Assessment of the risk to Fraser River sockeye salmon due to Piscirickettsia salmonis transfer from Atlantic salmon farms in the Discovery Islands area, British Columbia / C. Mimeault, S.R.M. Jones, J....: Fs70-5/2019-021E-PDF

"Fisheries and Oceans Canada, under the Aquaculture Science Environmental Risk Assessment Initiative, is conducting a series of assessments to determine risks to Fraser River Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) due to pathogens on marine Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) farms located in the Discovery Islands area in British Columbia (BC). This document is the assessment of the risk to Fraser River Sockeye Salmon due to Piscirickettsia salmonis on Atlantic Salmon farms in the Discovery Islands area, BC under current farm practices. This risk assessment was conducted in three main steps: (i) the likelihood assessment which includes four consecutive steps (a farm infection assessment, a release assessment, an exposure assessment, and an overall infection assessment; (ii) the consequence assessment; and, (iii) the risk estimation which combines the outcomes of the first two steps"--Abstract, page ix.

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Department/Agency Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, issuing body.
Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. National Capital Region, issuing body.
Title Assessment of the risk to Fraser River sockeye salmon due to Piscirickettsia salmonis transfer from Atlantic salmon farms in the Discovery Islands area, British Columbia / C. Mimeault, S.R.M. Jones, J. Wade, P. Aubry, S. Johnson, M.G.G. Foreman, K.A. Garver, C. Holt, F. Boily, I.J. Burgetz, and G.J. Parsons.
Series title Research document, 1919-5044 ; 2019/021
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Other language editions [French]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Issued also in French under title: Évaluation du risque pour le saumon rouge du fleuve Fraser attribuable au transfert de la bactérie Piscirickettsia salmonis à partir des fermes d'élevage de saumon atlantique situées dans la région des îles Discovery (Colombie-Britannique).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-42).
Publishing information Ottawa ON : Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS), 2020.
©2020
Author / Contributor Mimeault, C. (Caroline), 1975- author.
Description 1 online resource (ix, 56 pages) : illustrations (some colour), colour map.
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-5/2019-021E-PDF
Subject terms Sockeye salmon -- Infections -- Risk assessment -- British Columbia -- Fraser River.
Salmon farming -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- Discovery Islands.
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