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Assessment of the risk to Fraser River sockeye salmon due to Moritella viscosa transfer from Atlantic salmon farms in the Discovery Islands area, British Columbia / C. Mimeault, O. Nekouei, K.A. Garver,...: Fs70-5/2020-058E-PDF

"Fisheries and Oceans Canada, under the Aquaculture Science Environmental Risk AssessmentInitiative, is conducting a series of assessments to determine risks to Fraser River SockeyeSalmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) due to pathogens on marine Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) farmslocated in the Discovery Islands area in British Columbia. This document is the assessment of the risk to Fraser River Sockeye Salmon due to Moritella viscosa on Atlantic Salmon farms in the Discovery Islands area of BC under current farm practices which was conducted in three main steps: first, a likelihood assessment which is the outcome of four consecutive assessment steps (farm infection, pathogen release, exposure of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon, and infection of Fraser River Sockeye Salmon); second, a consequence assessment, and third a risk estimation"--Abstract, page vii.

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Department/Agency
  • Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat, issuing body.
  • Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. National Capital Region, issuing body.
TitleAssessment of the risk to Fraser River sockeye salmon due to Moritella viscosa transfer from Atlantic salmon farms in the Discovery Islands area, British Columbia / C. Mimeault, O. Nekouei, K.A. Garver, S.R.M. Jones, S. Johnson, K.Holt, P. Aubry, L. Weber, I.J. Burgetz, and G.J. Parsons.
Series title
  • Research document, 1919-5044 ; 2020/058
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
Other language editions[French]
FormatDigital text
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 Yersinia ruckeri à partir des fermes d'élevage de saumon atlantique situées dans la région des îles Discovery (Colombie-Britannique).
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 28-31).
Publishing information
  • Ottawa ON : Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat (CSAS), November 2020.
  • ©2020
Author / Contributor
  • Mimeault, C. (Caroline), 1975- author.
Description1 online resource (vii, 31 pages) : illustrations (some colour), colour map.
Catalogue number
  • Fs70-5/2020-058E-PDF
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