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     4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SEALICE

28th-30th June 1999, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

 

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Programme


27th June 1999: Reception, Mansion House, Dawson Street, Dublin 2

7pm – 8pm.

Welcome reception from Lord Mayor of Dublin at the Mansion House with drinks and light snacks.


Day 1: 28 June 1999

Session 1: Management of sea lice on salmon farm

Chairperson Ian Davies  
9.00 – 9.15

15

M. J. Costello, G. Boxshall, P. Kvenseth, K. Maroni, A. Barbour, C. Mothersill Introduction to the conference
9.15 –9.30

15

Inger Eithun. Regulations - minimum measures to control sea lice in Norwegian fish farms
9.30-9.45

15

Peter Andreas Heuch & Tor Atle Mo Public management of the salmon louse problem in Norway: where are we heading?
9.45- 10.00

15

Per Andersen and Per Gunnar Kvenseth Integrated lice management in mid-Norway
10.00-10.15

15

David Jackson and Terence O’Carroll. Integrated lice management on Irish salmon farms
10.15-10.30

15

John D. Smith and Myron Roth Development of sea lice Integrated Management Strategies in Canada
10.30-10.45

15

Gordon H. Rae A National Treatment Strategy for the Control of Sealice on Scottish Salmon Farms
10.45-11.00

15

OPEN FORUM WITH ALL SPEAKERS DISCUSSION on integrated control of sea lice
 

30

Break & posters  
Chairperson Jim Treasurer  
11.30-11.50

20

Anne-Mette Kvenseth and Per Gunnar Kvenseth. Practical experience on the use of cleaner-fish. Results from a questionnaire to Norwegian salmon farms in 1997 and 1999
11.50–12.10

20

Per Gunnar Kvenseth and Anne-Mette Kvenseth Experiences with ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) used as cleaner-fish on large farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway
12.10-12.30

20

S. J. Varian, S. Deady and J. M. Fives Factors affecting individual variation in cleaning efficiency of goldsinny, Ctenolabrus rupestris, used on a salmon farm in the west of Ireland
12.30-12.45

15

OPEN FORUM WITH ALL SPEAKERS DISCUSSION on use of cleaner-fish for lice control
 

75

Lunch  
Chairperson Richard Endris  
14.00-14.25

25

I. Denholm, G.J. Devine and Tor Horsberg Prospects for combating pesticide resistance in sea-lice: lessons from other pests
14.25-14.45

20

Simon Wadsworth, Jim Treasurer and Andrew Grant Efficacy of co-ordinated, winter treatments of farmed Atlantic salmon infested with salmon lice
14.45-15.05

20

Myron Roth A case study of reduced sensitivity to dichlorvos in sea lice and strategies for resistance management
 

40

Break & posters  

Session 2: Use of chemotherapeutants to control lice

Chairperson Rob Armstrong  
15.45-16.10

25

I. M. Davies and G. K. Rodger A review of the use of ivermectin as a treatment for sealice infestation in farmed Atlantic salmon
16.10-16.30

20

Jim Treasurer, Simon Wadsworth and Andrew Grant Resistance of salmon lice on farmed Atlantic salmon to hydrogen peroxide
16.30-16.50

20

Bernt Martinsen and Svein Alexandersen Medical treatment that protects against sea lice infestation in farmed Atlantic salmon and sea trout (Salmo trutta)
16.50-17.10

20

Per Gunnar Kvenseth and Anne-Mette Kvenseth Delousing of farmed salmon during grading by spraying with Py-Sal 25, a natural pyrethroid compound. A combination of mechanical and chemical delousing
17.10-17.25

15

OPEN FORUM WITH ALL SPEAKERS DISCUSSION on use of chemotherapeutants for lice control

Day 2: 29 June 1999

Chairperson David Jackson  
9.30-9.45

15

J. Stone, I.H. Sutherland, C. Sommerville, R.H. Richards & K.J. Varma. Dose determination of emamectin benzoate for the treatment of salmon lice infestations of Atlantic salmon
9.45–9.55

10

A. Ramstad, R. Nordmo, I. Sutherland & R. Simmons Field trials with SLICEä for the oral treatment of sea lice infestations in farmed Atlantic salmon, in Norway – 1997 generation
9.55-10.05

10

M. Romero, I.H. Sutherland, T. Katz, R.G. Endris Efficacy of SLICEÔ against sea lice, Caligus flexispina and Caligus teres, on Atlantic salmon, in Chile
10.05-10.15

10

Robert Armstrong, Daniel MacPhee, Terry Katz and Richard Endris. A field evaluation of the efficacy of SLICEÔ , against salmon lice, infesting Atlantic salmon, in New Brunswick, Canada
10.15-10.30

15

R.G. Endris, I.H. Sutherland, R.D. Simmons, K.J. Varma. SLICEÔ (emamectin benzoate 0.2% aquaculture premix, Schering-Plough Animal Health): a summary
10.30-10.40

10

OPEN FORUM WITH ALL SPEAKERS DISCUSSION on use of emamectin for lice control
 

40

Break & posters  
Chairperson Per Gunnar Kvenseth  
11.20–11.35

15

Edward Branson, Stig Sverre Ronsberg and Gordon Ritchie. Efficacy of Calicide® for the treatment of salmon lice infestations of farmed Atlantic salmon
11.35-11.50

15

Ove Martin Grontveldt and Gordon Ritchie Effect of Calicide® on the cuticle structure of Lepeophtheirus salmonis
11.50-12.05

15

J.I. Erdal, M.I. Toneby, and A.C. Dykstra. Food safety aspects of the use of Lepsidon® (diflubenzuron) medicated pellets in farmed Atlantic salmon
12.05-12.20

15

Mark Toneby, Per Johannessen, Helge Botnen, Staffan Hjohlman, Gisle Vassenden, Christian Wallace, Jon-Inge Erdal Environmental safety aspects of the use of Lepsidon® medicated pellets in farmed Atlantic salmon
12.20-12.35

15

OPEN FORUM WITH ALL SPEAKERS DISCUSSION on the use of chemotherapeutants for lice control
 

85

Lunch & posters  
Chairperson Gordon Rae  
14.00-14.20

20

Svein Alexandersen and Bernt Martinsen. ALPHA MAXTM VET, an effective treatment against salmon lice infecting farmed Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss)
14.20-14.40

20

Simon Wadsworth, Julian Braidwood and Nicola Fraser. The efficacy of cypermethrin (EXISr) upon the survival and rate of development of chalimus stages of Lepeophtheirus salmonis
14.40-15.00

20

OPEN FORUM Concluding DISCUSSION – best practice, options needed by industry, impediments to lice control, future research needs
 

30

Break  
15.30-16.00

30

AUTHORS AT THEIR POSTERS SPECIAL POSTER SESSION
16.00-16.30

30

Rune Vindenes, Per Gunnar Kvenseth and Anne-Mette Kvenseth Using cleaner-fish to control sea-lice: a video presentation

Day 3: 30 June 1999

Session 3: Advances in knowledge of lice biology and host interactions

Chairperson Geoff Boxshall  
9.30-9.55

25

Alan Pike The benefits of hindsight: another look at sea lice biology
9.55-10.10

15

Declan T. Nolan, Neil M. Ruane, and Sjoerd E. Wendelaar Bonga Stress and the host-parasite interaction between ectoparasitic lice and salmonids: is stress necessarily maladaptive?
10.10-10.25

15

J. P. G. Toovey and A. R. Lyndon Feeding regime and lice loads
10.25-10.40

15

Silvia A.M. van den Braak, Angela van der Salm, Yvonne van der Heijden, Declan T. Nolan and Sjoerd E. Wendelaar Bonga Effects of infective life stages of crustacean ectoparasites on the skin of the host fish at sites distant to the infection: implications for secondary opportunistic infection
10.40-10.55

15

Russell Poole, Declan Nolan, and Oliver Tully Removing the effects of sampling on the cortisol response in trout
 

35

Break  
Chairperson Gordon Ritchie  
11.30-11.45

15

Bengt Finstad, Pål Arne Bjørn, Andrea Grimnes, and Nils Arne Hvidsten The effects of salmon lice infestation on Atlantic salmon post smolts: laboratory and field studies
11.45-12.00

15

Pål Arne Bjørn, Bengt Finstad and Roar Kristoffersen Physiological effects and mortality of the infection of salmon lice on sea trout
12.00-12.15

15

G. O'Flaherty, R. Poole, R. Ryan, U. MacEvilly, O. Tully, D.T. Nolan. Stress related response in mucus and osmoregulatory function in relation to sea lice infestation in wild sea trout post smolts
12.15-12.30

15

OPEN FORUM WITH ALL SPEAKERS DISCUSSION on impact of salmon lice on host fish, and the host response
 

90

Lunch  
Chairperson Stewart Johnson  
14.00-14.20

20

G.J. Devine, A. Ingvarsdottir, W. Mordue, A. Pike, J. Pickett, I. Duce and A. J. Mordue (Luntz). The role of kairomones in host-finding behaviour by Lepeophtheirus salmonis
14.20-14.40

20

Ger O’Donohoe, Mark Costelloe and John Costelloe, Circalunar variation in larval densities of sealice Lepeophtheirus salmonis in a fish farm on the west coast of Ireland
14.40-15.00

20

Alan M. Walker, Christopher D. Todd, Jane E. Hoyle, Jeff A. Graves and Mike G. Ritchie Size variation in Lepeophtheirus salmonis ectoparasitic on wild salmon (Salmo salar) and sea trout (Salmo trutta) in Scottish waters
15.00-15.20

20

Gordon Ritchie, Anne Jenny Mordue, Alan Pike and Gordon Rae. Reproductive investment by Lepeophtheirus salmonis – Chemical analysis of newly oviposited eggs
 

25

Break & posters  
Chairperson Myron Roth  
15.45-16.05

20

Damien Nolan, Karen Glennon, Yvette Kelly, Sam Martin, Roy Palmer, Terry Smith and Richard Powell. Investigation of microsatellite genetic elements as tools for the study of Lepeophtheirus salmonis ecology
16.05-16.25

20

Stewart C. Johnson, K. Vanya Ewart, Jane A. Osborne and Neil W. Ross Expressed sequence tags of the salmon louse Lepeophtheirus salmonis and characterization of trypsin and trypsin-related enzymes

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Les Burridge, Kats Haya, and Susan L. Waddy. The effects of azamethiphos on survival and spawning success in female American lobsters (Homarus americanus)
I.M. Davies, G.K. Rodger, J. Redshaw and R.M. Stagg Sealice treatment chemicals – Targeted environmental monitoring using bio/marker/bioassay techniques
J.P.G.Toovey and A.R.Lyndon Effects of hydrogen peroxide on subsequent fecundity of sea lice chalimus stages
Simon Wadsworth, Harry Birkbeck, and Chris Secombes. The effect of immune modulation of Atlantic salmon upon the settlement and survival of salmon lice
Simon Wadsworth and Craig Selkirk The variation in settlement and survival of salmon lice between stocks of Atlantic salmon
Alexandra G. Roberts, Ian Bricknell, Rob Raynard, Peter Billingsley and Alasdair J. Nisbet A physiological approach to vaccine development in sea lice
Karin Boxaspen, Anne Berit Skiftesvik and Howard Browman. Behavioural studies of nauplii and copepodids of salmon lice. Possible effects of physical parameters on position and dispersal of larvae
Pablo González, Stewart C. Johnson, Glenda M. Wright, John F. Burka. Frontal filament development in the salmon louse
P.A. Heuch, J.R. Nordhagen and T.A. Schram Egg production in salmon lice in relation to temperature and origin
R D Tillett, C R Bull and J A Lines An optical method for the detection of salmon lice
J.P.G.Toovey and A.R.Lyndon Cell culture bio-assays for potential anti-sea-louse chemotherapeutants to be used in the salmon farming industry

Notes

Presenting authors names are underlined where known.

Delegates will be asked to keep questions of a general nature to the Open Forum discussions. If speakers do not leave time within their presentation slot for questions, the chairperson will be directed to defer questions until an Open Forum time.

Where several talks are on a similar theme all questions from the audience will be reserved until the end of the session. Thus these presentations will not need long introductions, and slots have a shorter duration.

For the purpose of the programme, the titles of some papers have been edited to omit repeated information (e.g. Latin names of species).

Sponsors:

This conference was sponsored by Schering-Plough Animal Health, Trouw Aquaculture and BIM (Irish Sea Fisheries Board). The Bord Failte Convention Bureau (Irish Tourist Board) also assisted with the conference. The conference contributes to a project part funded under the European Union FAIR (aquaculture) research programme.

Conference Organisers:

Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (EcoServe), 17 Rathfarnham Road, Terenure, Dublin 6W, Ireland.

Phone: +353 1 4903237; Fax: +353 1 4925694; E-Mail: jdowse@ecoserve.ie