Sea Lice Pose a New Threat: Developing Chemical Resistance

#AQUACULTURE 🐟🚨 “An animal welfare disaster.” That’s how one expert described a sea-lice outbreak on open-net salmon farms. ‘Severe overcrowding often increases the spread of diseases and infestations with sea lice, and as many as one in five farmed fish dies as a result of the poor conditions. Over the last year, more than 4 million farmed salmon have died in Iceland’s open-net salmon pens.’ In addition to the excess nutrients and toxic chemicals associated with industrial finfish aquaculture