Literally Lousy: Parasite Plagues World Salmon Industry
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Associated Press] By Patrick Whittle - October 9, 2017
ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick — Salmon have a lousy problem, and the race to solve it is spanning the globe.
A surge of parasitic sea lice is disrupting salmon farms around the world. The tiny lice attach themselves to salmon and feed on them, killing or rendering them unsuitable for dinner tables.
Meanwhile, wholesale prices of salmon are way up, as high as 50 percent last year. That means higher consumer prices for everything from salmon fillets and steaks to more expensive lox on bagels.
The lice are actually tiny crustaceans that...
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