A consortium of researchers from Scotland, Norway and the Faroe Islands are working on a new benchmark testing tool to help better validate the predictions of the dispersion of sea lice in water.

The project, known as Sustainable Aquaculture: Validating Ectoparasite Dispersal (Models) (SAVED), recently received a funding boost from the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC).

The aim is to create a new system to validate the results of existing dispersion models, used by producers, academics and regulatory bodies.