Another salmon farm has recently been quarantined in BC due to the threat of a virus spreading after 560,000 fish were already culled due to this virus called IHN. It has also caused 3 other salmon farms to close in B.C. over 10 days. A site near Tofino has had to cull all their salmon and the same company (Mainstream Canada) found the fish at their Bawden Point to be "weak positive" for the virus. Since the virus does not have any effect on humans, the company is going to sell the fish as they are mature and ready for market. More tests are being done on other farms; one came back negative at a farm near Sechelt.
I recall earlier in the term I read an article discussing a virus found in many fish markets in B.C. I am curious to know if this is the same virus and if so, it sounds like it has escalated a lot. This article states that it is harmless to humans yet what effect does it have on the salmon specifically and what is it doing to other organisms in contact with the farmed salmon. It is very worrisome to hear of such a virus in farmed salmon as it is possible that the virus could reach the wild salmon who are even less likely to be adapted to fight the virus. Hopefully things will not reach that point.
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