Lumpfish (Cyclopterus Lumpus)
The Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) has the useful property of feeding itself on the parasite that causes most of the current problems for the salmon industry – sea lice. Living in a friendly symbiosis along with the salmon in the sea cages, this cleaner fish has become worth its weight in gold to salmon farmers. In the spring of 2014 we started commercial production of Lumpfish fingerlings at StofnFiskur. Based on our previous experience in marine species, the farming of lumpfish has been successful, delivering 2 Million juveniles in the first year of operation. Our lumpfish have proven to be robust, having high tolerance for variable farming temperatures, high survival rates and excellent appetite for sea lice.
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Production is carried out at StofnFiskurs dedicated lumpfish farm in Hafnir on the western Reykjanes peninsula of Iceland. The farm was initially constructed for the farming of Atlantic cod. During the past two years, the site has been rebuilt, modified and adapted to the needs of a lumpfish hatchery.
The transportation of lumpfish fingerlings from Iceland is carried out using specially designed marine shipping containers. For smaller batches airfreight is the recommended means of transport. To eliminate the risk of infectious diseases, wild broodstock is caught at sea and held in the quarantine station at Sandgerði, Reykjanes where the brood fish are individually screened for infectious bacteria and viruses before the eggs are taken into our farm in Hafnir.
We are able to offer lumpfish to our UK customers from Benchmark’s two farming operations in Scotland.
Our short term goal is to deliver lumpfish fingerlings every week of the year to customers in the UK and the Faroe Islands. For the future, we are setting up a selective breeding program with the aim of developing a strain of lumpfish that is more resistant to disease, and better at cleaning lice.
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