Canada attempts to use cunner and lumpfish remove salmon lice|GW

Photo

GW Ness

Canada attempts to use cunner and lumpfish remove salmon lice

Hits：2379 Author：Natural & Fresh Source：http://www.gwcanadash.com Time：2014-08-13 16:10:37

Sea lice make salmon farms very headache, aquaculture sector in the Canadian province of British Columbia have to spend millions of dollars on processing and farmed salmon lice infection related matters.

In Norway, using long fish head clearance of cage farmed salmon lice of the increasingly common practice. In Canada, cunner and lumpfish is thought to be two species of fish, can be used to remove the sea lice at present, studies provide 51600 Canadian dollars funds to support the early stages of the project decision of the government of newfoundland. If it is successful, will find ways to deal with salmon and sea lice is both cost-effective and ecological protection significance.

The Newfoundland aquaculture industry associations responsible person pointed out that this study will bring global competitive advantage for the Canadian salmon aquaculture.