Conservationists on Canada’s West Coast are raising a red flag. A diver and BC government captured video and took various samples of what some fish farms  release into the ocean. 

The video footage caught the attention of government scientists who confirmed the presence of the highly-contagious piscine reovirus (PRV), which can infect and may sicken wild salmon.

“The fish farming industry says we are disinfecting our blood water when in fact all the indications are… there is no disinfection taking place,” John Werring of the David Suzuki Foundation said.

The provincial government of British Columbia has launched a review of the practice.

Is that a possible explanation of the low numbers during the last Sockeye salmon run?

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Mark van Engelen is founder Nya Sustainability Consulting, a consulting firm helping organizations implement sustainability. Services include sustainability strategy development, zero waste planning, GHG emissions calculating and planning, energy/water management, employee engagement and guidance in B Corp and carbon neutral certification.