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November 22, 2020 - The Mirror (UK)

'Putrid' salmon farms infested with flesh-eating lice threaten wildlife in oceans

Intensively farmed Scottish salmon, supplied to some of the UK’s major supermarkets, are infested with flesh-eating sea lice, campaigners warn, posing a major threat to the health of our oceans.

Investigators for Viva! visited farms in the Highlands where they say fish are being kept in “putrid” overcrowded sea pens – a breeding ground for diseases.

The say not only does this cause suffering and stress for the fish, but it’s also a major risk to the environment.

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