Deadly salmon virus raises concerns in the Northwest

http://www.katu.com/news/local/132072838.html

This sucks!

Just another example of why farmed salmon are lethal to the Pacific stocks.   Get out there and fish as much as you can next year, it may be that before long our nookies and hos will be a distant memory.   There is no hope that current DFW managers will be able to save our fish, the political will to keep fish farms away from our waters is nil.  They have a pretty dismal track record so far, at least in WA.

Get out there and fish as much as you can next year, it may be that before long our nookies and hos will be a distant memory.   

Thank you (I think?) for the update bluewrx and the link. While I hope not Kalitype, you may have a valid point and lets just hope this is more of an eye opener than sensationalism. Had the National Inquirer or some other gossip rag gotten the story first, we would have been told this was happening due to food terrorist when in fact, we humans have been doing our part to poison our own food and planet for a couple hundred years. I'm no squirrel hugger, but it still concerns me. I release 99.9% of my catches, but the last thing I want is to harvest and finally cook some, only to have self and/or friends get sick. Back to you bluewrx ...this sucks!

Get out there and fish as much as you can next year, it may be that before long our nookies and hos will be a distant memory.   

Thank you (I think?) for the update bluewrx and the link. While I hope not Kalitype, you may have a valid point and lets just hope this is more of an eye opener than sensationalism. Had the National Inquirer or some other gossip rag gotten the story first, we would have been told this was happening due to food terrorist when in fact, we humans have been doing our part to poison our own food and planet for a couple hundred years. I'm no squirrel hugger, but it still concerns me. I release 99.9% of my catches, but the last thing I want is to harvest and finally cook some, only to have self and/or friends get sick. Back to you bluewrx ...this sucks!

The virus that effects salmon, termed Infectious Salmon Anemia does not harm people. It appears to be similar to the influenza virus that gives us the flu, a bit confusing in the article wrx posted.. However humans can transmit the virus interestingly.

http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/infectious_salmon_anemia.pdf

"There is no indication that ISAV can affect humans.
Because this virus is inactivated at body temperatures of
37°C- 40°C (98.6-104°F), it is unlikely to infect any
mammal or bird."

 I dont want to be a naysayer but! I believe maybe 10% of what the news tells us, maybe even 5%. This is not just an opionion but experence of dealing with them for years. They like to make it up as they go, or fabracate as needed. I could give you many examples but I won't .I am sure that the threat is very real. The statment below has been copied and pasted out of the report from Iowa State University. Notice it says might be susceptible, meaning they dont know. Do they need to find a new way to farm salmon? Yes they do because they can not insure that there farm fish will not escape their pens. Man has a way of screwing things up and it is usually greed or the easiest way to make a buck. Now they would say we have to raise them in ocean pens because we have to feed the starving masses and save the world. I just dont buy it. So unless they can gurantee 100% that their fish will not mix with wild fish they should not farm fish. IMHO Ok I will get off my soap box now. 
"Outbreaks of infectious salmon anemia occur in farmed Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Wild Atlantic salmon might also be susceptible. Rarely, isolates have been reported to affect other salmonids."

Get out there and fish as much as you can next year, it may be that before long our nookies and hos will be a distant memory.   

Thank you (I think?) for the update bluewrx and the link. While I hope not Kalitype, you may have a valid point and lets just hope this is more of an eye opener than sensationalism. Had the National Inquirer or some other gossip rag gotten the story first, we would have been told this was happening due to food terrorist when in fact, we humans have been doing our part to poison our own food and planet for a couple hundred years. I'm no squirrel hugger, but it still concerns me. I release 99.9% of my catches, but the last thing I want is to harvest and finally cook some, only to have self and/or friends get sick. Back to you bluewrx ...this sucks!

The virus that effects salmon, termed Infectious Salmon Anemia does not harm people. It appears to be similar to the influenza virus that gives us the flu, a bit confusing in the article wrx posted.. However humans can transmit the virus interestingly.

http://www.cfsph.iastate.edu/Factsheets/pdfs/infectious_salmon_anemia.pdf

"There is no indication that ISAV can affect humans.
Because this virus is inactivated at body temperatures of
37°C- 40°C (98.6-104°F), it is unlikely to infect any
mammal or bird."