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Article: Fishermen fear pesticide will also affect shellfish: say agent used to control sea lice in British Columbia salmon farms could kill prawns. (Canada).(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- National Fisherman
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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Prawn fishermen are concerned about a plan to use pesticide to rid the Broughton Archipelago of sea lice to protect pink salmon stocks.
SLICE is the commercial name for emamectin benzoate, a compound that's especially effective at killing sea lice. Sea lice in salmon farms are being blamed for record low returns of Broughton pink salmon.
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