Interactions between sea lice (Lepeoptheirus salmonis and Caligus clemensii), juvenile salmon (Oncorhynchus keta and Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and salmon farms in British Columbia

• Main Author: Peet, Corey Ryan
• Other Authors: Mazumder, Asit, Volpe, John
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: salmon farming; British Columbia; branchiura; crustacea; UVic Subject Index::Sciences and Engineering::Biology; Keta; Klemtu; First Nations; Oncorhynchus gorbuscha; Pink salmon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2346

The issue of sea lice (Lepeoptheirus salmonis and Caligus clemensii) transfer from salmon farms to wild salmon is a controversial topic in British Columbia (BC). A series of sea lice epizootics (four in five years) on juvenile chum (Oncorhynchus keta) and pink (0. gorbuscha) salmon in the Broughton...