DFO Finds Minimal Risk of Virus Transfer in Salmon
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Seafood News] - December 21, 2017
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has concluded that there are "minimal risks to the wild Fraser River sockeye salmon populations due to the transfer of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV) from Atlantic salmon farms in the Discovery Islands."
Wild salmon can contract IHNV since the virus is native to the Pacific Ocean. However, farmed Atlantic salmon are more susceptible to the disease. The fear is that there is higher risk of transfer "associated with aquaculture activities ...
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