A Roundup of recent News Releases and News Items on ISA
News Releases - December 2
Canada Completes Infectious Salmon Anaemia Testing: No Confirmed Cases in BC Salmon
CFIA, December 2, 2011
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/corpaffr/newcom/2011/20111202e.shtml
Statement from the Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Keith Ashfield, on Negative Infectious Salmon Anaemia Test Results in British Columbia Salmon
DFO, December 2, 2011
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/statement-declarations/2011/20111202-eng.htm
No ISA virus found in farmed or wild salmon, CFIA investigation shows
BCSFA, December 2, 2011
Further follow up testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency continues to confirm that there is no Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) in British Columbia.
http://www.salmonfarmers.org/no-isa-virus-found-farmed-or-wild-salmon-cfia-investigation-shows
Final investigation by CFIA shows no ISA in B.C. salmon
Mainstream Canada, December 2, 2011
Mainstream Canada is pleased to learn that after an extensive investigation, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency found no evidence of the Infectious Salmon Anemia virus in farmed or wild B.C. salmon.
http://www.mainstreamcanada.ca/final-investigation-cfia-shows-no-isa-bc-salmon-0
Cohen Commission to hold three days of hearings on ISAv
VANCOUVER, December 2, 2011 /CNW/ - The Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River will hold three additional days of evidentiary hearings December 15, 16 and 19 in Vancouver to put new information about recent testing for the ISA virus in BC on the commission's record.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/889513/media-alert-cohen-commission-to-hold-three-days-of-hearings-on-isav-testing-december-15-16-and-19
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News Coverage generated by December 2 Releases - NO ISA Virus
News: No lethal virus in Pacific salmon, CFIA says
mark hume, VANCOUVER— Globe and Mail, December 2, 2011
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/lethal-salmon-virus-not-found-in-pacific-salmon-says-cifa/article2258590/
News: Deadly salmon virus not found in B.C., but scientists plan surveillance programs
By: Tamsyn Burgmann and Keven Drews, The Canadian Press, December 2, 2011
http://www.globalnews.ca/canada/deadly+salmon+virus+not+found+in+bc+but+scientists+plan+surveillance+programs/6442534340/story.html
News: B.C. salmon virus unconfirmed says food agency
CBC News, Posted: December 2, 2011
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/12/02/bc-salmon-virus-not-found.html
News: Official tests find no evidence of salmon virus
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist December 3, 2011
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/Official+tests+find+evidence+salmon+virus/5807157/story.html
News: Food agency’s handling of salmon-virus scare commendable
MARK HUME | VANCOUVER— Globe and Mail, Sunday, Dec. 04, 2011
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/mark-hume/food-agencys-handling-of-salmon-virus-scare-commendable/article2259718/
News: Sanity comes to ISA debate in B.C.
FishfarmingXpert, December 5, 2011
Canada: After weeks of rhetoric, some of the saner segments of the Canadian media are finally starting to separate facts from fiction.
http://www.fishfarmingxpert.com/index.php?page_id=76&article_id=93281
