Friday, November 4, 2011

ISA outbreak in BC causes First Nation to be fearful

The recent outbreak of salmon virus identified in British Columbia, has now been found in Fraser River salmon fueling Nanaimo First Nations fears of a looming disaster with BC salmon. A Seattle biologist is sounding the alarm after obtaining a leaked copy of a Canadian Food Inspection Agency report that he says identified salmon anemia virus in fish from a Fraser River tributary. Researchers at the Simon Fraser University have announced that test results confirmed the presence of of a marine influenza called infectious salmon anemia virus in two of 48 juvenile sockeye salmon collected in Rivers Inlet. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.



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