Canada: Salmon farms do not impact sea lice levels on wild fish

New study and data counters the continued exaggeration by activists that wild fish populations are declining due to sea lice from salmon farms. By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews A new and extensive literature review is challenging the assertions by activists that sea lice from fish farms significantly affect wild salmon populations. The study, published in the journal Reviews in Aquaculture, examined the regulatory management of salmon farming in Norway and found no measurable impact of sea lice infections from farms on wild salmon. This aligns with Canadian government research which found that sea lice on farm-raised salmon do not impact sea lice levels on wild juvenile salmon in British Columbia. The main findings of the new review are that: Simon Jones, Emeritus Scientist at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and co-author of the study emphasized the need for a broader understanding of factors affecting wild salmon survival. “This is an important finding, as it aligns with the ...