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Tag Archives: Nootka Sound

Sea LIce Outbreak
Fisheries

Sea Lice Outbreak Prompts First Nations Call For salmon Farm Closures

June 27, 2020 Zoë Ducklow Leave a comment

North Island Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The results of a new wild salmon study are skin crawling: 94 per cent of wild salmon fry in the Discovery Islands — to the east of Campbell River — had sea lice attached. The infected fry hosted an average of seven of the parasitic lice.

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