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The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is regarded as one of the world’s leading marine research establishments. It has been operating in Scotland for more than 120 years. With research laboratories and a degree course for students, SAMS has its own society for those interested in marine research with over 600 members. Below are a couple of recent scientific studies conducted by SAMS. Effects of sea lice treatments on the environmentA £1.2million, five-year research project into the environmental effects of sea lice treatments by the Scottish Association for Marine Science, has revealed that the medicines are undetectable on the marine environment. “There are no indications that the [sea lice] treatments used had an effect on the ecology of the waters around the farms monitored.”1 Environmental impacts of aquacultureFor independent analysis of the impact of fish farm nutrients on the sea bed, the then Scottish Executive carried out a review and synthesis of the environmental impacts of aquaculture. This revealed that, except perhaps in a few enclosed waters, enrichment by fish farm nutrients is too little, relative to natural levels, to have the alleged negative impact that some have claimed. 1 A £1.2million, five-year research project into the environmental effects of sea lice treatments by the Scottish Association for Marine Sciences, April 2005, http://www.sams.ac.uk/
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Institute of Aquaculture
