INLAND Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has welcomed a review of more than 300 scientific publications on the effects sea lice can have on sea trout stocks. A team of international scientists from Norway, Scotland and Ireland reviewed all published studies and concluded that sea lice have negatively impacted on stocks in salmon farming areas in Ireland, Scotland and Norway. Funded by the Norwegian Seafood Research Fund, the study also examined the effect of sea lice on salmon, and concluded that sea lice have a detrimental effect on marine survival of Atlantic salmon…
Irish Times, 29/09/14. read the full article ‘Welcome from IFI for review of studies into effects of sea lice on trout and salmon stocks‘.
