PisciNor

Piscirickettsiosis in the North-Atlantic

Piscirickettsiosis is an emerging disease in farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway, Scotland and Ireland. The project will primarily investigate similarities/differences in management of the disease in these countries and characterize the population structure of the causative agent (Piscirickettsia salmonis) in the North Atlantic area.

Partners 

  • Patogen AS
  • Marine Institute, Galway, Ireland
  • Marine Lab, Aberdeen, Skottland
  • ADLK Diagnostics, Chile
  • NCE Aquaculture

Project manager 

Duncan Colquhoun

Start
2025-08-01
Finish
2027-07-31
Status
Ongoing
Funding
Funded by FHF - Norwegian Seafood Research Fund
Research Areas
Bacteriology, Biofilms, Bioinformatics, Diagnostics, Fish health, Substrate production, Molecular biology