See the following news stories for more coverage on the recent paper Sea Louse Infection of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in Relation to Marine Salmon Farms on Canada’s West Coast published the journal Public Library of Science ONE by researchers from Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Watershed Watch Salmon Society, and the Universities of Victoria and Simon Fraser. This study provides the first link between salmon farms and elevated levels of sea lice on juvenile Fraser River sockeye salmon. For more media coverage, see our original post.
- Study: Sea Lice from Salmon Farms Infecting BC Sockeye, Huffington Post, March 3, 2011
- Critic of lice report confuses the issues, North Island Gazette, March 3, 2011
- Study links fish farms to Fraser sockeye sea lice, SFU media release, February 24, 2011
