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01/21/2022

Escape at ISA-Hit Laxar - why is 'Scottish' Salmon Still Importing Millions of Ova from Iceland?

 



 

RUV in Iceland reported earlier today (21 January 2022) that ISA-hit Laxar has a hole in one of their salmon cages which is now being investigated by the Icelandic authorities for an escape: 

 

Iceland RUV #1

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RUV reported last month (13 December 2021) that Norwegian-owned Laxar was forced to slaughter farmed salmon infected with ISA:

Laxar ISA 13 Dec 2021

Laxar ISA 13 Dec 2021 #2

 

 

 

 

Undercurrent News reported (14 December 2021):

 

Laxar ISA 13 Dec 2021 #3

 

 

 

 

Last month (2 December 2021), Scottish Salmon Watch wrote to Scottish Ministers calling for the borders to be closed to ova imports:


Letter to Scottish Ministers re ISA in Iceland 2 December 2021 #1

 

 

 

 

 

Despite the increasing risks and the lack of testing, a Freedom of Information reply from the Scottish Government last week (10 January 2022) claimed that the risk of importing ova from Iceland was not significant:

 

 

 

A letter from the Scottish Government dated 10 January 2022 included:

Iceland SG position Jan 2022

 

 

A media backgrounder published by Scottish Salmon Watch (14 January 2022) included:

 

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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

 

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in November 2021:

 

 

 

 

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 (renamed Benchmark Genetics Iceland in January 2021):

 

Iceland ISA #3

 

 

 

Fish Farmer reported (29 November 2021):

 

Fish Farmer ISA Iceland 29 Nov 2021 #1

Fish Farmer ISA Iceland 29 Nov 2021 #2

 

 

 

 

Now that Infectious Salmon Anaemia has been reported at Laxar in Iceland (a Norwegian-owned company which is sources ova from Stofnfiskur - rebranded Benchmark Genetics Iceland in January 2021) will Scotland now ban Icelandic ova imports and rely only on Irish ova imports? 

Laxar sources from Stofnfiskur

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch revealed last week (10 January 2020) that ISA was reported Landcatch's Ormsary Hatchery in Argyll:

 

 

 

ISA in Scottish Salmon PR & Backgrounder 10 January 2022 #3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Salmon farming in Iceland - as in Scotland - is in the news for all the wrong reasons.   Fish Farmer reported yesterday (20 January 2022):

 

Iceland broke EEA rules #1

Iceland broke EEA rules #2

Iceland broke EEA rules #3

 

 

 

The North Atlantic Salmon Fund and Scottish Salmon Watch reported in September 2021:

 



PR NASF & Animal Concern 18 September 2021 #3

PR NASF & Animal Concern 18 September 2021 #4

Iceland Against the Current Facebook post 11 August 2021 #4

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch reported in August 2021:

 

 

 

 

Watch a horror film shot inside a salmon farm in Iceland:

 

 

 

 

Here's photos from the secret filming:

 

Iceland Against the Current Facebook post 11 August 2021 #2

 

Iceland Against the Current Facebook post 11 August 2021 #3

 

 

 

 

 

 

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