Trip Date   Nov 9, 2007 February 27-29, 2008 March 25-27, 2008
Number of sets   1 29 29
Number of sticklebacks captured 3,850 1,377 2,464
Number of sticklebacks examined 175 176 412
Number of sticklebacks infected 81 125 248
L. salmonis        
  copepodid 0 0 0
  chalimus 7 83 109
  pre-adult 1 0 5
  adult 0 0 1
  gravid 0 0 0
C. clemensi        
  copepodid 0 0 12
  chalimus 80 146 395
  pre-adult 11 0 1
  adult 4 3 8
  gravid 0 0 0
Total sea lice   103 232 531
Table 2: Mid-water trawl stickleback catch data in the Knight Inlet / Tribune Channel junction on November 9, 2007, February 27-29, 2008 and March 25-27, 2008.
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