Read this story from The Province, which reveals that four species of wild Pacific salmon – from multiple rivers systems on the BC coast – have now tested positive for the deadly Infectious Salmon Anemia virus.

“In a letter to Senate decision-makers Wednesday, Sen. Maria Cantwell
of Washington and senators Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich of Alaska
argued the United States should conduct independent tests for the
contagious disease that has decimated Atlantic salmon farms in Chile and
Norway. ‘We should not rely on another government —— particularly
one that may have a motive to misrepresent its findings —— to determine
how we assess the risk ISA may pose to American fishery jobs,’ the
senators said.

Researchers at Simon Fraser University on Oct. 17
announced the virus was found in two of 48 sockeye smolts collected in
B.C.’s Central Coast. On Wednesday, biologist and salmon advocate
Alexandra Morton learned an ISA lab at the Atlantic Veterinary College
in P.E.I. found evidence of the virus in three of 10 dead fish — a
Chinook, coho and chum — she pulled from the Harrison River on Oct. 12.” (Nov. 3, 2011)

Read full article: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Lethal+Atlantic+salmon+virus+found+four+Pacific+salmon+species/5652096/story.html?cid=megadrop_story