HALIFAX – A Nova Scotia fish farm at the centre of a viral outbreak has been ordered to kill all of its salmon, but the province's fisheries minister said Thursday he didn't believe the disease has spread beyond the site.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered Cooke Aquaculture to kill and dispose all of its salmon at a fish farm in Shelburne Harbour, the same site where infectious salmon anemia was detected in February during routine testing.
At that time, the federal agency directed the company to kill fish in two pens and quarantine its site, but it said Thursday that more cases of the disease have since been confirmed.
Nova Scotia Fisheries Minister Sterling Belliveau said he is confident the virus hasn't spread beyond Shelburne Harbour.
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