https://thetyee.ca/News/2019/06/11/Sea-Lice-Plagues-Return/
It seems that DFO really doesn't have anything they can really do to threaten these guys.
I wish someone in government took this seriously. The BCNDP were making noises for a while about pulling leases but I haven't heard anything since
“At one point during the out-migration, sampling of smolts at the Cedar Coast Field Station found 100 per cent of the juveniles were infected with sea lice,” Glambeck said.
“If this happens for a couple more years we won’t have any wild salmon left in Clayoquot Sound,” she added. “This is the second year in a row and there should be stiff penalties for the company.”
It seems that DFO really doesn't have anything they can really do to threaten these guys.
One email dated May 4, 2018, between two DFO staffers at the aquaculture management division acknowledged the department was powerless to take action on sea lice levels that exceeded allowed levels at Cermaq’s farms in Clayoquot Sound.
“DFO staff confirmed exceedance of sea lice thresholds for these farms (one was as high as 23 lice per fish) and... have been working with Cermaq to address. We do not have any other regulatory tools to require action.”
I wish someone in government took this seriously. The BCNDP were making noises for a while about pulling leases but I haven't heard anything since