Sea lice hurting B.C. salmon

Serena Black
April 1, 2010
Captial News Online

 Lice are pests that can spread quickly within close quarters, but usually don't cause serious damage. This could be quickly changing though, at least for wild Pacific salmon along British Columbia’s coast.

Some research indicates that fish farming in B.C. is disturbing the life cycle of wild salmon and causing outbreaks of disease like sea lice.

Alexandra Morton, a biologist and director of the Salmon Coast Field Station in Simoom Sound, B.C., partnered with scientists across North America to study the impacts of fish farms on wild fish populations.

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