New Salmon Farming Study Shows Wild Salmon Deaths Linked to Sea Lice in BC

Oceans, Salmon Farming and Aquaculture,
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Read this story form the Times-Colonist on a new study published in the prestigious journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that confirms sea lice from farmed salmon are killing wild juvenile salmon in BC. The study contradicts an earlier paper published in the same journal by California-based scientist Dr. Gary Marty that was touted by the aquaculture industry as exonerating its farms for impacts on wild fish. (Aug 23, 2011)

http://www.timescolonist.com/Wild+salmon+deaths+linked+lice+fish+farms/5293078/story.html

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About Damien Gillis

Damien Gillis is a Vancouver-based documentary filmmaker with a focus on environmental and social justice issues - especially relating to water, energy, and saving Canada's wild salmon - working with many environmental organizations in BC and around the world. He is the co-founder, along with Rafe Mair, of The Common Sense Canadian, and a board member of both the BC Environmental Network and the Haig-Brown Institute.