Sustaining Salmon Farming: Environmental Risks of Anti-Sea Lice Treatments

The rapid expansion of salmon aquaculture has become vital to meeting global seafood demand, yet it brings significant environmental challenges. Among these is the intensive use of veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) to manage sea lice infestations—parasitic copepods that compromise both farmed and wild salmon populations [2,3]. While these chemical treatments are crucial for ensuring fish health and economic stability, they pose notable risks to marine ecosystems [4,5].