Monitoring and optimising the crowding of Atlantic salmon using emerging health and welfare indicators (CrowdMonitor)

Authors:

Christopher Noble, René Alvestad, Åsa Maria Olofsdotter Espmark, David Izquierdo-Gomez, Amritha Johny, Jelena Kolarevic, Carlo C. Lazado, Angelico Madaro, Jonatan Nilsson, Lars Helge Stien, Elisabeth Ytteborg

Summary

The CrowdMonitor project “Monitoring and optimising the crowding of Atlantic salmon using emerging
health and welfare indicators” aimed to update our scientific and operational knowledge on the crowding
of Atlantic salmon using a suite of operational- and laboratory-based welfare indicators (OWIs and
LABWIs). Research partners were Nofima and the Institute of Marine Research, both Norway and
commercial partners were Cermaq Norway AS and Grieg Seafood AS.

Year
2026
Pages
38
Language
English

Publication type Research report

Series
Nofima rapportserie, 21/2026