fish behaviour in aquaculture: a review of benefits, problems and solutions 

      Macaulay, Georgia; Warren-Myers, Fletcher; Barrett, Luke T.; Oppedal, Frode; Føre, Martin; Dempster, Tim (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      A variety of tagging techniques are now available to monitor fish behaviour, physiology and their environmental experience. Tagging is frequently used in aquaculture research to monitor free-swimming individuals within ...
    • Transforming sustainable aquaculture by applying circularity principles 

      Chary, Killian; van Riel, Anne-Jo; Muscat, Abigail; Wilfart, Aurélie; Harchaoui, Souhil; Verdegem, Marc; Filgueira, Ramón; Troell, Max; Henriksson, Patrik J. G.; de Boer, Imke J. M.; Wiegertjes, Geert F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      A circular economy is considered one way to reduce environmental impacts of human activities, by more efficient use of resources and recovery, resulting in less waste and emissions compared to linear take-make-dispose ...