Aquaculture sector loses $1 billion a year to outbreaks of tiny crustaceans infesting and devouring fish farmed for human consumption
Right now, wholesale prices of salmon are 50 percent higher than they were last year, due in part to a surge in parasitic sea lice. And this infestation is threatening to disrupt cultures that count salmon farming as a way of life. The tiny lice are actually little crustaceans that attach themselves to salmon and feed on them. This process either kills the salmon or renders it unsuitable for consumption. These parasites have infested salmon farms in the US, Canada, Scotland, Norway and Chile, which in turn costs the global aquaculture industry about $1 billion annually. 1 “Farmers worldwide consider sea...
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