Deadly virus detected at Bakkafrost salmon farm

Fish from the two affected pens will be harvested immediately while the remainder of the site will be harvested within two months, to comply with Faroese regulations.

Bakkafrost CEO Regin Jacobsen at one of the company's Faroes farm sites (the farm pictured is not the farm affected by the disease outbreak). — Bakkafrost CEO Regin Jacobsen at one of the company's Faroes farm sites (the farm pictured is not the farm affected by the disease outbreak).Photo: Anders Furuset

John Evans

Correspondent

Published 27 May 2024, 02:21Updated 27 May 2024, 02:34

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