Assessment needed before more salmon farming goes ahead

It was with interest I read your article ‘Industry delight as study shows lice not to blame for salmon deaths.’

The pro-salmon farming lobby are relying on a single study that found just 1% of overall marine mortality of smolts is a result of sea lice. However, this misses the point.

The fact is about 95% of salmon smolts die at sea from predators, starvation, and the harsh realities of migrating a few thousand kilometres in open ocean.