Proceedings of the National Science Peer Review of the Assessment of Risk to Fraser River Sockeye Salmon due to piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) transfer from Atlantic Salmon Farms located in the Discovery...: Fs70-4/2019-022E-PDF

"Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), under the Sustainable Aquaculture Program, is committed to deliver environmental risk assessments to support science-based decision making related to aquaculture activities. DFO’s Aquaculture Management Directorate requested for peer-reviewed science advice through the Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS) on the risks to Fraser River Sockeye Salmon due to pathogen transfer from marine Atlantic Salmon farms located in the Discovery Islands area in British Columbia. This request supports DFO’s role in the management of aquaculture in British Columbia and aligns with recommendations in the final report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, including recommendations 18 and 19 on risks to wild fish populations related to pathogen transfer from farms and other fish health related recommendations. The advice was provided, as part of the Aquaculture Science Environmental Risk Assessment Initiative, through a series of pathogen transfer risk assessments, with this sixth assessment focusing on piscine orthoreovirus (PRV)"--Summary, page iv.

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