Can diseases from farm salmon be transferred to other species?
An orca death in 1996 caused some public concern about the possibility of disease transferal to whales from farmed salmon. An exhaustive investigation was undertaken at that time by the Chief Veterinarian of B.C. that concluded that the orca death was not linked in any way to farmed salmon. In fact, there has been no documented case in British Columbia of a whale health being affected in any way by fish farms or escaped salmon.
