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Together with conventional farming equipment, these systems may emanate acoustic noise and artificial light, impacting the pen environment. Farmed fish have been observed to respond behaviourally and\/or physiologically to anthropogenic sounds and lights, indicating a stress reaction that could impair welfare and health. This study aimed to investigate how farmed Atlantic salmon respond to such stimuli, with direct implications for the design and operation of robotic and mechanised systems in sea pens. We conducted experiments where we systematically exposed adult farmed Atlantic salmon in commercial net pens to sounds of frequencies within the range common to farm equipment (100\u20131,000 Hz), and submerged lights at 8 and 12 m with four different intensities (600 lx\u201314,500 lx). 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