Cooke-owned Cold Ocean Salmon has detected infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNv) at its Margery Cove trout farm near St. Alban's, Newfoundland, Canada.

The site contains eight cages stocked with approximately 310,000 trout, Cooke reported.

IPN is a naturally occurring virus and is not a human health issue or a food safety issue. However, the disease used to be a major problem for the salmonid farming industry before genetic markers were discovered and fish were bred for resistance to it.