Rather than benefiting wild fish, industrial aquaculture may contribute to declines in ocean
fisheries and ecosystems. Farm salmon are commonly infected with salmon lice …

Parasites may have large effects on host population dynamics, marine fisheries and
conservation, but a clear elucidation of their impact is limited by a lack of ecosystem-scale …

Rapid development of fish culture in marine cages has been associated with an emergence
of parasitic diseases. There is a general trend to an increase in infections with ectoparasites …

Increased farm salmon production has heightened concerns about the association between
disease on farm and wild fish. The controversy is particularly evident in the Broughton …

The spread of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) from salmon farms probably contributes to
declines of some native Pacific salmon populations. Migration normally protects juvenile …

The ecological risks of salmon aquaculture have motivated changes to management and
policy designed to protect wild salmon populations and habitats in several countries. In …

Background For the past four decades the Atlantic Salmon Trust has been involved in the
funding and sponsorship of practical research programmes tackling the problems facing …

The region of central British Columbia referred to as the Broughton Archipelago is located off
the mainland coast and to the east of Queen Charlotte Strait (Figure 4.1). The waters of the …

Sea trout (Salmo trutta) stock collapses in coastal areas of western Ireland subject to salmon
aquaculture were contemporaneous with high abundances of larval sea lice …

Wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) are parasitised by two species of caligid copepod sea
lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis [Fig. 10.1] and Caligus elongatus, Kabata 1979, 1984) …