Producing a better smolt: Can ‘winter’ treatments combining low temperature and short daylength photoperiods enhance the smolt quality of Atlantic salmon?

The parr to smolt transition (PST) is a critical life stage for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) aquaculture. Aquaculture commonly uses artificial square wave photoperiod treatments to initiate the PST but faces problems related to poor smolt quality, including elevated mortality after seawater transfe...

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