Battling the blight: The in-depth knowledge of the Tom Morrow team is helping salmon farmers to protect their stock against sea lice

摘要

"Sea Lice" are quite literally the dirty words associated with salmon farming. These unpleasant little crustaceans not onlyvirtually eat the fish (and profits) alive, but sea lice infestations have caused fish farmers to be blamed for lice spreading to damage Scotland's wild salmon stocks.Fortunately, there are many experts working on finding solutions for this blight on the strategic and vital fish farm industry, which globally produces around 52% offish for human consumption (according to the UN's Food & Agriculture Organisation).