EVIDENCE cited by the fish-farming industry that sea lice kills only a tiny fraction of wild salmon is seriously flawed, it has been claimed. The scientific study published in Agricultural Sciences by a scientist of Ireland’s Marine Institute, which, it has been claimed, justified the salmon fishing industry’s stance that a mere 1%-2% of wild salmon deaths are due to sea lice, has been challenged in a key publication. A recent critique by scientists from Scotland, Canada and Norway and led by Martin Krkosek of the University of Toronto’s department of ecology and evolutionary biology, published in the Journal of Fish Diseases, argues that the Marine Institute’s work has “fundamental errors”…
Herald Scotland, 24/08/13. Read the full article ‘Scientists claim sea lice in farms kill one third of wild salmon‘.
