CHARLOTTETOWN –
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed the further spread of a parasite threatening Prince Edward Island’s lucrative oyster industry.
The agency recently updated an online map, showing new detections in and around East River and Rustico, and all of Malpeque Bay. More recent detections have been reported from Rice Point to Wood Islands on the Island’s south shore, and from North Rustico Harbour to Brackley Point along the north shore.
“Our surveillance efforts currently focus on those areas that have not yet been tested,” the agency said in a statement released Tuesday. “The agency is meeting regularly with the province, stakeholders and industry members about the long-term management of the disease for P.E.I.”
According to provincial statistics, the Island’s oyster industry hauled in 10 million kilograms of oysters last year, generating almost $24 million …