Clayoquot Sound Fish Farm Temporarily Closed Over Sea-Lice Outbreak
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Globe and Mail] by Wendy Stueck - October 9, 2018
Fish at the site, which is set to reopen in 2019, weren't thriving despite being treated with a pesticide earlier in the year
At least one B.C. fish-farm site in Clayoquot Sound was closed this summer as a result of high counts of sea lice, a tiny parasite that occurs naturally in the wild but can flourish in the confined quarters of open-net pens.
Cermaq Canada, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp., closed its ...
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