Luke Barrett

Achieving conservation and restoration outcomes through ecologically beneficial aquaculture.

Kathy Overton, Tim Dempster, Stephen E Swearer, Rebecca L Morris, Luke T Barrett

Journal article  |  2023  |  Conserv Biol

A range of conservation and restoration tools are needed to safeguard the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems. Aquacultur..

Effect of water temperature and exposure duration on detachment rate of salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis); testing the relevant thermal spectrum used for delousing

J Nilsson, LT Barrett, A Mangor-Jensen, V Nola, T Harboe, O Folkedal

Journal article  |  2023  |  Aquaculture

Thermal delousing has become the most applied method for treatment against salmon lice. However, the temperature range used is str..

Moving cleaner fish from the wild into fish farms: A zero-sum game?

RJ Lennox, LT Barrett, CI Nilsen, S Berhe, BT Barlaup, KW Vollset

Journal article  |  2022  |  Ecological Modelling

Fish that engage in mutualistic cleaning behaviour (‘cleaner fishes’) have recently been popularized as a nature-based method of c..

Declining size-at-harvest in Norwegian salmon aquaculture: Lice, disease, and the role of stunboats

LT Barrett, T Oldham, TS Kristiansen, F Oppedal, LH Stien

Journal article  |  2022  |  Aquaculture

Sea cages used for fish farming are typically open to the environment, making the grow-out phase a race against the accumulation o..

Recognising trade-offs between welfare and environmental outcomes in aquaculture will enable good decisions

Georgia Macaulay, Luke T Barrett, Tim Dempster

Journal article  |  2022  |  AQUACULTURE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS

As aquaculture expands, ensuring the sustainability of practices requires a focus on minimising environmental effects. At the same..

Applying genetic technologies to combat infectious diseases in aquaculture

Nicholas A Robinson, Diego Robledo, Lene Sveen, Rose Ruiz Daniels, Aleksei Krasnov, Andrew Coates, Ye Hwa Jin, Luke T Barrett, Marie Lillehammer, Anne H Kettunen, Ben L Phillips, Tim Dempster, Andrea Doeschl-Wilson, Francisca Samsing, Gareth Difford, Sarah Salisbury, Bjarne Gjerde, John-Erik Haugen, Erik Burgerhout, Binyam S Dagnachew, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  REVIEWS IN AQUACULTURE

Disease and parasitism cause major welfare, environmental and economic concerns for global aquaculture. In this review, we examine..

Supersizing salmon farms in the coastal zone: A global analysis of changes in farm technology and location from 2005 to 2020

P McIntosh, LT Barrett, F Warren-Myers, A Coates, G Macaulay, A Szetey, N Robinson, C White, F Samsing, F Oppedal, O Folkedal, P Klebert, T Dempster

Journal article  |  2022  |  Aquaculture

Salmonid aquaculture, producing nearly 3 million tons per year, has expanded across temperate seascapes around the globe in recent..

The contribution of macroalgae-associated fishes to small-scale tropical reef fisheries

Shaun K Wilson, Christopher J Fulton, Nicholas AJ Graham, Rene A Abesamis, Charlotte Berkstrom, Darren J Coker, Martial Depczynski, Richard D Evans, Rebecca Fisher, Jordan Goetze, Andrew Hoey, Thomas H Holmes, Michel Kulbicki, Mae Noble, James PW Robinson, Michael Bradley, Carolina Akerlund, Luke T Barrett, Abner A Bucol, Matthew J Birt, et al.

Journal article  |  2022  |  FISH AND FISHERIES

Macroalgae-dominated reefs are a prominent habitat in tropical seascapes that support a diversity of fishes, including fishery tar..

Sustainable growth of non-fed aquaculture can generate valuable ecosystem benefits

LT Barrett, SJ Theuerkauf, JM Rose, HK Alleway, SB Bricker, M Parker, DR Petrolia, RC Jones

Journal article  |  2022  |  Ecosystem Services

Investment in extractive or ‘non-fed’ aquaculture has been proposed as a partial solution for sustainable food provision. An impor..

Habitat value of bivalve shellfish and seaweed aquaculture for fish and invertebrates: Pathways, synthesis and next steps

SJ Theuerkauf, LT Barrett, HK Alleway, BA Costa-Pierce, A St. Gelais, RC Jones

Journal article  |  2022  |  Reviews in Aquaculture

Aquaculture can have negative environmental impacts, adding to the suite of anthropogenic stressors that challenge coastal ecosyst..