Test Negative for Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus in a Penobscot River Wild Salmon

A cell-culture test to determine if infectious salmon anemia virus is present in a wild Penobscot River Atlantic salmon has returned negative for the potentially fatal virus, according to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Acting Regional Director Dr. Mamie A. Parker. Service fishery biologists will continue to keep the single fish in a separate pool and conduct additional genetic and disease tests as a precaution.

"We are working with the U.S. Geological Survey