The battle against salmon lice is being waged on many fronts, including the technological front. Simple and advanced solutions alike can be effective.
Breeding Director Petter Arnesen at Marine Harvest, the world's leader in the production of farmed salmon, singled out the salmon louse as the greatest threat to the salmon industry when he spoke at the HAVBRUK Conference 2014. Together with salmon farmers and the supplier industry, researchers are hard at work trying to develop technology to prevent salmon lice infestation.
As salmon lice larvae primarily live at shallow depths, it may be possible to keep the parasite at bay by placing net cages below the “louse zone.” The problem with this solution is that salmon need access to air to fill their swim bladder.
