What happens if disease is detected on a fish farm?
When diseases are detected, the farm operator may administer treatments under veterinary supervision. Veterinarians who treat cultured fish must comply with strict regulations set by Health Canada’s Veterinary Drug Directorate, which controls the use of all medicines used in animals grown for food production. Farm operators across Canada are required, as a licensing condition, to have a fish health protection plan in place during the production cycle. In cases where no treatment or alternative control strategies are possible, provinces may order, or farm managers choose, to depopulate the affected stocks and dispose of them in a manner that prevents further contact with either wild or farmed unaffected stocks.
When diseases are detected, the farm operator may administer treatments under veterinary supervision. Veterinarians who treat cultured fish must comply with strict regulations set by Health Canadas Veterinary Drug Directorate, which controls the use of all medicines used in animals grown for food production. Farm operators across Canada are required, as a licensing condition, to have a fish health protection plan in place during the production cycle. In cases where no treatment or alternative control strategies are possible, provinces may order, or farm managers choose, to depopulate the affected stocks and dispose of them in a manner that prevents further contact with either wild or farmed unaffected stocks.
