#SeaLice - Ireland was cited for 39 breaches of sea lice levels at fish farms in the first 10 months of this year.
And as The Irish Times reports, the figure is "more than double" that recorded in the whole of 2013.
That was the message from Don Staniford of the Global Alliance Against Industrial Aquaculture (GAAIA), an NGO that compiles data on fish farms across Europe.
But the Marine Institute has hit back, saying that levels were "low" during the spring migration period for wild salmon, the time when they are most at risk from sea lice.
The Irish Times has more on the story HERE.