The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports, examined environmental DNA to determine the levels of ...

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 and chemicals used to treat them pour into the ocean, with "occasionally disastrous consequences" for the environment. In Iceland, salmon is reared on closed net farms on land ...

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 ...

Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Marianne Siversten Næss has unveiled a new whitepaper covering steps the ...

The fish health report is published annually by the Norwegian Veterinary Institute and much of it doesn’t make for pleasant ...

Farmed salmon are treated with medications to ward off disease and infestations, such as sea lice, but there are limits on how much is used. Mowi denied any wrongdoing and said it used medications ...

Parasites also contributes to a lower population, as hatcheries with small populations being the perfect environment parasites like sea lice to breed. This only weakens the farmed salmon and sea ...