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The problem of sea lice infestation of farmed salmon has become a major issue not only for the salmon farmers themselves but also for environmentalists, retails and consumers who are concerned about the effects the transfer of lice to wild populations of salmon and the effect that treatments to remove the lice may have on the environment and on the quality if the fish produced. Originally lice wer ...

Historically, the most important fish species in the northern periphery has been cod. However, recent years have witnessed a decline in wild fish stocks. With the decline in wild fisheries for cod, aquaculture of this species has become commercially realistic and is now an emergent industry in northern periphery countries. Aquaculture of cod has a valuable potential role in the development and emp ...