Inland Fisheries Ireland has welcomed “a clear acceptance of the impact of sea lice on juvenile salmon” following a recent Marine Institute publication that identifies the effect of sea lice emanating from aquaculture facilities on wild Atlantic salmon mortality.
According to IFI, the paper published in the Journal of Fish Diseases “concurs with previously published international research” that it says establishes an incontrovertible link between fish farm developments and negative effects on local wild salmon numbers, as previously reported on Afloat.ie.
It adds that “the debate can now progress to identify the best methodologies to reduce or eliminate this impact” as well as moves on “the issue of escaped farmed salmon”….
Afloat.ie 06/02/2013. Read the article. ‘IFI welcomes new research on sea lice and wild salmon’
