A third B.C. fish farm was put under quarantine on the weekend after a virus deadly to Atlantic farmed salmon was detected on a farm owned by Mainstream Canada.
The company said fish tested positive for infectious hematopoietic necrosis, or IHN, at its Bawden Point farm near Herbert Inlet, north of Tofino.
Mainstream said it plans to harvest the salmon “as soon as possible” because they are mature and ready for market. The virus is not harmful to humans.
