This resource file contains the following columns:
Date – The date the cage was deployed.
Year – The year the cage was deployed.
Duration – The duration, in hours, the cage was deployed for.
Fish_number – Identifier for individual fish within the specific cage.
Cage_type – Identifier for the type of cage deployed. Either ‘Fixed’ or ‘Towed’.
Tow_number – Identifier for the specific FSC or TSC deployed.
Site – Identifier for the site the cage was deployed at. For towed cages, deployment began or ended at specified site to account for differences in tides that can occur.
Fish_length – Length of the individual fish in mm.
Fish_weight – Weight of the individual fish in g.
Species – Identifier for the species of fish.

HEAD+OPER, MOUTH/GILLS, ANT.DORS, POST.DORS, ANT.VENT, POST.VENT, DORSAL, PECTORAL, PELVIC, ANAL, ADIPOSE and CAUDAL- these all refer to the locations on the individual fish where lice may occur, number of lice found in each location are recorded.

BAG/BIN – Refers to if lice were found in the filtered water (ie detached from the fish prior to the counting process).

TOTAL – Total number of lice recorded on the individual fish.