A BBC Scotland analysis has learned that, the amount of chemicals used by fish farmers to care for sea lice infestations has risen considerably. Scottish government statistics showed that the past years, the industry used a larger broader variety of chemicals.
The statistics are evidence that the natural sponger is opposing to the treatments, campaigners claimed. Fish lice have been held responsible for destroying sea trout and salmon stocks. According to the government's data, between the year 2005 and 2009, chemicals used to wrestle the sponger amplified rapidly. From the Association of Salmon Boards, Mr. Andrew Wallace alleged that when young fish travel from rivers to the ocean they can be at risk to naturally occurring sea lice."Currently in normal circumstances there aren't numerous lice around, the lice that are around originated from accessible wild population of fish, he said. Now that's happening on a handful of farms, no more than a handful. But if that spreads and we have a large number of farms just unable to treat their sea lice, we have an industry in crisis”.
Due to lack of assistance and consideration in the farming zone, legal measure was establish to force fish farmers to step away from responsive rivers where sea trout and salmons are, declared Mr. Wallace. The opinion of a Scottish Salmon Producers Association Dr John Webster is that any legal attempt would be insufficient.
Mr. Guy. L. Adams Ecological lawyer says “if million fish are in jail on a travelling route of those fishes and suddenly you are trapped in a different kind of problem and the numbers of lice coming off these farms are awful at times.
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