Study Finds Virus Killing Farmed Pacific, Atlantic Salmon Raises Risk for Wild B.C. Population
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [CTV News] By Jeff Lagerquist - May 8, 2018
Scientists have discovered that a highly-contagious virus impacting farmed Atlantic salmon also harms their Pacific cousins, and could pose a serious threat to British Columbia’s declining wild salmon population if it spreads from ocean pens to key migration routes.
The study, which will be published in the journal FACETS later this month, was done in partnership with the Pacific Salmon Foundation and Genome BC. Researchers looked at samples of farmed Pacific Chinook and ...
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