Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus Suspected in Single Penobscot River Wild Fish

A screening blood test on a wild Penobscot River Atlantic salmon has revealed a suspected case of a potentially fatal virus according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Acting Regional Director Dr. Mamie A. Parker. Service fishery biologists have moved the single fish to a separate pool and are initiating a 28-day cell-culture test to determine if infectious salmon anemia virus is actually present. Parker informed the State of Maine this morning of the initial finding.

The fish was returning from the ocean when Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission fishery biologists removed it from the river for use as broodstock broodstock
The reproductively mature adults in a population that breed (or spawn) and produce more individuals (offspring or progeny).

Learn more about broodstock at Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery in East Orland, according to Parker. Forty-two of the 85 wild salmon removed from the Penobscot River this year have undergone the same blood test. However, this is the only suspect blood test to date. The tests were conducted at the Service