date:Jul 25, 2012
However, Danny Boulton, of Sustain Our Sounds, which is fighting an application to develop nine new salmon farms in the Marlborough Sounds, says the risk of disease will increase if salmon farming expands, reportsTheMarlboroughExpress.
Niwa aquaculture and biotechnology chief scientist Mr Forsythe said pathogens and parasites that caused significant disease in captive and wild salmon in other countries were not found in New Zealand.
The Marlborough Expresshas been following the death of fish i