Ship’s Crew Hospitalized After Eating Tainted Fish

Health officials in New Brunswick say food poisoning has hospitalized the majority of the crew from a ship in the port of Saint John, the Canadian Press reported. The ship involved is the Panama-registered Balsa 85 and the crew is from the Philippines. Fourteen of 19 crew members are in serious but stable condition at Saint John Regional Hospital after eating toxic fish on the ship Saturday. CP reported that the tainted fish was caught in international waters and there is no risk to ...