Nova Scotia Farmed Salmon to be Destroyed Due to ISA Outbreak
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ordered the remaining salmon at a Cooke Aquaculture salmon farm in Nova Scotia to be destroyed due to an outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA). The government has also announced that it will compensate Cooke Aquaculture for the losses. See the following articles for more information:
- CBC, April 30, 2012, Understanding a devastating salmon disease
- Digby County Courier, April 28, 2012, Feds to compensate fish farm for ISA losses
- Times Colonist, April 27, 2012, Farmed salmon ordered destroyed
- Global News, April 26, 2012, Viral outbreak at Nova Scotia salmon farm spreads, prompting kill order
- Chronicle Herald, April 26, 2012, Massive salmon kill ordered as virus spreads at N.S. fish farm
