Fish Health - Disease Screening

Regular disease screening is critical to maintaining fish health.

Broodstock

Brood fish are screened for pathogens to ensure they are not passed to the next generation through eggs. 

Each fertilized egg batch is carefully numbered and kept separate. This allows each egg batch to be traced back to the parent fish. If any egg batches are found to be positive for pathogens through disease testing, they can be identified and removed.

Production fish

Fisheries and Oceans Canada regularly does fish health audits of our farms, collecting samples and screening for pathogens.

Every batch of smolts entered into saltwater sites is screened for pathogens prior to entry. 
While in saltwater sea farms, fish are regularly screened for the presence of pathogens.