Fundacion Chile proves Patagonian blenny potential as sea lice biocontroller
The Patagonian blenny has proved helpful as sea lice biocontroller, one of the most expensive pest to the salmon industry. (Photo: Stock File)
(CHILE, 6/4/2018)
Researchers from Fundación Chile were part of a group of 60 experts, internationally recognized in the study of fish, who participated in a book on biocontrollers in aquaculture, being the only ones from a country in the southern hemisphere.
The book was edited in England by Jim Treasurer, a Research Manager of FAI Aquaculture, Marine Research Facility Ardtoe. The text analyzes the experiences of farming cleaner fish in different countries, with descriptions of specialists from Norway, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Canada and Chile.
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