SSPO Chairman hits back at industry critics

He said : "These chemicals were similar to using both paracetamol and ibuprofen on humans...they had different strengths and worked in different ways. The industry had found that rotating chemicals was very effective. Are sea lice a problem? Yes. Because every salmon farmer in the world, indeed any farmer of any species, is always sensitive about the need to maintain low levels of parasites on their stock. It's exactly the same issue as ticks on cattle and sheep. The build-up of resistance as a general issue is a problem for all interests."