Assessing the interactions and effects of sea lice on wild salmon populations: final report of project FW0050
This report summarises the research and outputs of a 10-year Scottish Government project on sea lice and wild salmon. It includes collaborative work with wild fisheries organisations, academia, industry and international partners, and highlights key findings, publications and datasets.
Supervision
In addition to the collaborations above, during FW0050 the MD has supported relevant projects in a supervisory or steering group role. These include a completed PhD on sea lice population biology (Phelan 2025) at the Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS), a completed PhD on the immunogenomic status of salmonids in Scotland (Wawer 2024) at Aberdeen University, a postdoctoral project looking at emergence of resistance to treatment, and a Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) funded project aiming to use holographic camera methods to identify and count sea lice larvae. Additionally, the MD provided advice to support a research project on resistance to sea lice treatments (Lipschutz et al. 2019).
Contact
Email: msfl_admin@gov.scot