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Scientists are scrambling to find out if a deadly virus has spread to salmon in Pacific Northwest fisheries.
Researchers are testing Pacific salmon for evidence of a virus that’s killed millions of farmed salmon in Europe, Chile and the east coast of North America. As EarthFix’s Ashley Ahearn reports, they want to know if the virus is present and what the dangers are to wild fish.