Cooke aquaculture is moving ahead with their expansion plans

Cooke aquaculture officials have said that the plans of the company to expand in Nova Scotia remain unchanged, despite the recent outbreak of an untreatable disease, which saw thousands of salmon culled in Shelburne Harbour. Company spokesperson Nell Halse admits it was bad news for the company when positive indications for infectious salmon anemia were found during routine testing of fish.

A farmed salmon

While unfortunate, Halse says the company expects to deal with diseases and parasites at fish farms from time to time. “Sometimes this happens,” she said, noting that her and other aquaculture companies have dealt successfully with ISA in New Brunswick. “There’s always a risk …but we have all kinds of good measures to prevent them.” Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.