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Article: Researchers Reveal Infectious Impact of Salmon Farms on Wild Salmon; Increase in Sea Lice Infections of Wild Juvenile Salmon Are Potentially Deadly, Extend for 30 Kilometers Beyond Farm.
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- March 29, 2005
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Byline: SeaWeb
WASHINGTON, March 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study published in the March 30 edition of the prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B (a publication of the UK's national academy of science) shows that the transfer of parasitic sea lice from salmon farms to wild salmon populations is much larger and more extensive than previously believed.
This quantitative analysis of parasite transfer is a scientific milestone in a contentious debate. It is the first to isolate and measure the impact of a fish farm on sea lice outbreaks in wild salmon. The study combined new field techniques that allowed comprehensive, ...