Department of Fisheries to test for harmful virus at B.C. fish farms

By The Canadian Press
VICTORIA — Testing will begin at British Columbia fish farm operations for strains of a virus that is harmful to farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway, the federal fisheries minister announced Tuesday. Jonathan Wilkinson said the screening for Icelandic and Norwegian strains of piscine orthoreovirus, or PRV, at B.C. aquaculture sites is part of a proposed risk management policy that aims to protect wild salmon and the health of farmed fish.…

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June 5, 2019

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