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Viruses are everywhere, part of our natural environment
June 4, 2012
Experts take stock of B.C. fish and policies By Grant Warkentin, Vancouver Sun June 4, 2012 Re: Fish infections raise issue of public's right to know, Letters, May 30 Viruses can be found in...
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All Mainstream farms test negative for IHN virus
June 4, 2012
All Mainstream farms test negative for IHN virus Mainstream Canada, Mon, 2012-06-04 As of today, all of Mainstream Canada's farms have been tested for the IHN virus, and all tests have come back...
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IHN and BC Salmon Farms Updates - BCSFA, Marine Harvest Canada and Mainstream Canada
June 1, 2012
Public Update (2): IHN and BC Salmon Farms BCSFA, Friday, June 1, 2012 Forty nine of the active salmon farms in BC have now come back testing negative for the Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis...
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Mainstream Canada Fact Sheet: Killing the Virus
May 25, 2012
IHN facts: Killing the virus Mainstream Canada, Thu, 2012-05-24 IHN is no risk to human health, and a low risk to wild salmon, which naturally carry the virus. It is deadly, however, to farmed...
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The actual truth is
May 25, 2012
The actual truth is Mary Ellen Walling, Courier-Islander, Friday, May 25, 2012 Members of the BC Salmon Farmers Association regularly have independent and third-party labs test the health of our...
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Letter corrects misinformation about IHN and Salmon Farming
May 25, 2012
Salmon-farm industry denies risk to wild fish by Grant Warkentin, The Daily News, Friday, May 25, 2012 Re: 'Virus raises question about salmon farming' (Your Letters, May 23) Mr. Hancock offers...
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