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11/26/2021

ISA in Iceland - will Scotland ban ova imports to prevent disease risks as with Norway?

 

 

 

 

Undercurrent News reported (26 November 2021):

 

Iceland ISA

 

 

 

 

 

Intrafish reported (26 November 2021):

 

Iceland ISA #2

 

 

 

 

 

Salmon Business reported (26 November 2021) that the suspected case of ISA was at Norwegian-owned Laxar who is understood to source salmon eggs (ova) from Stofnfiskur:

 

Iceland ISA #3

 



 

 

News of ISA in Iceland dominated the Icelandic media yesterday (26 November 2021) with the wild fishing association calling for all ISA infected farmed salmon to be slaughtered:

 

Iceland News on ISA #1

 

Iceland News on ISA #2

 

Iceland News on ISA #3

 



 

 

Here's the official statement from the Icelandic Government (26 November 2021) which cited the first ISA outbreak in Scotland in 1998:

 

Iceland News on ISA #4

Iceland News on ISA #5

 

 

 

Fish Farmer reported (29 November 2021):

 

Fish Farmer ISA Iceland 29 Nov 2021 #1

Fish Farmer ISA Iceland 29 Nov 2021 #2

 

 

 

 

Fish Farmer reported in November 2019 that Laxar had reported IPA (Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis):

 

Fish Farmer 26 Nov 2019

 

 

 

Data published by the Scottish Government in September 2021 via the 'Scottish Fish Farm Production Survey 2020' detailed imports of ova from Iceland flooding 'Scottish' salmon farms following the ban on ova imports from Norway due to ISA risks in 2019:

 

Iceland ova

 

 

 

Here's video footage shot inside Iceland's disease-ridden salmon farms in August 2021:

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in August 2021 that ISA had been found at a salmon farm in Loch Spelve operated by Norwegian-owned Scottish Sea Farms:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in July 2021:

 

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch asked in May 2021:

 

 

 

A Freedom of Information reply from the Scottish Government earlier this month (2 April 2020) revealed an abject lack of testing of viruses, pathogens and infectious diseases. 

 

 

FOI reply 2 April 2020 #1

FOI reply 2 April 2020 #2

 

 

 

In February 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch wrote to Scottish Ministers with respect to bio-security protocols and safety precautions of imported ova. 

 

 

 

 

In February 2020, Scottish Salmon Watch and The Ferret revealed that imports of salmon eggs (ova) from Norway were banned in May 2019 following fears of the spread of Infectious Salmon Anaemia with Iceland replacing Norway as the primary source of 'Scottish' salmon. 

 

 

 



 

 

Vertical transmission of PRV via infected ova has been reported from Iceland to the United States.  The Seattle Times reported in May 2018:

 

PRV #5

PRV #6

 

 

 

The Seattle Times reported in December 2018:

 

PRV #3 PRV #4

 

 

Salmon Business reported in December 2018:

 

PRV #7

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch warned in a press release published in August 2020:

 

PRV #8

 

 

The press release (25 August 2020) included:

 

PRV #9

 

 

 

 



 

 

Read more via:

Breaking News: ISA reported at RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms on the Isle of Mull

Letter to Scottish Ministers re. ISA in Scottish Salmon

Media Backgrounder: Scottish Salmon’s Recurring ISA Nightmare

Media Backgrounder: Norway’s Infectious Salmon Aquacalypse – Going Global Since 1984!

Eggsclusive: FOI Reveals 'Scottish' Salmon Imported As Ova from Iceland & Ireland - Norway eggs-pelled due to disease risks!

Massive Attack on "Rotten Edifice" of 'Scottish' Salmon

Norwegian Salmon Ova Slip Back Into Scotland (as Infectious Salmon Anaemia plagues salmon farms in Norway)

Norway's Infectious Salmon "Horror Show" Secretly Playing Now In Scotland?

EFTA disclose documents on disease-ridden Norwegian salmon farming but refuse more citing commercial confidentiality

'Scottish' salmon resumes imports of "ISA-free" eggs from Norway?

Undercurrent News: "Iceland replaces Norway as main source of Scottish salmon eggs following import ban"

Letter to Scottish Ministers: "Bio-security Protocols & Safety Precautions re. Ova Imports"

The Ferret: "Imports of Norwegian salmon eggs banned over deadly virus"

Norwegian Salmon Egg Exports Banned Due to Disease Risks

Game Ova for Scottish Salmon - Deadly disease delays egg imports from AquaGen in Norway

Deadly virus outbreak prompted fears over import of fish farm eggs to Scotland

Mail On Sunday: "90% of Scottish salmon 'ISN'T' from Scotland' - 66m eggs shipped in from abroad"

Salmon Eggsclusive: Scotland's 'King of Fish' is Now Viking Not Scottish!

Easter Egg Ban for 'Scottish' Salmon?

The Ferret: "Deadly virus outbreak prompted fears over import of fish farm eggs to Scotland"

Game Ova for Scottish Salmon - Deadly disease delays egg imports from AquaGen in Norway

Virus-Laden Farmed Salmon

Concerns raised over Scottish salmon roe imports

'Secret' Scottish Salmon - Norwegian-owned Scottish Sea Farms refuse to disclose information for ova imports as it would "cause substantial harm to their commercial interests"

Government 'failing to protect Scottish salmon'

Complete Mockery of the Brand 'Scottish Salmon': Norway bans import of Scottish salmon eggs citing disease risks & genetic impacts under the Nature Diversity Act

Imported eggs ruling 'makes a mockery of Scottish salmon'

Norway keeps ban on import of Scottish roe

Tartan imposters’ charge as fish egg imports hit 90%

Invasion of the Viking salmon

Fish farms are ‘wiping out Scotland’s wild salmon’

Escaped farmed salmon impacts

'Norwegian' genes found in wild salmon populations in Wester Ross

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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