Sea Lice Working Group Report Nina Special Report: Report from the Technical Working Group on Sea Lice (A sub-group of the Working Group on Salmon Disease) of the Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue

This report was commissioned by the Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue. The Salmon Dialogue is a multi ‐ stakeholder, multi ‐ national group which was initiated by the World Wildlife Fund in 2004. Participants include salmon producers and other members of the market chain, NGOs, researchers, retailers, and government officials from major salmon producing and consuming countries. The goal of the Dialogue is to credibly develop and support the implementation of measurable, performance ‐ based standards that minimize or eliminate the key negative environmental and social impacts of salmon farming, while permitting the industry to remain economically viable The Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue focuses their research and standard development on seven key areas of impact of salmon production including: social; feed; disease; salmon escapes; chemical inputs; benthic impacts and siting; and, nutrient loading and carrying capacity. Funding for this report and other Salmon Aquaculture Dialogue supported work is provided by the members of the Dialogue's steering committee and their donors. The steering committee is composed of representatives from the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance, Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform, Fundación Terram, Marine Harvest, the Norwegian Seafood Federation, the Pew Environment Group, Skretting, SalmonChile, and the World Wildlife Fund.