Pathogens from salmon aquaculture in relation to conservation of wild Pacific salmon in Canada

M Krkosek, AW Bateman, AL Bass, WS Bugg… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The spread of pathogens from farmed salmon is a conservation concern for wild Pacific
salmon in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Three pathogens are prevalent in farmed Atlantic …

Skirts on salmon production cages reduced salmon lice infestations without affecting fish welfare

LH Stien, MB Lind, F Oppedal, DW Wright, T Seternes - Aquaculture, 2018 - Elsevier
Blocking infective salmon lice larvae, that typically aggregate near the surface, from entering
sea cages has become a widely-adopted preventive strategy in salmon aquaculture. The …

Population biology of infectious diseases shared by wild and farmed fish

M Krkošek - Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic …, 2017 - cdnsciencepub.com
Global fisheries landings ceased increasing decades ago, causing an increasing shortfall in
wild seafood supply and an expansion of aquaculture. The abundance of domesticated …

Increasing temperatures accentuate negative fitness consequences of a marine parasite

SC Godwin, MD Fast, A Kuparinen, KE Medcalf… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Infectious diseases are key drivers of wildlife populations and agriculture production, but
whether and how climate change will influence disease impacts remains controversial. One …

A century of knowledge: Kwakw aka'wakw Elders and environmental change

T Mustonen, B Van Dam, H Eklund - Facets, 2021 - facetsjournal.com
This paper reviews a century of Kwakw aka'wakw knowledge on ecological, climate, and
social change. We trace the era of Indigenous governance (about the precolonial period) …

Sea-louse abundance on salmon farms in relation to parasite-control policy and climate change

SC Godwin, M Krkosek, JD Reynolds… - ICES Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The ectoparasitic copepods, sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis and Caligus spp.), are major
pests to salmon aquaculture and can also affect the health and survival of wild salmon …

Quantifying the contribution of sea lice from aquaculture to declining annual returns in a wild Atlantic salmon population

S Shephard, P Gargan - Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 2017 - int-res.com
Atlantic salmon Salmo salar has shown declines in abundance associated with reduced
survival during marine life stages. Key impacts on survival may include a changing ocean …

The relevance of larval biology on spatiotemporal patterns of pathogen connectivity among open-marine salmon farms

D Cantrell, R Filgueira, CW Revie… - Canadian Journal of …, 2020 - cdnsciencepub.com
Warming waters are changing marine pathogen dispersal patterns and infectivity worldwide.
Coupled biological–physical modelling has been used in many systems to determine the …

Association between sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) infestation on Atlantic salmon farms and wild Pacific salmon in Muchalat Inlet, Canada

O Nekouei, R Vanderstichel, K Thakur, G Arriagada… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Growth in salmon aquaculture over the past two decades has raised concerns regarding the
potential impacts of the industry on neighboring ecosystems and wild fish productivity …

Warming temperatures and ectoparasitic sea lice impair internal organs in juvenile Atlantic salmon

KE Medcalf, JA Hutchings, MD Fast… - Marine Ecology …, 2021 - int-res.com
As a consequence of climate change and open net-pen salmon farming, wild Atlantic
salmon Salmo salar are increasingly likely to encounter elevated temperatures and parasite …