News
Oct 31, 2011
Infectious Salmon Virus (Fraser RIver)
Fishyleaks (Part 1), October 31, 2011
ISA reported in coho salmon in the Fraser River
Read how the Canadian Government is privately briefing trade partners including China, Japan, the European Union and the United States on a second case of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) in coho salmon in the Fraser River.
Read a letter from GAAIA to the Canadian Government (31st October 2011) – download online at http://www.superheroes4salmon.org/fishyleaks.
Read a press release – “Nightmare on Fraser River” online at http://www.superheroes4salmon.org/fishyleaks.
Internal Government documents obtained by GAAIA reveal that this second case (ISAV #2) was reported to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) by the World Organization for Animal Health’s (OIE) Reference Laboratory at the Atlantic Veterinary College on October 20 and to the Cohen Commission last week.
The New York Times first broke the news on Friday (October 29): “Documents released on Friday showed that an adult coho salmon supplied by salmon advocates to a prominent laboratory showed signs of carrying the disease. That fish was reported to have been found in a tributary of the Fraser River, a critical salmon run for fishermen in Canada and the United States.”
The Canadian Government have been swift to contact their trade partners in China, Japan, the European Union and the United States and draft “media lines” and “communication products” yet have patently failed to notify First Nations, fishermen or the general public. ‘Internal’ documents from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency enclosed below (note the pages overlap): see pages as http://www.superheroes4salmon.org/fishyleaks