Study: Sea lice from salmon farms infecting BC sockeye
A new study by researchers from Raincoast, Watershed Watch, UVic and SFU provides the first link between salmon farms and elevated levels of sea lice on juvenile Fraser River sockeye…
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Pipeline threatens wildlife
Animal Writes – The Vancouver Humane Society Newsletter, Spring 2011
by Paul C. Paquet and Chris Genovali
Why is there no concern about the pain, fear, suffering and even death that wildlife will endure if the pipeline is approved? It is largely because we place a higher priority on economic growth than on the welfare of other species…
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Raincoast responds to letter in North Island Gazette
The North Island Gazette recently published a letter about supposed discrepancies between our press release and the peer-reviewed study it refers to…
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The importance of large carnivores: Awakening Spirits
A new book chapter by Raincoast senior scientist Dr. Paul Paquet and co-authors discusses the ecological role of large carnivores on the landscape…
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New study of sea lice on juvenile Fraser River Sockeye
North Island Gazette
February 17, 2011A new study published by researchers from Raincoast, Watershed Watch, UVic and SFU shows a link between salmon farms and sea lice on juvenile Fraser River sockeye salmon…
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Raincoast responds to fish farm comments in Vancouver Sun
Raincoast responds to industry letter in Vancouver Sun that dismisses fish farms as a problem for wild salmon…
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Dogs as sentinels of disease in wildlife and humans
Exposure to infectious agents in dogs in remote coastal British Columbia: Possible sentinels of diseases in wildlife and humans. Heather M. Bryan, Chris T. Darimont, Paul C. Paquet, John A. Ellis, Noriko Goji, Maëlle Gouix, Judit E. Smits Citation Bryan, Heather M., Chris T. Darimont, Paul C. Paquet, John A. Ellis, Noriko Goji, Maëlle Gouix, and Judit…
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Researchers link fish farms to sea lice on Fraser sockeye
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
Sea lice are spreading from fish farm salmon to young Fraser River sockeye as they migrate through the Strait of Georgia, a new study has found…
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Study the first link between farms and sockeye
Courier-Islander
A new study published Monday by researchers from Raincoast and Watershed Watch provides the first link between salmon farms and elevated levels of sea lice on juvenile Fraser River sockeye salmon…
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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…
