Killer French virus wipes out 95% of western Algarve’s oysters Details Discovered at: http://www.algarvedailynews.com/news/7337-killer-french-virus-wipes-out-95-… Sites: IBIS AH Publish date: Sun 2015-Nov-29 Author: Paul Channel: Search engines Text (summary): Oyster producers in the western Algarve are up in arms over a government plan that they now must pay 60 cents a kilo to have their devastated stock incinerated. The Portuguese Association of Aquaculture has demanded an “urgent response” over the question of what happens next to the tons of dead oysters at the Alvor Estuary and Sagres oyster farms after a killer virus from France swept through the nurseries in October. “We urgently need to know what to do with the tons of shells that are still in nurseries,” stated the general secretary of the Portuguese Aquaculture Association, Fernando Gonçalves. Nine businesses in the Ria de Alvor and ‘off-shore’ near Sagres, were affected by a virus and a bacterium identified by the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) as ‘herpes virus’ and ‘vibrio’, respectively, which has killed 95% of oyster production valued at about €3 million. Locations Discovery Original language: English Original title: Killer French virus wipes out 95% of western Algarve’s oysters Original text (summary): Oyster producers in the western Algarve are up in arms over a government plan that they now must pay 60 cents a kilo to have their devastated stock incinerated. The Portuguese Association of Aquaculture has demanded an “urgent response” over the question of what happens next to the tons of dead oysters at the Alvor Estuary and Sagres oyster farms after a killer virus from France swept through the nurseries in October. “We urgently need to know what to do with the tons of shells that are still in nurseries,” stated the general secretary of the Portuguese Aquaculture Association, Fernando Gonçalves. Nine businesses in the Ria de Alvor and ‘off-shore’ near Sagres, were affected by a virus and a bacterium identified by the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) as ‘herpes virus’ and ‘vibrio’, respectively, which has killed 95% of oyster production valued at about €3 million. Issues Issue(s) that this article relates to, if applicable. Issue Status Start Oyster herpes OsHV-1 µvar goes global [2010 – ?] ongoing Workflow Status: Promoted
