"The Problem With Sea Lice" by Dr Mark Costello

 

Dr. Mark Costello from the University of Auckland in New Zealand recently visited Scotland to give various presentations on "The Problem With Sea Lice on Salmonids: Wild & Farmed".  

 

 

Thanks the Wester Ross Fisheries Trust a copy of his talk in Aultbea on 20 February is now available online.  Scientific papers by Dr. Costello on sea lice infestations and salmon farms are also available below:

"How sea lice from salmon farms may cause wild salmonid declines in Europe and North America and be a threat to fishes elsewhere" (2009) -  online here

"The global economic cost of sea lice to the salmonid farming industry" (2009) -  online here

"Ecology of sea lice parasitic on farmed and wild fish" (2006) -  online here

 

Another presentation by Dr. Peter Cunningham on "Problems for Sea trout in Wester Ross" is also available online.  

 

 

A video report of Dr. Costello's talk in Aultbea, Wester Ross (20 February) is also available online here

 

 

 

 

Download Dr. Costello's presentation in full online here - here's some slides:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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