New study of sea lice on juvenile Fraser River Sockeye

ByRaincoast
North Island Gazette – News
Published: February 17, 2011
A new study published yesterday in the Public Library of Science ONE by researchers from Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Watershed Watch Salmon Society, and the Universities of Victoria and Simon Fraser shows a link between salmon farms and sea lice on juvenile Fraser River sockeye salmon.

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