Article: Parasites known as sea lice are infecting wild salmon swimming near fish farms--killing up to 95 percent of juveniles.(Brief article)

Article: B.C. scientist files new suit over sea lice ...
National Fisherman;  September 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... the connection between farms and sea lice infestations in wild salmon ... biologist who first discovered sea lice on pink and chum salmon smolts ... that shows a correlation between fish farms and sea lice on juvenile salmon. In the suit ...

Article: B.C. fish farms required to monitor sea ...
National Fisherman;  March 1, 2004 ;     554 words ... ... Columbia's sea lice monitoring program ... expanded to all fish farms in the province ... required to monitor sea lice numbers and treat ... became too high. Fish farms were also required ... British Columbia fish farms to monitor sea lice numbers. ...

Article: NEW EVIDENCE FISH FARMS HURT WILD SALMON SEA ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  December 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... The problem is sea lice, a natural parasite ... however, when fish farms move in. A study ... Friday shows that sea lice infestations around ... that the density of fish farms reached a tipping ... triggered a killer sea lice infestation. Ray ...

Article: Study links fish farms to sea lice ...
National Fisherman;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... quantitatively show that sea lice infestations in wild salmon ... contentious debate about sea lice is that there hasn't ... farming groups since high sea lice concentrations were found ... prompting speculation that fish farms were to blame. "We found ...

Article: Fish Farms and Sea Lice Infestations ...
Reviews in Fisheries Science;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... studies, a review (Brooks, 2005) of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) interactions ... concluded that there is little potential for sea lice transmission from farm to wild salmon ... modeling and empirical work to date on sea lice interactions between wild and farm salmon ...

Transcript: Sea Lice-Infested Fish Farms ...
NPR All Things Considered;  December 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Considered 12-13-2007 Sea Lice-Infested Fish Farms Threaten Wild Salmon Host ... officials. They think the sea lice infestations are coming ... NIELSEN: Morton thinks these fish farms have been pumping clouds of sea lice into local waters for years ...

Article: Salmon farming is 'a threat' to healthy wild stocks FISHING: ...
The Sunday Herald;  March 30, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... with infestations at nearby fish farms. A study of Loch Torridon ... Norway and Ireland suggested sea lice from fish farms could have "serious effects ... extinction." The spread of sea lice from fish farms has long worried angling groups ...