Hen of the seas
Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) is suspected at one farming site in Shelborne Nova Scotia. The area is under quarantine and the ISA report needs to be confirmed after lab tests.
Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) is a virus that is highly contagious in the marine environment, spread through the water between Atlantic salmon within a grow-out site, and carried by the water from one site to another ISA is highly lethal to Atlantic salmon, but does not harm humans, according to all sources.
It is present naturally in Norway and on the east coast of Canada, and has a distinct European strain and a distinct North American strain.
ISA was only discovered in wild Atlantic salmon in 1999. The virus is lethal to farmed Atlantic salmon and an outbreak devastated the Chilean salmon farming industry in 2007 and 2008.
Disease symptoms include the salmon becoming lethargic or moribund, lifting of scales, protuberance of the eyes, skin lesions, pale gills, and internal hemorrhages.
The virus has never been detected in Canada. Salmon farming companies and government regulators check for it and the virus would be devastating to fish and business.
Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) is a virus that is highly contagious in the marine environment, spread through the water between Atlantic salmon within a grow-out site, and carried by the water from one site to another ISA is highly lethal to Atlantic salmon, but does not harm humans, according to all sources.
It is present naturally in Norway and on the east coast of Canada, and has a distinct European strain and a distinct North American strain.
ISA was only discovered in wild Atlantic salmon in 1999. The virus is lethal to farmed Atlantic salmon and an outbreak devastated the Chilean salmon farming industry in 2007 and 2008.
Disease symptoms include the salmon becoming lethargic or moribund, lifting of scales, protuberance of the eyes, skin lesions, pale gills, and internal hemorrhages.
The virus has never been detected in Canada. Salmon farming companies and government regulators check for it and the virus would be devastating to fish and business.
What should be the limit for the salmon aquaculture?
With this scenario, it will be the next hen of the seas.
There are different productions, with different environmental loads, but one consumer can not know which salmon is less bad than other.