Evidence of farm-induced parasite infestations on wild juvenile salmon in multiple regions of coastal British Columbia, Canada

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Price, M. H.H., Morton, A., Reynolds, J. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2010
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Keta; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f10-105; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/F10-105; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/F10-105

Salmon farms are spatially concentrated reservoirs of fish host populations that can disrupt natural salmonid host–parasite dynamics. Sea lice frequently infect farm salmon and parasitize sympatric wild juvenile salmonids, with negative impacts on survival in Europe and Pacific Canada. We examined l...