Norway aquaculture research center LetSea is looking into the potential benefits of waterborne feeding practices to improve the health of farmed salmon.
Waterborne feeding uses water instead of air to transport feed pellets into salmon pens.
The firm has begun trialing the feeding system, which encourages salmon to swim deeper to feed, forcing them below the water level where sea lice are found and potentially lowering the risk for losses related to lice infestation.
LetSea's Seiskjaeret facility in western Norway, where the research is taking place, has eight feeding lines it is using in the experiment.
