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Scientists challenge sea lice study 28 January, 2008 -
The provincially funded Pacific Salmon Forum is attempting to broker the dispute, inviting all parties to a February 7 special meeting of the Science Advisory Committee to try to bridge the gap, The Globe and Mail reported. The report's authors - University of Alberta graduate student Martin Krkosek, BC researcher and environmental activist Alexandra Morton and four others - will make a presentation on their study and answer questions. John Fraser, chair of the forum, said the group's own research doesn't support the extinction theory, adding that the paper "was not done by us, not funded by us and we didn't even know about it." Mr Krkosek said he is looking forward to explaining his work. Heralded in media reports in mid-December as a "groundbreaking" study that would settle the scientific debate over whether sea lice on fish in net-cage salmon farms are a threat to wild salmon, the study has done exactly the opposite. The study, featured in Science magazine, predicted that pink salmon could be extinct within four years, blaming sea lice infestations from fish farms. www.fishfarmer-magazine.com is published by Special Publications. Special Publications also publishes FISHupdate.com, FISHupdate magazine, Fish Farmer, the Fish Industry Yearbook, the Scottish Seafood Processors Federation Diary, the Fish Farmer Handbook and a range of wallplanners.
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