[news] New Sea Lice Epidemic in BC Threatens Salmon

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Posted by: earth_first {at} resist [dot] ca Alexandra Morton studies fish farms, parasites and their impact on wild salmon. She has just released these notes from her field studies of juvenile pink and chum salmon starting on their journey from freshwater streams to the open ocean. Thanks to an epidemic of sea lice, these tiny fry may not survive to return to their spawning channels.

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2005/3/6/173642/2951