Federal agency quarantines third salmon farm in B.C. in two weeks
VANCOUVER - A B.C. salmon farm forced to cull more than 560,000 fish recently because of a virus says the federal government has now quarantined another of its facilities.
The report by Mainstream Canada means the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has quarantined three salmon farms in B.C. in the last two weeks over the virus known as IHN.
Mainstream Canada had to cull Atlantic salmon at its Dixon Bay site north of Tofino after the first quarantine was issued.
The company says tests revealed a "weak positive" result for the virus at another farm at Bawden Point, located in Herbet Inlet, also north of Tofino.
The company says it plans to harvest and process the salmon because they are ready for market.
Earlier this week, Grieg Seafood announced a farm near Sechelt, which raises coho, was under quarantine because the virus was suspected but not confirmed.
