Friday January 30, 2026
Salmon Business —
New experiments with wild Atlantic salmon confirm earlier findings from farmed salmon showing that salmon lice infection reduces growth and increases mortality.
The results come from a study carried out by researchers at Havforskningsinstituttet, based on controlled laboratory trials using wild-caught salmon post-smolt.
The findings showed that wild salmon exposed to salmon lice had poorer growth and a lower condition factor than fish without lice.