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Sunday
May272012

Puget Sound salmon farm kills entire stock after virus found

DateSunday, May 27, 2012 at 12:02AM

This is getting ridiculous.

A deadly fish virus has been detected in Washington state waters for the first time, forcing a fish farm to kill its entire stock of Atlantic salmon.

Tests this month confirmed the presence of an influenza-like virus called infectious hematopoietic necrosis at a salmon farm off Bainbridge Island across from Seattle on Puget Sound.

LINK (via: KATU)

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