Provincial Ministry of Agriculture and Lands report confirms farmed salmon are healthy

Courier Islander
April 14, 2010

Raw data released by the provincial Ministry of Agriculture and Lands confirms what their annual fish health reports have already reported: that B.C.'s farmed salmon are healthy, the BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) said Tuesday.

The results of a Freedom of Information request show absolutely no findings of ISA (an influenza-like fish disease) or any exotic diseases. The low number of mortalities that are recorded is caused by natural, locally-occurring illnesses picked up only after salmon are introduced to sea pens. 

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