Sea Louse Infestation in Wild Juvenile Salmon and Pacific Herring Associated with Fish Farms off the East‐Central Coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia

• Published in: North American Journal of Fisheries Management
• Main Authors: Morton, Alexandra, Routledge, Rick, Krkosek, Martin
• Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; Ecology; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; British Columbia; Canada; Keta; Pacific; Sockeye; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1577/m07-042.1; https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1577/M07-042.1

Abstract Reports of infestations of sea lice Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus clemensi in juvenile salmonids in Pacific Canada have been restricted to pink salmon Oncorhynchus gorbuscha and chum salmon O. keta from one salmon‐farming region, the Broughton Archipelago of British Columbia. Here, we...