A Dalhousie University researcher is among a team of scientists tracking a big threat to Atlantic salmon: sea lice. Climate change can increase risks of disease in marine ecosystems and pose an additional threat to the health of Atlantic salmon, according to a recent paper published in Nature’s peer-reviewed journal, Scientific Reports, and authored by […]
Sacrificing wild Atlantic salmon for gold
A project that is undoing environmental damage from acid rain finds itself under threat from a gold mine proposed for Beaver Dam.
We’re standing on the snow-covered banks of the Killag River beside the lime doser, a white silo that has been calibrated with intricate controls to apply just the right amount of lime into the river every day. Edmund Halfyard, a biologist working with the Nova Scotia Salmon Association, tells me that the “right amount” — […]