VICTORIA — The British Columbia government says it has detected more cases of a parasite that Parks Canada describes as potentially devastating to young trout and salmon.
The provincial Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says three trout samples from the southern arm of Kootenay Lake have tested positive for the parasite that causes whirling disease.
The province says it is not sure if the new cases in Kootenay Lake are linked to Yoho National Park, and biologists are testing more samples from this year in the ongoing investigation. In May, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency declared the Columbia River watershed as an infected area for whirling disease after first detecting the parasite there in December 2023, imposing restrictions on movements of fish — dead or alive — to and from other waterways.
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