Co-chairs of peer review committee to give technical briefing

Vancouver, British Columbia — Co-chairs of a peer-review meeting on the risk to Fraser River sockeye salmon due to possible Piscine Orthoreovirus (PRV) transfer from Atlantic salmon farms, will give a media technical briefing to discuss the peer-review results.

Date:         Thursday, February 7, 2019
Time:        11:00 a.m.  PST

Phone-in details: Media planning to participate are required to register by calling (613) 990-7537 or emailing media.xncr@dfo-mpo.gc.ca by 10:30 a.m. PST on Thursday February 7, 2019.

Registered media are requested to call in 15 minutes prior to the start of the teleconference.

Note: The media availability is for accredited media only.

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