Coho Management Review Now Under Way

[chris73]

Well, let's talk to the BC NDP and brief them on what we want and what BC needs so that they know what is expected from them after a successful election next year. They have at least 2 of the 4 keys to the fish farms. If they lock them up then they are done here.

[GLG]

Dave
Cheech and Chong

"Dave's not here, man!" - by Cheech and Chong

(Soft knocks at the door)
CHONG: Who is it?
CHEECH: It's me, Dave. Open up, man, I got the stuff.
(More knocks)
CHONG: Who is it?
CHEECH: It's me, Dave, man. Open up, I got the stuff.
CHONG: Who?
CHEECH: It's, Dave, man. Open up, I think the cops saw me come in here.
(More knocks)
CHONG: Who is it?
CHEECH: It's, Dave, man. Will you open up, I got the stuff with me.
CHONG: Who?
CHEECH: Dave, man. Open up.
CHONG: Dave?
CHEECH: Yeah, Dave. C'mon, man, open up, I think the cops saw me.
CHONG: Dave's not here.
CHEECH: No, man, I'm Dave, man.
(Sharp knocks at the door)
CHEECH: Hey, c'mon, man.
CHONG: Who is it?
CHEECH: It's Dave, man. Will you open up? I got the stuff with me.
CHONG: Who?
CHEECH: Dave, man. Open up.
CHONG: Dave?
CHEECH: Yeah, Dave.
CHONG: Dave's not here.
CHEECH: What the hell? No, man, I am Dave, man. Will you...
(More knocks)
CHEECH: C'mon! Open up the door, will you? I got the stuff with me, I think the cops
saw me.
CHONG: Who is it?
CHEECH: Oh, what the hell is it...c'mon. Open up the door! It's Dave!
CHONG: Who?
CHEECH: Dave! D-A-V-E! Will you open up the goddam door!
CHONG: Dave?
CHEECH: Yeah, Dave!
CHONG: Dave?
CHEECH: Right, man. Dave. Now will you open up the door?
CHONG: Dave's not here

And so another fish feedlot pal has left the building.......
I thought I would post up this classic from the seventies.
Kind of how Dave answered our questions with his dribble.
Make you wonder if our new friend Dave is the Chong of the fish feedlot clan.

GLG

[Charlie]

I am quite sure our new friend Dave (Chong might be fitting?) knows full well why your Coho survival rate has dropped so low! He should, as he's been fighting the same diseases that is killing them for almost 40 years. He probably also knows Marine Harvest is currently in the midst of another disease outbreak (not confirmed, yet just IMO).

Here is an example (it is not complete) of some of the diseases your wild salmon have been and are currently swimming through on their migration though the Strait of Georgia:

Company: Marine Harvest / Kitasoo Aqua Farms
Location: Goat Cove, Roderick Island
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 73.19 hectares
Licensed Production: 2,815 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Sablefish
Disease Reported: Aeromonas salmonicida Infection 2004

Company: Marine Harvest / Kitasoo Aqua Farms
Location: Lochalsh Bay, Jackson Passage
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 18 hectares
Licensed Production: 3,375 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Sablefish
Disease Reported: Aeromonas salmonicida Infection 2002 2004, Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2003, 2004

Company: Marine Harvest / Kitasoo Aqua Farms
Location: Jackson Passage S.of Finlayson Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 21.7 hectares
Licensed Production: 3,200 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Sablefish
Disease Reported: Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2003, 2004

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Doyle Island, Gordon Group
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 24.3 hectares
Licensed Production: 3,500 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Sablefish
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2006)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Duncan Island, Goletas Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 38 hectares
Licensed Production: 4,000 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Sablefish
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2006)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Shelter Passage, Wishart Island
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 26.7 hectares
Licensed Production: 3,300 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Sablefish
Disease Reported: IHNv 2003

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Shelter Bay, Richards Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 28 hectares
Licensed Production: 2,550 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Sablefish; Rainbow Trout
Disease Reported: IHNv 2003

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Marsh Bay (Stuart Rock) N. of P. Hardy
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 32 hectares
Licensed Production: 2256 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: IHNv 2003
Marine Mammals Shot: 4 California Sea Lions

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Varg Island, Raynor Group
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 30 hectares
Licensed Production: 2,550 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Sablefish
Disease Reported: IHNv 2003
Marine Mammals Shot: 2 Harbour Seals, 2 California Sea Lions

Company: Mainstream / Cermaq (Norway)
Location: Wells Passage, Mount Simmonds Bay
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 7.23 hectares
Licensed Production: 675 tonnes *
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: Aeromonas salmonicida Infection 2003

Company: Mainstream / Cermaq (Norway)
Location: SE Broughton Is., Greenway Snd, Maude Is
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 78.5 hectares
Licensed Production: 860 tonnes *
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (Aeromonas salmonicida Infection 2002), (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2004, 2005), (Piscirickettsiosis outbreak documented at Maude Island for the first time and Cecil Island for the second time in Zone 3.3 on November 8, 2005)

Company: Mainstream / Cermaq (Norway)
Location: Cecil Island, Greenway Sound
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 17 hectares
Licensed Production: 650 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2004, 2005) (Piscirickettsia salmonis detected for the first time in the Broughton Archipleago during September 2005 BCMAL surveillance activities.)

Company: Mainstream / Cermaq (Norway)
Location: Cypress Hrbr, Harbour Pt, Sutlej Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 11.49 hectares
Licensed Production: 10 tonnes *
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (IHNv 2003), (Aeromonas salmonicida Infection 2003, 2007)

Company: Mainstream / Cermaq (Norway)
Location: Sir Edmond Bay, NE Shore Broughton Inlet
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 25.1 hectares
Licensed Production: 1,000 tonnes *
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (IHNv 2003), (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2005)

Company: Mainstream / Cermaq (Norway)
Location: Cliff Bay Simoom Sound Wishart Peninsula
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 25.2 hectares
Licensed Production: 300 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2005)

Company: Mainstream / Cermaq (Norway)
Location: Raleigh Passage, Burdwood Group
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 9.55 hectares
Licensed Production: 3,000 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (Piscirickettsia salmonis detected by Mainstream Canada at a low levels during late August early Septemebr 2005)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Arrow Passage, Bonwick Island
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 13.8 hectares
Licensed Production: 1,800 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: IHNv 2003
Marine Mammals Shot: 1 Harbour Seal

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Potts Bay, Midsummer Island
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 4.34 hectares
Licensed Production: 150 tonnes *
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2004, 2006)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Port Elizabeth, Gilford Island
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 20.8 hectares
Licensed Production: 2,860 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2005)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Humphrey Rock, Tribune Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 33.9 hectares
Licensed Production: 3,600 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2006)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Tribune Channel, Sargeaunt Passage
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 27.8 hectares
Licensed Production: 5,258 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2004),(Aeromonas salmonicida (Atypical) Infection 2005)

[Charlie]

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Doctor Islets, Knight Inlet
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 41.6 hectares
Licensed Production: 3,000 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2005)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Port Elizabeth, Gilford Island
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 20.8 hectares
Licensed Production: 2,860 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2005)

Company: Grieg Seafood BC (Norway)
Location: Bennett Point, Clio Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 37.9 hectares
Licensed Production: 4,400 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2006, 2007)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Shaw Point, Sunderland Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 36 hectares
Licensed Production: 2,550 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Sablefish
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2005)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Althorpe, Sunderland Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 65.45 hectares
Licensed Production: 2,550 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Sablefish
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2005)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Shaw Point, Sunderland Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 36 hectares
Licensed Production: 2,550 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Sablefish
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2005)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Lees Bay, N. Shore, West Thurlow Is.
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 9.914 hectares
Licensed Production: 2,550 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Coho salmon; Sablefish
Disease Reported: (Aeromonas salmonicida Infection 2003), (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2005)
Marine Mammals Shot: 11 Harbour Seals, 2 California Sea Lions

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: West Thurlow Island, Chancellor Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 48.633 hectares
Licensed Production: 2,550 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2005)
Marine Mammals Shot: 9 Harbour Seals

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Brougham Point, East Thurlow Island
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 20.9 hectares
Licensed Production: 3,315 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Sablefish; Steelhead trout
Disease Reported: Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2004

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Young Passage, Sonora Island
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 20 hectares
Licensed Production: 3,800 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Coho salmon
Disease Reported: Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2002, 2003, 2004

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Sonora Pt., Nodales Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 21.9 hectares
Licensed Production: 5,250 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2002, 2004, 2005)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Phillips Arm, Cardero Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 46 hectares
Licensed Production: 2,550 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2005)
Marine Mammals Shot: 11 Harbour Seals

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Cyrus Rocks, Okisollo Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 22.317 hectares
Licensed Production: 3,000 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon
Disease Reported: Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2002, 2003, 2004

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Conville Bay, Hoskyn Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 11.9 hectares
Licensed Production: 3,150 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2003, 2004, 2006)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Conville Point, Hoskyn Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 21 hectares
Licensed Production: 2,160 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Rainbow trout
Disease Reported: (Vibrio (Listonella) angullarum Infection 2002), (Renibacterium salmoninarum infection 2002,2003, 2004, 2005)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Dunsterville Bay, Hoskyn Channel
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 21.96 hectares
Licensed Production: 2,202 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Rainbow trout
Disease Reported: Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2003, 2004

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Bear Bay, Read Island
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 8.1 hectares
Licensed Production: 1,425 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2002, 2004, 2005)

Company: Marine Harvest (Norway)
Location: Jervis Inlet near Glacial Creek
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 9.097 hectares
Licensed Production: 2,200 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Rainbow trout
Disease Reported: (Aeromonas salmonicida Infection 2003, 2005), (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2003)

Company: Grieg Seafood BC (Norway)
Location: Culloden Point, Jervis Inlet
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 23.48 hectares
Licensed Production: 1,500 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Coho salmon; Rainbow trout
Disease Reported: (Vibrio (Listonella) Infection 2004),(Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2007)
Marine Mammals Shot: 3 Harbour Seals

Company: Grieg Seafood BC (Norway)
Location: Ahlstrom Point, Jervis Inlet
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 17.06 hectares
Licensed Production: 1,100 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Coho salmon; Rainbow trout
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2006, 2007, 2009)
Marine Mammals Shot: 1 Harbour Seal, 3 California Sea Lions

Company: Grieg Seafood BC (Norway)
Location: Sechelt Inlet (Vantage Point)
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 14.1 hectares
Licensed Production: 1,500 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Coho salmon; Sablefish; Rainbow trout
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2004, 2007, 2009)

Company: Grieg Seafood BC (Norway)
Location: North Salmon Inlet (Kunechin-Site 5)
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 19.4 hectares
Licensed Production: 1,500 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Coho salmon; Rainbow trout
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2007, 2009)

Company: Grieg Seafood BC (Norway)
Location: East Newcomb Point, Salmon Inlet
Site Status: Licensed salmon farm
Site Size: 3.8 hectares
Licensed Production: 1,000 tonnes
Licensed Species: Atlantic salmon; Chinook salmon; Coho salmon; Sablefish; Rainbow trout
Disease Reported: (Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection 2004, 2007, 2009)

This information is provided by:
http://www.livingoceans.org/bc-salmo...n-and-problems

Don’t think for one second that those “fish farms” aren’t killing your wild salmon - they are just "dead fish swimming"!

[GLG]

Kudoa thyrsites

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudoa_thyrsites#References
soft flesh syndrome

Looking through Marine Harvest website it's seems to be a explanation of there lack of profit in BC
Could this be why they are clearing out their stock.
I have heard reports that people in Alberta are complaining about the quality of there farmer salmon.

GLG

[Gunsmith]

I tell everybody I can about the diseases.

Kudoa thyrsites

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudoa_thyrsites#References
soft flesh syndrome

Looking through Marine Harvest website it's seems to be a explanation of there lack of profit in BC
Could this be why they are clearing out their stock.
I have heard reports that people in Alberta are complaining about the quality of there farmer salmon.

GLG

[Charlie]

Here is some reasons way Dave knows he would be a “FOOL” to get into a discussion or debate with me concerning “open net” fish farms! IF he wishes… all I can say is “Good luck Dave”! J

http://thecanadian.org/k2-video/item...h-salmon-farms

KML
Disease Information
http://www.livingoceans.org/sites/.....es_feb2012.kmz - Canada
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Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus (IHNV)

• Investigation of the 2001-2003 IHNV Epizootic in Farmed Atlantic Salmon in BC Report (PDF, 405KB)
• IHNV Factsheet (February 11, 2002) (PDF, 32KB)
• IHNV Isolation and Control Procedures for IHNV Positive Farm Sites (PDF, 108KB)
• IHN Virus FAQ

Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) is a viral disease of wild salmon, first recognized in the 1950s. In British Columbia, the virus has been isolated in sockeye, chinook, coho, rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon as well as a variety of wild, non-salmonid marine fish. Susceptibility to disease varies between the species and with the strain of the virus.
Fisheries and Oceans Canada maintains a complete listing of the occurrence of this virus in wild stocks in British Columbia. IHN has been recently identified as the cause of significant mortalities in farmed and enhanced salmon in the Pacific Northwest.

Outbreaks of the disease in wild salmon have been reported primarily in juvenile sockeye and occasionally chum salmon in freshwater. The IHN virus has also affected immature kokanee (freshwater sockeye) adults.

Outbreaks of this disease in Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia occurred in 1992, 1995, 1996,1997 and 2001. All reported cases occurred within the Campbell River area.
When salmon farming companies report that the IHN virus is suspected on a salmon farm in British Columbia, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands fish health staff inspect the site and collect samples to test for the disease. These samples are submitted to the Animal Health Centre Laboratory. Farms affected by the disease must immediately implement isolation measures to reduce the risk of spread of the disease.

If there are other fish farms within the same area, or other farms are believed to be at risk, ministry fish health staff will also visit these sites to test for the presence of the virus.
Ministry staff work with Fisheries and Oceans Canada staff to ensure a coordinated approach to management of any outbreak of the IHN virus.

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Updated: May 16, 2004
http://www.agf.gov.bc.ca/ahc/fish_health/IHNV.htm


Aeromonas salmonicida Infection
Aeromonas salmonicida has been recognized as a pathogen of fish for over 100 years. Emmerich and Weibel (1894) made the first authentic report of its isolation during a disease outbreak at a Bavarian brown trout hatchery, the manifestations of the disease including furuncle-like swelling and, at a later stage, ulcerative lesions on infected trout. Since that time a number of subspecies of A. salmonicida have been recognized, although the taxonomy of the species is far from settled. Aeromonas salmonicida is one of the most studied fish pathogens, because of its widespread distribution, diverse host range and economically devastating impact on cultivated fish, particularly the Salmonids.

Furunculosis, caused by the bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida (A. salm), is one of the most serious infectious diseases of wild and farmed salmonids throughout the world, except South America (Ellis, 1997). Furunculosis was, for a long time, regarded as a disease occurring exclusively in salmonids. However, during the last decade several cases of A. salm infections have been reported in non-salmonids. In most cases these non-salmonids had some form of contact to salmonid populations with clinical outbreaks or as latent carrier of the causative agent (Bernoth, 1997). Furunculosis is an acute to chronic condition, with a variety of clinical signs (Hastings, 1988). The disease generally appears to develop as a septicaemia and is often fatal. Affected fish often show darkening of skin, lethargy and inappetence. Haemorrhages may occur at the bases of fins and the abdominal walls, heart and liver. Enlargement of the spleen and inflammation of the lower intestine are common features of chronic infections, but in acute outbreaks fish may die rapidly with few signs. The disease is named after the raised liquefactive muscle lesions (furuncles) which sometimes occur in chronically infected fish (Munro & Hastings, 1993).

The major route of transmission appears to be via infected fish and contaminated water (Hastings, 1988). Although the disease causes mortality of all ages, the most serious losses occurs during spring-autumn in the sea water farms. An important aspect of furunculosis is the carrier state, which is often established after the fish have been exposed to A. salm. Clinical outbreaks and mortality appear to be triggered by stress factors such as crowding, poor water quality, fright, high temperature and physical trauma (Ellis, 1997).
http://aqua.merck-animal-health.com/...27_113308.aspx

Renibacterium salmoninarum Infection
Renibacterium salmoninarum causes bacterial kidney disease (BKD), a chronic and sometimes fatal disease of salmon and trout that could lower fitness in populations with high prevalences of infection. Prevalence of R. salmoninarum infection among juvenile Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha inhabiting neritic marine habitats in North Puget Sound, Washington, USA, was assessed in 2002 and 2003. Fish were collected by monthly surface trawl at 32 sites within 4 bays, and kidney infections were detected by a quantitative fluorescent antibody technique (qFAT). The sensitivity of the qFAT was within an order of magnitude of the quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) sensitivity. Prevalence of infection was classified by fish origin (marked/hatchery vs. unmarked/likely natural spawn), month of capture, capture location and stock origin. The highest percentages of infected fish (63.5 to 63.8%) and the greatest infection severity were observed for fish collected in Bellingham Bay. The lowest percentages were found in Skagit Bay (11.4 to 13.5%); however, there was no difference in prevalence between marked and unmarked fish among the capture locations. The optimal logistic regression model of infection probabilities identified the capture location of Bellingham Bay as the strongest effect, and analysis of coded wire tagged (CWT) fish revealed that prevalence of infection was associated with the capture location and not with the originating stock. These results suggest that infections can occur during the early marine life stages of Chinook salmon that may be due to common reservoirs of infection or horizontal transmission among fish stocks.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17058599

Piscirickettsia salmonis Infection
SRS (a.k.a. Salmon Rickettsial Syndrome or Piscirickettsiosis or Coho salmon septicaemia or Huito disease) is considered to be the most important disease problem in the Chilean salmon farming industry, with economic losses of over US$100 million in some years. SRS was first reported, from Chile, in 1989, but (Pisci)rickettsia-like organisms (RLO) are now frequently associated with disease syndromes in both salmonid and non-salmonid fish from both fresh and saltwater worldwide. During 1989, this disease was considered to be the cause of death of an estimated 1.5 million Coho salmon, many near market-size. A year later, the disease was also found to occur in Atlantic salmon and up to 90% mortality was seen on some farms. Outbreaks of SRS in other countries have not reached the levels of the Chilean outbreaks. For example, variable and inconsistent mortality of 0.6 - 15% has been reported in Canada and Norway.
http://aqua.merck-animal-health.com/...27_113333.aspx

[Charlie]

Myxobacterial Infection
‘An outbreak of myxobacterial disease in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) reared in a Maine estuary.’
Sawyer ES.
Source
Center for Research, University of Maine at Portland-Gorham, 246 Deering Avenue, Portland, Maine 04102, USA.

An epizootic of a myxobacterial infection in coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) was responsible for the death of 50,000 fish, 30% of the population. Cartiage in the nose, mouth and lower jaw was eroded, and yellow sheets of bacterial growth were observed in the mouth, pharynx and pneumatic duct. The severity of the disease increased with increasing water temperature. Pathogenicity trials were inconclusive; only two of 18 experimentally infected fish succumbed to the disease. However, the lesions, and the absence of other known pathogens suggests the myxobacterium was responsible.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16502702


Piscirickettsia salmonis Infection:
Piscirickettsia salmonis infection in Atlantic salmon
Salmo salar in Norway-epidemiological,
pathological and microbiological findings
'National Veterinary Institute Bergen, Minde Alle 10, N-5032 Minde, Norway
'National Veterinary Institute Oslo, PO Box 8156 Dep.. N-0033 Oslo, Norway

ABSTRACT: A rickettsia-like organism was isolated from diseased Atlantic salmon Salmo salar in Norway. Because of morphological and serological similarities to the type strain the suggested name of the organism is Piscirickettsia salmonis. The bacteiium is considered the most probable cause of a systemic disease diagnosed in 51 farms along the west coast of Norway. Most of the cases occurred in the autumn of 1988. The disease was only recorded in smolts after exposure to sea water and cumulative mortality has been low. In 63% of fish with gross lesions examined during outbreak of disease in 14 of the affected farms, the typical macroscopic finding was a normal coloured liver with white, circular, sometimes haemorrhagic foci. Of fish with gross lesions, 35% showed pale gills, a yellow, mottled liver, and haemorrhages scattered throughout the skeletal muscles, perivisceral fat, the stomach wall and the swimbladder. Histomorphological changes were most often observed as necrosis and granulomatous inflammation in the liver. Intracellular, intravacuolar bactelia-like inclusions with an affinity for phagocytic host cells were observed. Transmission electron microscopy revealed individual or paired organisms enclosed in membrane-bound vacuoles.
http://www.int-res.com/articles/dao/31/d031p035.pdf


Vibrio (Listonella) angullarum Infection
Vibrio (Listonella) Infection
The genus Vibrio, belonging to the family Vibrionaceae, is a group of Gramnegative, facultatively anaerobic, curved, rod-shaped bacteria that are oxidase positive and non-spore forming (Kaysner and Angelo, 1998). This genus includes the human pathogens V. cholerae, V. mimicus, V. parahaemolyticus, and V. vulnificus, as well as fish pathogens Listonella anguillarum (formerly V. anguillarum), V. ordalii, V. damsela, V. carchariae, V. vulnificus, V. alginolyticus, and V. salmonicida (Reed and Francis-Floyd, 2002). Vibrio spp. pathogens also affect other species of marine fish, penaeid shrimp, as well as abalone (Liu et al., 2004). In addition, Vibrio spp. bacteria account for a significant portion of the food-borne infections from eating raw or undercooked shellfish (Thompson et al., 2004).

Vibrio (Listonella) anguillarum is a halophilic Gram-negative, curved rod with polar flagella. Vibrio ordalii was formerly known as V. anguillarum biotype 2, with reclassification based on both phenotypic characteristics as well as DNA relatedness (Schiewe et al., 1981). The common non-specific clinical signs of Vibrio spp. Infection in cobia include lethargy, darkened skin, abdominal distension, damaged eyes, and ulcerations of the skin. High mortalities are often observed in cultured fish, with 100% morbidity (Reed and Francis-Floyd, 2002) and mortality commonly over 80% (Liu et al., 2004). Fish less than 4 months old, <500 g, appear to be the most susceptible with the highest mortalities to these bacterial pathogens (Lin et al., 2005).

Vibrio (Listonella) anguillarum, one of the causative agents of vibriosis, is a primary pathogen of marine fish in salt and brackish waters. Disease outbreaks often occur in late summer in shallow near shore waters when water temperatures increase. ibriosis affects close to 50 species of salt and freshwater fish, and is a major obstacle for marine salmonid culture (Woo and Bruno, 1999). Vibrio (L.) anguillarum has been isolated from moribund striped bass (Morone saxatilis) from the Chesapeake Bay, exhibiting symptoms consistent with vibriosis, including hemorrhaging of the fins, eyes, and ventral surfaces, as well as internal petechiae (Toranzo et al., 2003). Vibrio (L.) anguillarum was first reported in North America in chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta). The first reported case of vibriosis (Vibrio alginolyticus) in cobia occurred in 2001 in Taiwan (Liu et al., 2004).

While the precise route of transmission is unclear, it is suspected that Vibrio spp. infections are initiated through the oral route (Reed and Francis-Floyd, 2002). Vibrio spp. can be found in normal gut flora, but under certain conditions can cross the intestinal wall resulting in a systemic infection. Infected fish shed bacteria into the water, allowing the pathogen to infect other fish. Most of the pathogenic Vibrio spp. increase in number during warmer summer temperatures and spread well in warm water recirculating systems.

Vibrio anginolyticus has been reported as another major pathogen for cultured cobia in Taiwan (Liu et al., 2004), however it is not closely related to V. (L.) anguillarum and V. ordalii (Schiewe et al., 1981). Diseased cobia infected with V. anginolyticus presented with lethargy, darkened skin, acites in the peritoneal cavity, and some fish exhibited damaged eyes. The disease can be present in cobia of varying sizes. In the study by Liu et al. (2004), V. anginolyticus was seen in cobia 100-120 g, as well as in
cobia 8-12 g, from two different outbreaks in Taiwan during the summer season. Lin et
al. (2006) also observed outbreaks associated with Vibrio spp. in early grow out of cobia,
under 4 months of age and below 500 g. Vibrio vulnificus has also been identified as a fish pathogen, as seen in ovate pompano (Trachinotus ovatus) in cage culture (Li et al., 2006). In fish infected with V.vulnificus, pathology is typically associated with external hemorrhages of the gill, head, ventral body, and base of the fins, especially the pectoral fins, along with hemorrhage in the liver and intestine. Symptoms may occasionally include ulceration of the dorsal and ventral body, deep muscle necrosis in the head region, as well as petechiae of the gills and fins (Li et al., 2006).
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/ava...sis_Machen.pdf

REALLY, need to read this... and THIS is only the ones reported:
XLS] 2002 BC Salmon Farmer Database [Excel] - Cohen Commission
www.cohencommission.ca/DownloadExhibit.php?ExhibitID=1591

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Wow, you are a researcher and a half!!!