This document outlines a project between SMARTAQUA and Ocean Matters to produce disease screened larval lumpfish from UK broodstock for the UK aquaculture market. The objective is to rear lumpfish larvae from broodstock caught in both south coast and Scottish waters. This will help reduce the UK salmon industry's dependence on lumpfish imports by contributing knowledge to produce sustainable larval lumpfish sourced from UK waters. The project involves knowledge transfer, gap analysis, larval rearing, weaning, research sampling, and market development activities. Outputs will include standard operating procedures, £1 million in private investment, disease screening of 7 pathogens, and a new product - disease screened native lumpfish larvae.

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OBJECTIVE
To produce disease screened
Larval lumpfish (ca. 1g) from UK
broodstock captured in both
south coast and Scottish waters
and introduce them to the UK
aquaculture market.
OUTCOME
To contribute to the knowledge
necessary to produce
sustainable larval lumpfish
sourced in UK waters, farmed in
Wales for the Scottish Salmon
industry.
NATIVE LUMPFISH LARVAE
The SMARTAQUA team
in collaboration with Ocean Matters
BACKGROUND
Lumpfish provide a service to the UK salmon industry - they clean
salmon off sea lice. However, the British salmon industry depends on
lumpfish imported from Iceland or Norway. This project aims to reduce
the need for imports from other non-UK waters. We will achieve this
through a novel collaboration between Ocean Matters (the largest
lumpfish producer in the UK) and the SMARTAQUA team.
ACTIVITIES
The project will consist of 6 activities involving: a) knowledge transfer; b)
gaps in knowledge analysis; c) live feed larval rearing; d) larval weaning;
e) sample collection for research development f) market development.

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EA.AC.UK
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NATIVE LUMPFISH LARVAE
OUTPUTS FROM THE SMARTAQUA TEAM IN COLLABORATION
WITH OCEAN MATTERS
5 STANDARD OPERATION PROCEDURES
CONTRIBUTING TO NEW PROCESSESS
£1,000,000.00
7 DISEASES SCREENED
1. IPNV Infectious Pancreas Necrosis Virus
2. ISAV Infectious Salmon Anaemia Virus
3. IHNV Infectious Haematopoetic Necrosis Virus
4. VHSV Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia Virus
5. Pasteurella
6. Lumpsucker virus
7. Nucleospora
PRIVATE
INVESTMENT
NEW PRODUCT: DISEASE SCREENED NATIVE LUMPFISH LARVAE
EMPLOYMENT INCREASE
PARTNERS COLLABORATING
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NATIVE LUMPFISH EGGS
1. Degumming
2. Treatment with Pyceze
NATIVE LUMPFISH LARVAE
3. Live feed with artemia
4. Weaning
5. Transport
SCIENTIFIC PAPER
Whittaker BA, Consuegra S,
Garcia de Leaniz C. 2018.
Genetic and phenotypic
differentiation of lumpfish
(Cyclopterus lumpus) across the
North Atlantic: implications for
conservation and aquaculture.
PeerJ 6:e5974
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