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, the article explained, leave fish with ugly lesions that lessen the salmon's market value, stunt their growth and leave the host fish prone to a variety of sometimes fatal illnesses.

Two of Scotland's biggest salmon producers say they have made a breakthrough in the rearing of so-called cleaner-fish to tackle sea lice. Until now, most of the wrasse used in salmon cages have ...

"Their solid waste smothers plants and ocean life while disease outbreaks and sea lice threaten nearby endangered wild salmon ...

Norwegian biotech company Vestland Pharma, which has patented a drug against salmon lice, has received fresh backing, with venture company Sarsia and the seafood company Coast Seafood becoming ...

"The spring of 2018 saw parasitic sea lice on both farmed and wild juvenile salmon in Clayoquot Sound reach levels never before seen in the Province of B.C.," it continues. "Forty to ninety-six ...