Sea lice are copepod crustaceans ... This temporary surface activity could reduce the potential contact between farmed salmon and the infective larvae, although it will not completely eradicate the ...

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are causing serious problems for the country's lucrative farmed salmon industry. Also known as Caligus, sea lice attach themselves to the bodies of fish, causing infection-prone lesions that leave ...

compared marketing used by the seven Scottish salmon-farming companies with death rates, sea lice levels and chemical use, and found that the companies “fail to adequately protect” both the ...

The floating netcages that confine the farmed fish are usually stocked ... threaten surrounding marine life and wild salmon. Infestations of sea lice are common in salmon farms and there is ...

Iceland-based salmon-farming firm Arnarlax is making progress on its goal to reach 26,000 metric tons (MT) of Atlantic salmon ...

A mass escape of 80,000 farmed salmon off the coast of Scotland ... copper treatment used to preserve netting, sea lice and chemicals used to treat them pour into the ocean, with "occasionally ...

Exclusive: Suppliers to Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose and top-end restaurants are breeding fish with severe wounds and releasing chemicals into water, report claims ...