Question reference: S6W-24420
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 12 January 2024
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Current status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has undertaken since 2018 on the potential impact that poor health of farmed salmon could have on Scotland’s wild salmon stocks.
Answer
Research into sea-lice infestation dynamics is an ongoing area of interest for the Scottish Government’s Marine Directorate. Most notably, in 2015 we initiated a ten-year programme of research to investigate any potential risk to wild salmon from sea lice in the Scottish coastal environment titled ‘The interactions and effects of sea lice on wild salmon’ (project number FW0050).