"A virus known to affect farmed Atlantic salmon may cause jaundice and anemia in Chinook salmon, according to research released today by the Strategic Salmon Health Initiative (SSHI).
The revelation is reported in a peer-reviewed paper co-authored by Kristi Miller, a DFO scientist, and other researchers that will be published next month by the Canadian scientific journal FACETS.
“These findings add to the existing concerns about the potential impacts of open net salmon farming on wild Pacific salmon off the coast of B.C.,” says Brian Riddell, CEO of the Pacific Salmon Foundation, which is one of three partner organizations in SSHI, along with Genome BC and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)."
Damien Gillis reports for The Tyee May 7, 2018.
"Farmed Atlantic Salmon Virus Linked to Disease in Chinook"
Source: The Tyee, 05/09/2018
