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Article: SQS hits back over lice. (Meat--Bacon--Poultry--Fish).(farmed salmon infecting wild salmon with sea lice according to research)(Brief Article)(Industry Overview)
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- October 12, 2002
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Evidence that wild fish are being infected by sea lice from farmed salmon has been presented to a conference in Denmark.
The evidence was contained in a Fisheries Research Services paper delivered at the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas conference.
Between 1999 and spring this year, scientists found large numbers of sea lice near the mouth of the River Shieldaig in the Western Highlands, where young trout emerge into the sea. The study indicated the parasites came from cages.
Scottish Quality Salmon was quick to issue a statement defending salmon farmers. Chief executive, Brian Simpson said: "This paper reports on a ...