A Disease Once only Found in Farmed Fish Is Now in Wild B.C. Salmon
Researchers say the finding adds evidence that a common marine bacterium can cause disease in wild Pacific salmon, with handling possibly increasing risk.
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A disease once only found in farmed fish is now in wild B.C. salmon
A new study reveals that some wild B.C. salmon have been discovered with a disease previously only found in farmed fish. Researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) found a bacterial disease in several wild Chinook salmon known as tenacibaculosis, which causes skin and fin ulcers and fish mortality. In 2022, UBC scientists were working on an entirely different study on the impacts of catch-an…
Activist-Linked Study Manufactures Salmon Farming Scare in British Columbia
SeaWestNews A bacterial disease found in captive Chinook is being used to implicate ocean salmon farms, despite no proof of a marine aquaculture source or harm to wild populations. The post Activist-Linked Study Manufactures Salmon Farming Scare in British Columbia appeared first on Sea West News.
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