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Taskforce salmon lice

– spread and infection mechanisms of sea lice in sea based aquaculture and wild populations of salmonids

Photos of fieldwork in boat and at a fish farm.

Taskforce salmon lice is a R&D project organised as a PhD program at NTNU. The overall objective of the program is to establish fundamental knowledge on how sea lice infest farmed salmon and the mechanisms of how the parasites spread within and between farmed and wild populations of salmonids.

The general research strategy is to establish knowledge based on ecological, metabolic and molecular/genetic methods to characterise interactions between parasite and host (sea lice and salmonids).

The program is organised in three areas:

Internal infection of sea lice within and between salmon farms
Interactions between farmed and wild salmonids
Infestation mechanisms and genetic tracing

The project consists of three parts: one part funded by aquaculture companies in Mid-Norway, one funded by FHF, and one by NTNU.

Photo of the Taskforce Salmon Lice-team.

Taskforce salmon lice in media

Lusefangst i Hardanger

Prashanna undersøker genetikken til lus fra Øyregionen

Transformative tech in battle against sea lice

Forsker på oppdretternes fiende nummer én

Disse tiltakene kan forsinke luseangrep på oppdrettslaks - forskning.no, Universitetsavisa and ScienceNorway

Article by Taskforce salmon lice in NFExpert 2020/1 (pp. 20-24)

Lone S. Jevne participated in "Forsker Grand Prix"

Stiller spørsmål ved effekten av luseskjørt

Brakklegging har effekt på lusenivået

Med hjerte for havet - Maria Gaasø

NTNU Bridge - Bridge-historier - Lone S. Jevne

Dette gir ny kunnskap om både lakselus og skottelus

- Mer luselarver på innsiden av merda

Kartlegger lakselusens sesongutvikling

Starter operativ fase i Taskforce lakselus

Oppdrettere betaler 50 mill for å få vite mer om lakselusa

I gang med luseforskningen

Krafttak mot lakselus

Scientific publications

Misund, A. U. (2019). From a natural occurring parasitic organism to a management object: Historical perceptions and discourses related to salmon lice in Norway. Marine Policy, 99, 400-406. Link

Jevne, L. S., & Reitan, K. I. (2019). How are the salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis Kroyer, 1837) in Atlantic salmon farming affected by different control efforts: A case study of an intensive production area with coordinated production cycles and changing delousing practices in 2013-2018. Journal of Fish Diseases, 42(11), 1573-1586. Link

Jevne, L. S., Øvrelid, M. S., Hagemann, A., Bloecher, N., Steinhovden, K. B., Båtnes, A. S., Olsen, Y., Reitan, K. I. (2020). Biofouling on Salmon Pen Nets and Cleaner Fish Shelters Does Not Harbor Planktonic Stages of Sea Lice. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7(727). Link

Guragain P., Sporsheim B., Skjesol A., Båtnes A. S., Olsen Y., Bones A. M., and Winge P. (2020) Phenylalanine hydroxylase RNAi knockdown negatively affects larval development, molting and swimming performance of salmon lice. Frontiers in Marine Science. Link

Jevne, L. S., Guttu, M., Båtnes, A. S., Olsen, Y., Reitan, K. I. (2021) Planktonic and Parasitic Sea Lice Abundance on Three Commercial Salmon Farms in Norway Throughout a Production Cycle. Frontiers in Marine Science. Link

Guragain P, Tkachov M, Båtnes AS, Olsen Y, Winge P and Bones AM (2021) Principles and Methods of Counteracting Harmful Salmon–Arthropod Interactions in Salmon Farming: Addressing Possibilities, Limitations, and Future Options. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8:701793. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.701793

Guragain, P; Båtnes, AS; Zobolas, J; Olsen, Y; Bones, AM; Winge, P (2022) IIb-RAD-sequencing coupled with random forest classification indicates regional population structuring and sex-specific differentiation in salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis). Ecology and Evolution 12:4 e8809. Link