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Plagues of Parasitic Sea Lice Depleting World’s Salmon Stocks
Salmon have a lousy problem, and the race to solve it is spanning the globe. A surge of parasitic sea lice is disrupting salmon farms around the world. The...
Sale of genetically modified salmon in Canada alarms environmentalists
Environmentalists charged Monday that genetically modified salmon are being marketed in Canada without warning labels and called on supermarkets to withdraw them from sale.
"The...
Local perch species clean sea lice from salmon, research finds
Two local species of Pacific perch are showing aptitude as “cleaner fish” for salmon aquaculture, which could reduce the need for chemical treatments of...
Deadly disease diagnosed in B.C. salmon
A deadly disease has been diagnosed in B.C. farmed salmon and linked to a widespread virus.
The study, published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE,...
Recent failure to control sea louse outbreaks on salmon in the Broughton Archipelago, B.C. | Report
Abstract: The advent and growth of salmon farming has changed the epidemiology of some salmon diseases. In 2015, in the salmon-farming region of the Broughton...
