Lead Story: Lack of transparency in sea lice data – Report
 

caption: On his first attempt at catching an Irish salmon, Dr John Sutphen of Noank, Conn., USA, stuck it lucky when he found a ghillie with the magic touch and more than a bit of knowledge of the 'hot spots', on Kerry's Lough Currane near Waterville. Photo T Magennis

A report in this newspaper calls for “new thinking and a new approach” to be adopted in the State-funded investigation into the causes of sea lice infestations on wild sea trout. It suggests also that there has been a lack of transparency in the way results from the programme have been handled and interpreted by Government scientists during the past decade-and a-half, writes Gery Flynn. In a hard-hitting exploration of the subject, Dr Martin O’Farrell of Aztec Management Consultants, implies that data collected at tax-payers expense is not being released by statas quickly as it should be.

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