Table 1 a Total number of sampling events and wild fish assessed for sea lice infestation on the BC coast by host species in each of the sampling years. b Total number of wild fish assessed for sea lice infestation on the BC coast as represented within the various programmes active over the range of sampling years.

From: Sea lice infestation dataset for wild and farmed salmon populations on the Pacific coast of Canada (2001–2023)

Year

All events

Events with fish

Chum

Pink

Coho

Chinook

Sockeye

Stickleback

Pacific Herring

Other species

All fish

2001

16

16

268

268

2002

31

31

67

497

564

2003

1,807

1,273

15,484

10,220

2,909

1,011

64

2,886

828

1,614

35,016

2004

1,109

799

19,698

3,253

104

754

2

1,479

93

1

25,384

2005

969

599

4,955

6,091

128

405

271

45

1

11,896

2006

1,098

707

14,267

11,355

170

214

9

10

695

26,720

2007

1,127

943

18,770

13,907

165

345

50

1,350

1

34,588

2008

1,214

953

15,785

20,920

190

521

10

1,601

39,027

2009

1,168

960

15,699

16,680

136

126

2

2,567

6

65

35,281

2010

732

603

5,991

7,381

226

137

84

26

13,845

2011

852

669

8,062

8,017

320

181

1

55

60

18

16,714

2012

543

491

7,841

6,961

330

137

206

27

15,502

2013

225

215

3,981

3,694

66

18

26

7

7,792

2014

191

179

2,908

3,644

58

27

55

1

1

6,694

2015

460

331

3,542

3,892

370

129

4,113

24

419

1

12,490

2016

535

372

5,604

4,022

377

230

2,635

8

159

25

13,060

2017

552

476

8,136

3,316

374

45

881

11

58

1

12,822

2018

556

395

5,025

3,864

200

99

444

41

52

3

9,728

2019

774

448

6,797

3,315

370

350

769

104

128

11,833

2020

700

468

5,873

4,364

332

275

264

4

10

1

11,123

2021

828

595

8,668

5,471

180

279

157

189

22

5

14,971

2022

752

512

7,093

4,772

302

171

43

1

1

12,383

2023

681

430

3,639

4,884

238

99

198

3

2

9,063

Total

16,920

12,465

187,885

150,788

7,545

5,553

10,284

10,427

1,840

2,442

376,764

Year

SCS

MK

Hak

CC

Kit

DFO

BAMP

MERP

Pacif

MBC

All fish

2001

268

268

2002

564

564

2003

676

4,333

29,472

535

35,016

2004

1,087

11,575

8,657

4,065

25,384

2005

2,084

192

6,198

3,422

11,896

2006

1,708

12,609

1,816

7,360

3,227

26,720

2007

1,650

17,829

1,132

9,378

4,599

34,588

2008

2,345

21,361

954

9,170

5,197

39,027

2009

2,549

16,577

1,675

10,320

4,160

35,281

2010

2,276

1,852

6,090

3,627

13,845

2011

3,300

2,031

6,164

5,219

16,714

2012

2,979

2,203

7,467

2,853

15,502

2013

3,780

2,190

1,822

7,792

2014

3,356

1,989

1,349

6,694

2015

2,771

6,794

1,230

1,695

12,490

2016

2,698

4,435

1,355

598

3,974

13,060

2017

2,170

1,595

1,753

378

6,926

12,822

2018

1,578

1,205

172

1,353

260

5,160

9,728

2019

2,334

1,628

1,553

1,277

520

4,521

11,833

2020

1,989

444

993

1,652

355

5,690

11,123

2021

2,367

375

2,235

1,543

642

7,809

14,971

2022

2,944

285

1,657

696

6,801

12,383

2023

2,457

484

1,485

4,637

9,063

Total

49,930

84,284

17,245

4,953

29,339

80,555

19,721

42,368

2,851

45,518

376,764