Areas closing down will make fishers have to change locations, says P.E.I. Shellfish Association president
CBC NewsRyan McKellopThe president of the P.E.I. Shellfish Association says the oyster industry is rightfully concerned about the first case of dermo disease in P.E.I.
But Bob MacLeod said there is no reason for panic.
"It's a pretty scary time for our industry right now," MacLeod said Saturday.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced on Friday that lab tests confirmed the presence of dermo — a highly damaging mollusc disease — in oysters from P.E.I.'s Egmont Bay.
As a result, the CFIA could take control of how…
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