B.C. Researchers Discover Deadly Bacterial Disease in Wild Chinook

B.C. researchers discover deadly bacterial disease in wild chinook

August 4, 2026“This is important because the disease itself is not a new disease. The disease is pretty well known in farmed fish, and it’s a pretty severe disease where it can kill fish in a matter of days. So if they develop the disease and then they die in the wild, you never find it. That’s why this study was so unique.” Read the full Vancouver Sun article. News Source: Vancouver SunInitiatives: Ocean EcosystemsSalmon Farming

Deadly bacterial disease detected in wild B.C. Chinook salmon

Researchers have documented a deadly bacterial disease in wild Chinook salmon off the west coast of Vancouver Island for the first time. The study found signs…