date:May 30, 2012
The virus appears to have moved South after being confirmed on a salmon farm in British Columbia two weeks ago.
IHN occurs naturally in wild sockeye salmon and can be carried by other fish, such as herring, which sometimes pass through fish net pens.
The Washington hatchery affected, owned by American Gold Seafoods, and affiliated with Icicle Seafoods of Seattle, reportedly has 120 pens near Rochester.
The company has said it will have removed all fish from the site, Orchard Rocks salmon f