British Columbians, and certainly those in the environment sector, believe that this is the number one issue. Sea lice and disease can magnify on farms and be transmitted to wild salmon migration routes. The juveniles are the most susceptible. All the scientific studies show that the more farms you have, the more you have sea lice and the more sea lice will be transferred to wild salmon. We believe that could be a dangerous threat to our wild salmon stocks in British Columbia.
On November 17th, 2011. See this statement in context.