The use of orally administered emamectin benzoate (SLICE) to control sea lice was assessed for all stock on two salmon farms. Contrasting treatment regimes were used with two oral treatments in farm E in the second production year and one oral treatment in farm L with follow up with bath treatments. Emamectin benzoate surface coated on feed was administered as 50 ug kg1 fish biomass day-1 over ...

By the end of this decade, world-wide production of farmed salmon is estimated to reach 2,000,000 mt and almost all farmed salmon production takes place in sheltered areas of the coastal zone. This paper reviews the main activities associated with the marine phase of salmon aquaculture production, the pathways to the environment of the various activities and the potential effects on the coastal...