The authors describe it as the first interspecific transmission study of its kind in Canada, aimed at addressing concerns about disease transfer between farmed and wild salmon. “These studies add to a growing and increasingly rigorous body of scientific evidence concluding that salmon farms in BC do not harm wild salmon populations. Four major peer-reviewed studies have emerged this year alone, reaffirming this conclusion,” said Brian Kingzett, executive director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association, in a press release. “With the 2029 marine net-pen ban on BC salmon farms approaching, we respectfully urge the federal government to reconsider this decision. According to the BC Salmon Farmers Association, the current ban on marine net-pens by 2029 risks $9 billion in taxpayer costs and significant economic losses to Canada.