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Wild oyster population in Tasmania affected by POMS virus

Wild oysters have also been affected by the deadly virus devastating oyster farms in Tasmania. ABC News: Lucy Shannon
Wild oysters have also been affected by the deadly virus devastating oyster farms in Tasmania. ABC News: Lucy Shannon Source: ABC Australia

The deadly virus affecting oysters in Tasmania's south-east has been confirmed in a population of wild oysters. Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome, or POMS, has been detected in six Tasmanian commercial growing regions - Lower Pittwater, Upper Pittwater, Pipe Clay Lagoon, Blackman Bay, Little Swanport and Dunalley Bay. More in the weekly report from Hobart with our stringer Sotiris Kalogeropoulos who talks to Themi Kallos.


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The deadly virus affecting oysters in Tasmania's south-east has been confirmed in a population of wild oysters. Pacific Oyster Mortality Syndrome, or POMS, has been detected in six Tasmanian commercial growing regions - Lower Pittwater, Upper Pittwater, Pipe Clay Lagoon, Blackman Bay, Little Swanport and Dunalley Bay. More in the weekly report from Hobart with our stringer Sotiris Kalogeropoulos who talks to Themi Kallos.



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