It’s Official: Sea Lice From Salmon Farms Infecting Wild Stock
AlterNet
A new study is the first to show a potential role of salmon farms in sea lice transmission to juvenile sockeye salmon during their critical early migration to the sea…
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Wild salmon sea lice linked to B.C. fish farms
CBC News
Young sockeye salmon from B.C.’s Fraser watershed are infected with higher levels of sea lice after swimming past salmon farms, a new study has found…
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Sea Lice From Salmon Farms Infect Fraser River Sockeye
(ENS) – The first link between salmon farms and elevated levels of sea lice on juvenile Fraser River sockeye has been demonstrated by new research published today…
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The Sockeye Whisperer
Seaside Times
February 2011By Chris Genovali, Executive Director, Raincoast Conservation Foundation
Raincoast Conservation Foundation biologist Michael Price is truly a local boy made good…
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Journal Watch: Let them run
“Ask not what a park can do for spawning salmon. Ask what robust salmon runs could do for the park – and for coastal fishing communities.” Read the story about Raincoast’s proposal for including wildlife in salmon management…
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Patagonia: Raincoast Conservation Foundation Working on Ways to Share the Wealth
Raincoast Science Director Chris Darimont has a feature article posted at The Cleanest Line blog on the Patagonia website. Check it out…
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Including wildlife in fisheries management just makes sense
The Northern View
Published: November 30, 2010
By Chris Genovali and Misty MacDuffeeAs this year’s returning wild salmon headed upstream, scientists spawned a game-changing idea about how taking less salmon might bring more benefits to ecosystems and economies…
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‘Criticism of sea lice study unfounded’ says Raincoast
Raincoast’s executive director Chris Genovali and salmon biologist Michael Price respond to industry criticism of our sea lice study in the Courier-Islander…
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Sea lice study called misleading
Sea lice from fish farms appear to have spread to wild salmon in a much wider area of coastal B.C. than previously believed, shows a newly published paper by the Raincoast Conservation Foundation…
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Lice affect more salmon than thought, study says
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
November 11, 2010Sea lice from fish farms appear to have spread to wild salmon in a much wider area of coastal B.C. than previously believed, a newly published study concludes…
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Sea lice from fish farms infect wild juvenile salmon in multiple regions
Today, the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences published findings by Raincoast and other researchers on sea lice infestations of wild juvenile salmon near salmon farms…
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Save some salmon for the bears and whales, study says
Regina Leader-Post
By Judith Lavoie, October 22, 2010Some salmon would be worth more alive than dead – especially when runs are headed for streams in parks, say Raincoast scientists…
