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HAVBRUK programme newsletter no. 1/2010:

Health challenges and international ambitions for Norwegian aquaculture

This year's first newsletter from the Research Council's HAVBRUK programme revolves around some of the challenges the Norwegian aquaculture industry must face in order to maintain its standing as a global leader.

Newsletter - front page The newsletter was published in connection with the 2010 HAVBRUK Conference, which recently assembled 400 participants to discuss the future of Norway’s aquaculture industry.

Dealing with sea lice and gut conditions

Parasites such as sea lice and fish diseases such as distended gut syndrome (DGS) are serious problems for the Norwegian aquaculture industry. Farmed wrasse are already being used to combat sea lice and could become a major countermeasure to this scourge. And now, researchers at the University of Bergen’s Department of Biology believe they are zeroing in on the causes of DGS, a fatal intestinal condition in cod larvae. This brings them a big step closer to devising ways to fight the costly disease.

Selected articles available in English

Printed copies of the entire HAVBRUK programme newsletter (as well as the pdf version) are available in Norwegian only.

The following articles are available in English:

Written by:
Else Lie Special Adviser +47 22 03 73 37 el@forskningsradet.no
Published:
 30.04.2010
Last updated:
30.04.2010

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