date:Jul 25, 2012
SA proved incorrect, he said.
Mr Rosewarne says disease problems on overseas salmon farms are irrelevant in New Zealand because of strict biosecurity regulations.
The company had sent samples from fish that died at Waihinau to the Primary Industries Ministry to test for diseases including ISA and the vibrio species of bacteria, he said.
The tests came back negative.
The ministry had since sent samples to laboratories in Canada and Norway with more experience in salmon disease, but these resu