date:May 29, 2014
mercial densities. The mortality rate for small fish in the snorkel cages was lower and there were fewer runts than in the control cages, explains Dr Oppedal's research colleague, Lars Helge Stien.
Fish producers in the southwest of Norway will be testing out ten full-scale (160-metre) snorkel cages from Egersund Net at two sites.
We are going to record salmon lice numbers as well as the behaviour of the salmon and the fish producers will be gaining experience on how to operate the snorkel cag