Ocean Issues: Aquaculture

Pacific wild salmon populations may be at risk for Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA), a disease that has caused severe mortality at fish farms in Europe and South America. Researchers from Simon Fraser University have detected the disease in wild populations on the West coast. Here is a link to the story released by Simon Fraser University.


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"Wild sockeye salmon from B.C.’s Rivers Inlet have tested positive for a potentially devastating virus that has never been found before in the North Pacific." - Vancouver Sun