Despite a suspected outbreak of an untreatable fish disease that led to the culling of thousands of salmon in Shelburne Harbour, Cooke Aquaculture officials say the company’s expansion plans in Nova Scotia remain unchanged.
Company spokesperson Nell Halse admits it was bad news for the company when positive indications for infectious salmon anemia were found during routine testing of fish from their Shelburne operation. Halse noted though that the loss of two cages of salmon was a small percentage of their production in Nova Scotia.
Officials at provincial labs in Truro were conducting routine tests on farmed salmon on 9 February when suspected cases of ISA were found. A little more than a week later, on 17 February, trucks filled with salmon left Shelburne wharf so the fish could be culled and disposed of.
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