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The farm must presumably remove the contaminated salmon harvest. (Photo: Sernapesca/FIS)
ISA virus detected in Magallanes
CHILE
Monday, November 08, 2010, 22:40 (GMT + 9)
The National Fisheries Service (Sernapesca) has declared that there has been an outbreak of the infectious salmon anemia (ISA) virus in a farming center in the region of Magallanes.
In compliance with biosafety regulations, after receiving the notification, the owner of the farm, Salmones Magallanes, will have to remove the contaminated fish from its facilities.
The company will have to harvest the salmon or remove the fish cages where the outbreak was declared. In the first case, Salmon Magallanes has a maximum of 15 days, and the second, 7 days.
The procedure chosen by the company will be overseen by Sernapesca inspectors in order to ensure compliance, which had previously overseen various infringements for breaches of the rules, reports Estrategia.
Currently in the Magallanes region, there are 10 active aquaculture centers operating in seawater. Of these, eight contain Atlantic salmon and two contain trout.
In February, Sernapesca issued a provision establishing joint health management measures in this area and the Chilean Antarctic, taking breaks coordinated in an area where the ISA virus was detected (Resolution N° 93/2010).
Last October, a legislation that defines additional restrictions on the crops (validation of the methods of inactivation of the mortalities, the demands of contingency plans, among others) was established for centers in the affected areas (Resolution N° 1739/2010).
Additionally, Henry Clifford, one of the creators of AquaAdvantage, that aims to produce genetically modified salmon, will visit the country to participate in the workshop 'Salmon: Myths and realities', to be held on 16 November on the Chinquihue campus at the University of Los Lagos, in Puerto Montt.
Clifford is the current vice president of AquaBounty Technologies, the U.S. company that created the modified Atlantic salmon, which some critics call the 'Frankenfish'.
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By Analia Murias
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