Throughout this migration, sea lice numbers were continually monitored to minimize the opportunity for sea lice transmission from salmon farms to wild fish, the association said.
Additionally, sampling by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) in 2008 and 2009, found no Lepeophtheirus salmonis -- the most common sea lice species -- on juvenile pink salmon in the Broughton Archipelago during March, when the salmon are smallest and most susceptible.
The following provides information on how sea lice numbers are managed and gives the monitoring data for the Broughton Archipelago farms during April and May.
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