A new report that claims a large number of farmed B.C. salmon are infected with a contagious virus is being criticized by the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association.
Last Updated Wednesday, February 5, 2020 6:08PM EST
There are questions about how deadly the virus is for Pacific salmon, but a 2018 study led by a federal scientist linked the virus to a deadly form of anemia in at least one species of wild B.C. salmon.Salmon are an important source of food for bears, whales and other predators, but their populations are struggling. Last year, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans forecast 4.7 million salmon would return to the Fraser River. Just 600,000 – or 13 per cent of the original forecast – showed up.
PRV in salmon is “strongly associated with red blood cells rupturing …overwhelming their vital organs and can cause organ failure and death,” Glambeck said. Shawn Hall, a spokesman for the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association, categorically denied the report’s findings in a telephone interview with CTVNews.ca Wednesday.
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