Þetta eru stórtíðindi! Intrafish er langstærsti og virtasti fagmiðill heims um sjávarútvegsmál. Höfundur greinarinnar, Drew Cherry, er ritstjóri hjá miðlinum og álitsgjafi í þungavigt um laxeldi.
Þegar hann skrifar fyrir hönd Intrafish að nú sé kominn tími til að stöðva sjókvíaeldi vegna dýravelferðarvanda iðnaðarins, þá vita þeir sem stýra sjókvíaeldisfyrirtækjunum að dagar þeirra eru taldir.
Greinin birtist á vef Intrafish (Þarfnast áskriftar):
A rash of stunningly bad news on sea lice should have salmon farmers around the world, not just northern Norway, scrambling for solutions.
Even before sea lice counts hit record levels this year in Norway, financial losses from lice in the global salmon farming industry were astronomical. It’s certain that 2024 will show a new high-water mark.
The high lice load, attributed to higher-than-normal water temperatures, follows just a few months after lower-than-normal water temperatures led to some of the worst outbreaks of winter sores, again costing the industry hundreds of millions of dollars. Add jellyfish attacks and other diseases to the mix, and it becomes clear why salmon mortality in Norway hit record levels in 2023.