But fixing the problem can cause damage to marine ecology, and lice can evolve resistance to the treatments. Prof Geoff Boxshall, a researcher of copepod crustaceans, explains the threats faced by ...

Sea lice, the article explained, leave fish with ugly lesions that lessen the salmon's market value, stunt their growth and leave the host fish prone to a variety of sometimes fatal illnesses.

It’s September 2024. It’s difficult to tell why these salmon died. On one carcass, a salmon louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) can be seen moving, but most of the fish in the pens, alive or dead ...

The reason parasites are able to sniff out potential hosts, hard words from MSPs and questions over Norway’s ‘traffic light’ system all feature in our sea lice round-up.

Lice attach to salmon and eat them, causing damage that can be fatal. The lice can also make the fish inedible for humans. Mr Shang hopes his technology will help farmers detect sea lice so that ...

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