English: The snorkel cage creates a mismatch between the salmon lice infestative larvae stage and the salmon, thus minimizing infestations. The snorkel cages comprise a roof of net to keep the fish down, but with a tarpaulin dressed passage to the surface. Through this the salmon have access to surface air and can refill the swim bladder while still avoiding surface waters where lice larvae are most abundant. The idea was initiated in one of the Norwegian Research Council Centre’s for Research-based Innovation, CREATE, and further development of the principle has been supported by The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund since 2013. Egersund Net AS has been responsible for the design and manufacture of snorkels. Bremnes Seashore AS was the firs...