New Canadian Study Backs Argument Sea Lice Driven by More than Just Salmon Farms

New Canadian study backs argument sea lice driven by more than just salmon farms

Sea lice rebounded on wild salmon in 2024 despite farm closures, reinforcing what both critics and scientists agree on — but the salmon farming industry keeps insisting it’s a point of dispute

Study questions link between salmon farms and sea lice

A paper that has been recently published in the Journal of Fish Diseases raises questions about the widely repeated assumption that the removal of salmon farms results in a decline in sea lice numbers on wild Pacific salmon.

Surprise finding from new study: Sea lice numbers surge after salmon farms shut down

New peer-reviewed study finds no link between BC salmon farms and sea lice levels in wild fish. A new scientific study published in the Journal of Fish Diseases has found no evidence that salmon farms in British Columbia are the primary driver of sea lice infestations in wild Pacific salmon, challenging a long-standing claim made [...]

Science Sinks Activists’ Scare Tactics Targeting Salmon Farms in British Columbia

SeaWestNews A comprehensive peer-reviewed study debunks the false claim by anti-aquaculture activists that ‘no salmon farms mean no sea lice’. The post Science Sinks Activists’ Scare Tactics Targeting Salmon Farms in British Columbia appeared first on Sea West News.

No Farms, Still Sea Lice: New Scientific Paper Debunks Assumptions About Salmon Farming and Parasite Levels - BC Salmon Farmers Association

Eight years of sea lice monitoring confirm that BC salmon farms do not drive sea lice levels in wild Pacific salmon, challenging a key argument made by anti-salmon farming activists. Liǧʷiłdaxʷ TERRITORY/CAMPBELL RIVER, BC — A recently published scientific paper in the Journal of Fish Diseases further dispels the widely repeated assumption that the removal of salmon farms results in a decline in sea lice numbers on wild Pacific salmon. The lates…