Submitter: C.R. Estuary Protection Group

Community: Campbell River

Date Submitted: November 25, 2023

Summary:

Attached to the submission is a DFO memo about a virus that may cause lesions in sockeye salmon, as well as a news article about a disease recently identified in Norwegian farmed salmon also linked to lesions. The commission must address why DFO kept information about this disease secret. It must also determine whether Atlantic salmon in B.C. fish farms have been tested for the disease, and it should recommend that disease and sea lice information on B.C. fish farms be made public.

Submission: