Wrasse (Labridae) as cleaner fish in salmonid aquaculture - The Hardangerfjord as a case study

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 289-300

  Skiftesvik, Anne Berit ^a   Blom, Geir ^b   Agnalt, Ann Lisbeth ^a   Durif, Caroline M F ^a   Browman, Howard I ^a   Bjelland, Reidun M ^a   Harkestad, Lisbeth S ^a   Farestveit, Eva ^a   Paulsen, Ole Ingar ^a   Fauske, Merete ^b   Havelin, Trond ^b   Johnsen, Knut ^b   Mortensen, Stein ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; salmon lice control; wrasse fishery; wrasse population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SALMONID; SAMPLING; SPAWNING POPULATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HARDANGERFJORDEN; HORDALAND; NORWAY;

EID: 84886918446     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2013.810760     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Bergh Ø, Samuelsen OB. 2007. Susceptibility of corkwing wrasse Symphodus melops, goldsinny wrasse Ctenolabrus rupestris, and Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolt, to experimental challenge with Vibrio tapetis and Vibrio splendidus isolated from corkwing wrasse. Aquaculture International 15:11-18. 10.1007/s10499-006-9061-2
2. Bjordal Å. 1988. Cleaning symbiosis between wrasse (Labridae) and lice infested salmon (Salmo salar) in mariculture. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Mariculture Committee 188/F 17. 8 pages.
3. Bjordal Å. 1990. Sea lice infestation on farmed salmon: Possible use of cleaner-fish as an alternative method for de-lousing. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 1761:85-89.
4. Bjordal Å. 1991. Wrasse as cleaner-fish for farmed salmon. Progress in Underwater Science 16:17-28.
5. Bjordal Å. 1992. Cleaning symbiosis as an alternative to chemical control of sea lice infestation of Atlantic salmon. I: The importance of feeding behaviour for the efficient culture of salmonid fishes. In: Thorpe JE, Huntingford FA, editors. World Aquaculture Workshops, No 4. Baton Rouge, FL: World Aquaculture Society, p 53-60.
6. Costello MJ. 1991. Review of the biology of wrasse (Labridae: Pisces) in northern Europe. Progess in Underwater Science 16:29-51.
7. Darwall WRT, Costello MJ, Donnelly R, Lysaght S. 1992. Implications of life-history strategies for a new wrasse fishery. Journal of Fish Biology 41(Supplement B):111-23. 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1992.tb03873.x
8. Espeland SH, Nedreaas K, Mortensen S, Skiftesvik AB, Agnalt A-L, Durif C, et al. 2010. Kunnskapsstatus leppefisk - utfordringer i et økende fiskeri. Fisken og Havet 7/2010. 35 pages.
9. Fjøsne K, Gjøsæter J. 1996. Dietary composition and the potential of food competition between 0-group cod (Gadus morhua L.) and some other fish species in the littoral zone. ICES Journal of Marine Science 53:757-70. 10.1006/jmsc.1996.0097
10. Gjøsæter J. 2002. Distribution and density of goldsinny wrasse (Ctenolabris rupestris) (Labridae) in the Risør and Arendal areas along the Norwegian Skagerrak coast. Sarsia 87:75-82. 10.1080/003648202753631758
11. Harkestad LS. 2011. Eksperimentell smitte av grønngylt, Symphodus melops, med V. tapetis-isolatene CECT 4600, LP2 og NRP45. MSc Thesis. Institutt for biologi, Universitetet i Bergen. 136 pages. (in Norwegian)
12. Hilldén N-O. 1981. Territoriality and reproductive behaviour in goldsinny, Ctenolabrus rupestris (L.) (Pisces, Labridae). Behavioural Processes 6:207-21. 10.1016/0376-6357(81)90001-2
13. Jensen S, Samuelsen OB, Andersen K, Torkildsen L, Lambert C, Choquet G, et al. 2003. Characterization of strains of Vibrio splendidus and Vibrio tapetis isolated from corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops) suffering vibriosis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 53:25-31. 10.3354/dao053025
14. Lewin W-C, Arlinghaus R, Mehner T. 2006. Documented and potential biological impacts of recreational fishing: Insights for management and conservation. Reviews in Fisheries Science 14:305-67. 10.1080/10641260600886455
15. Lythgoe JN, Lythgoe GI. 1991. Fishes of the Sea: The North Atlantic and Mediterranean. London: Blasford Press. 256 pages.
16. Nilsen F. 2008. Påvisning av Emamectinresistente lakselus i Noreg. Norsk Fiskeoppdrett 6:58-60. (in Norwegian)
17. Pethon P 2005. Aschehougs Store Fiskebok, 5th edition. Oslo: Aschehoug. 468 pages.
18. Potts GW. 1984. Parental behaviour in temperate marine teleosts with special reference to the development of nest structures. In: Potts GW, Wootton RJ, editors. Fish Reproduction: Strategies and Tactics. London: Academic Press, p 223-44.
19. Potts GW. 1985. The nest structure of the corkwing wrasse, Crenilabrus melops (Labridae: Teleostei). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 65:531-46. 10.1017/S002531540005058X
20. Quignard J-P, Pras A. 1986. Labridae. In: Whitehead PJP, Bauchor M-L, Hureau J-C, Nielsen J, Tortonese E, editors. Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Volume II. Paris: UNESCO, p 919-42.
21. Ricker WE. 1975. Computation and interpretation of biological statistics of fish populations. Bulletin of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 191. 382 pages.
22. Sayer MDJ, Gibson RN, Atkinson RJA. 1993. Distribution and density of populations of goldsinny wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris) on the west coast of Scotland. Journal of Fish Biology 43(Supplement A):157-67. 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1993.tb01185.x
23. Sayer MDJ, Cameron KS, Wilkinson G. 1994. Fish species found in the rocky sublittoral during winter months as revealed by the underwater application of the anaesthetic quinaldine. Journal of Fish Biology 44:351-53. 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1994.tb01212.x
24. Sayer MDJ, Gibson RN, Atkinson RJA. 1995. Growth, diet and condition of goldsinny on the west coast of Scotland. Journal of Fish Biology 46:317-40. 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1995.tb05972.x
25. Sayer MDJ, Gibson RN, Atkinson RJA. 1996. Seasonal, sexual and geographical variation in the biology of goldsinny, corkwing and rock cook on the west coast of Scotland. In: Sayer MDJ, Treasurer JW, Costello MJ, editors. Wrasse: Biology and Use in Aquaculture. Oxford: Blackwell Science, p 13-46.
26. Shepherd SA, Brook JB, Xiao Y. 2010. Environmental and fishing effects on the abundance, size and sex ratio of the blue-throated wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus, on South Australian costal reefs. Fisheries Management and Ecology 17:209-20. 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2009.00697.x
27. Sjölander S, Larsson HO, Engström J. 1972. On the reproductive behaviour of two labrid fishes, the ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) and Jago's goldsinny (Ctenolabrus rupestris). Revue du Comportement Animal 6:43-51.
28. Sundt R, Jørstad KE. 1993. Population genetic structure of wrasse used as cleanerfish in Atlantic salmon farming in Norway. ICES, CM 1993/G:30. 11 pages.
29. Sundt R, Jørstad KE. 1998. Genetic population structure of goldsinny wrasse, Ctenolabrus rupestris (L.), in Norway: Implications for future management of parasite cleaners in the salmon farming industry. Fisheries Management and Ecology 5:291-302. 10.1046/j.1365-2400.1998.540291.x
30. Thangstad T. 1999. Spatial and temporal distribution of three wrasse species (Pisces: Labridae) in Masfjord, western Norway: Habitat association and effects of environmental variables. MSc Thesis. University of Bergen, Norway. 116 pages.
31. Treasurer JW. 1994. The distribution, age and growth of wrasse (Labridae) in inshore waters of west Scotland. Journal of Fish Biology 44:905-18.