Developing Wrasse breeding program

Offentlig prosjektsammendrag

Ballan Wrasse are now an important species in the battle against the sea lice parasite on salmon sea farms. Until recently most of the wrasse deployed in sea cages came from a wild catch. These days most wrasse have a farmed origin coming from broodstock which were caught in the wild. This project aims to develop a wrasse breeding project in Mowi which will focus initially on developing genetic and cryopreservation tools to assist in the selective breeding of Ballan wrasse. The outcome of this project will hopefully be a more robust and more sustainable production of this species for use in salmon aquaculture without the use of wild caught broodstock.