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Article: BC Pacific Salmon Forum Releases New Report Commissioned to Summarize Scientific Studies on Sea Lice and Salmon.
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- Canadian Corporate News
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- March 12, 2008
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NANAIMO, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Mar 12, 2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- To facilitate public understanding of the science concerning sea lice and Pacific salmon, the Forum has published a comprehensive review by BC scientist Dr. Brian Harvey, entitled Science and Sea Lice: What Do We Know?
"This highly readable report," says Forum Chair John Fraser; "is intended to provide an overview in plain language of peer reviewed science published in recent years."
This review summarizes 87 peer reviewed scientific papers published between 2004-2008, many from British Columbia. In an introductory "Analysis and Commentary", Dr. Harvey makes several points concerning sea lice research: ...