"Perfect storm" brought sea louse epidemic to BC salmon—likely due to high temperatures and uncoordinated treatment

Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - 08:51 in Biology & Nature

High ocean temperatures and poor timing of parasite management likely led to an epidemic of sea lice in 2015 throughout salmon farms in British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Strait, a University of Toronto-led study has found.

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