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Overview

Lars Helge Stien is affiliated with the Animal Welfare Institute in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Immunology and Microbiology. Subfields of study include Aquatic Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Immunology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics addressed in their work cover Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota, Parasite Biology and Host Interactions, Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations, Reproductive Biology and Impacts on Aquatic Species, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Lars Helge Stien are:

  • Frode Oppedal
  • Angelico Madaro
  • Jonatan Nilsson
  • Per Gunnar Fjelldal
  • Tore Kristiansen

Lars Helge Stien has contributed to various publication venues with recurring appearances in the following journals and periodicals:

  • Aquaculture
  • Reviews in Aquaculture
  • Aquaculture Reports
  • Marine Policy
  • Journal of Fish Diseases

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Effect of cleaner fish on sea lice in Norwegian salmon aquaculture: a national scale data analysis" (2020), published in International Journal for Parasitology
  • "Full compensatory growth before harvest and no impact on fish welfare in Atlantic salmon after an 8-week fasting period" (2021), published in Aquaculture
  • "Cleaner fish growth, welfare and survival in Atlantic salmon sea cages during an autumn-winter production" (2020), published in Aquaculture
  • "Acute stress response on Atlantic salmon: a time-course study of the effects on plasma metabolites, mucus cortisol levels, and head kidney transcriptome profile" (2022), published in Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
  • "Efficiency and welfare impact of long-term simultaneous in situ management strategies for salmon louse reduction in commercial sea cages" (2020), published in Aquaculture

In addition to journal articles, Lars Helge Stien has a book publication titled Towards a sustainable fishery and use of cleaner fish in salmonid aquaculture, published by TemaNord in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Environmental drivers of Atlantic salmon behaviour in sea-cages: A review

    Frode Oppedal;Tim Dempster;Tim Dempster;Lars Helge Stien

  • Salmon lice treatments and salmon mortality in Norwegian aquaculture: a review

    Kathy Overton;Tim Dempster;Frode Oppedal;Tore S Kristiansen

  • Salmon Welfare Index Model (SWIM 1.0): a semantic model for overall welfare assessment of caged Atlantic salmon: review of the selected welfare indicators and model presentation

    Lars H. Stien;Marc B. M. Bracke;Ole Folkedal;Jonatan Nilsson

  • Welfare Indicators for farmed Atlantic salmon: Tools for assessing fish welfare

    Chris Noble;Kristine Gismervik;Martin H Iversen;Jelena Kolarevic

  • The effects of stress and storage temperature on the colour and texture of pre-rigor filleted farmed cod (Gadus morhua L.)

    Lars Helge Stien;Elisabeth Hirmas;Marit Bjørnevik;Ørjan Karlsen

  • 'Snorkel' sea lice barrier technology reduces sea lice loads on harvest-sized Atlantic salmon with minimal welfare impacts

    Lars Helge Stien;Timothy David Dempster;Samantha Bui;Alexis Glaropoulos

  • Effect of water oxygen level on performance of diploid and triploid Atlantic salmon post-smolts reared at high temperature

    Tom Johnny Hansen;Rolf Erik Olsen;Lars Stien;Frode Oppedal

  • The interaction between water currents and salmon swimming behaviour in sea cages.

    David Johansson;Frida Laursen;Anders Fernö;Jan Erik Fosseidengen

  • Skirt around a salmon sea cage to reduce infestation of salmon lice resulted in low oxygen levels

    Lars H. Stien;Jonatan Nilsson;Ernst M. Hevrøy;Frode Oppedal

  • Sea lice infestation levels decrease with deeper ‘snorkel’ barriers in Atlantic salmon sea‐cages

    Frode Oppedal;Francisca Samsing;Tim Dempster;Daniel W Wright

  • Skirts on salmon production cages reduced salmon lice infestations without affecting fish welfare

    Lars Helge Stien;Mattias Bendiksen Lind;Frode Oppedal;Daniel W. Wright

  • Dissolved oxygen variability in a commercial sea-cage exposes farmed Atlantic salmon to growth limiting conditions

    David Solstorm;Tina Oldham;Frida Solstorm;Pascal Klebert

  • A video analysis procedure for assessing vertical fish distribution in aquaculture tanks

    Lars Helge Stien;Silje Bratland;Ivar Austevoll;Frode Oppedal

  • Manipulation of farmed Atlantic salmon swimming behaviour through the adjustment of lighting and feeding regimes as a tool for salmon lice control

    Benedikt Frenzl;Lars Helge Stien;David Cockerill;Frode Oppedal

  • Salmon welfare index model 2.0: an extended model for overall welfare assessment of caged Atlantic salmon, based on a review of selected welfare indicators and intended for fish health professionals

    Jostein M. Pettersen;Marc B.M. Bracke;Paul J. Midtlyng;Ole Folkedal

  • Effect of cleaner fish on sea lice in Norwegian salmon aquaculture: a national scale data analysis

    Luke T Barrett;Kathy Overton;Lars H Stien;Frode Oppedal

  • Food anticipatory behaviour as an indicator of stress response and recovery in Atlantic salmon post-smolt after exposure to acute temperature fluctuation.

    Ole Folkedal;Lars H. Stien;Thomas Torgersen;Frode Oppedal

  • Farmed salmonids drive the abundance, ecology and evolution of parasitic salmon lice in Norway

    T Dempster;K Overton;S Bui;LH Stien

  • Full compensatory growth before harvest and no impact on fish welfare in Atlantic salmon after an 8-week fasting period

    Malthe Hvas;Jonatan Nilsson;Tone Vågseth;Velimir Nola

  • Soft Texture of Atlantic Salmon Fillets Is Associated with Glycogen Accumulation

    Jacob Torgersen;Erling Olaf Koppang;Lars Helge Stien;Achim Kohler

  • Snorkel sea-cage technology decreases salmon louse infestation by 75% in a full-cycle commercial test.

    Lena Geitung;Frode Oppedal;Lars Helge Stien;Timothy David Dempster

  • 'Snorkel' lice barrier technology reduced two co- occurring parasites, the salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) and the amoebic gill disease causing agent (Neoparamoeba perurans), in commercial salmon sea-cages.

    D.W. Wright;L.H. Stien;T. Dempster;T. Vågseth

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim Dempster
Tim Dempster University of Melbourne
Anders Kiessling
Anders Kiessling Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Rolf Erik Olsen
Rolf Erik Olsen Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Marc B.M. Bracke
Marc B.M. Bracke Wageningen University & Research
Victoria A. Braithwaite
Victoria A. Braithwaite Pennsylvania State University
Bjarne O. Braastad
Bjarne O. Braastad Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Albert K. Imsland
Albert K. Imsland University of Bergen
Ivar Rønnestad
Ivar Rønnestad University of Bergen
Antti Kause
Antti Kause Natural Resources Institute Finland
Thomas Willum Hansen
Thomas Willum Hansen Technical University of Denmark

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