A pair of Scotland’s leading salmon farmers have reported a ‘breakthrough’ in the drive to control sea lice.
Marine Harvest Scotland and Scottish Sea Farms have been working with the Institute of Aquaculture at the University of Stirling to produce farm-reared ‘cleaner fish’, so-called because they eat naturally occurring external parasites such as sea lice from salmon.
The aim was to rear the cleaner fish in the most responsible, sustainable and environmentally-friendly way.