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A new Watershed Watch animation illustrates the sea lice
threat from salmon farms and helps bridge the gap between technical science
and understandable outreach geared towards the non-expert. The animated
video Wild Salmon in Trouble depicts
the salmon life cycle and shows how salmon farms provide an abundant source
of potential sea lice hosts in essential spring nursery areas for wild juvenile
salmon. The animation is about 6 minutes long, based on
published, peer-reviewed scientific research and foreshadows an unknown
future for coastal ecosystems and communities if something isn’t done
to protect wild salmon from farm derived sea lice.
The
animation is hosted on the Watershed Watch Salmon Society website at www.watershed-watch.org/sealice.html
which also provides background
information on sea lice and salmon farming, as well as simple things the
public can do to help wild salmon. Watershed Watch produced the animation in conjunction
with the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform and with additional support
from the Patrick Hodgson Family Foundation.
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