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01/16/2022

Imported ova "are all tested for a plethora of diseases" claims Hendrix/Landcatch

 



 

 

Today (16 January 2022), Scottish Salmon Watch wrote to the Scottish Government and Hendrix/Landcatch asking for the test results from all the ova tested for a "plethora of diseases" as claimed by Hendrix Genetics UK in this week's Argyllshire Advertiser. 

 

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 9:16 AM
Subject: Testing of ALL ova for a "plethora of diseases" claims Landcatch - is this true?
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Cc: Louise Curtis <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
 
Further to previous correspondence on the issue of ova imports and testing for infectious diseases, Scottish Salmon Watch is perplexed by a statement by the general manager of Hendrix Genetics UK (Jarl van den Berg) in this week's Argyllshire Advertiser; namely:
 
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Mr van den Berg's claims that all ova are tested for a plethora of diseases is not backed up by the published evidence via the Fish Health Inspectorate's 'Case Information; for example.  Here's details of an inspection report of 5 million ova at Landcatch's Ormsary Hatchery 'inspected' in January 2018 (Case 2018-0013, p73-81) with the admission in a letter from Marine Scotland Science dated 19 January 2018 that "no samples were taken for disease analysis":
 
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Note that a Freedom of Information reply from the Scottish Government in April 2020 revealed an abject lack of testing of viruses, pathogens and infectious diseases:
 
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In order to ground-truth the claims by Hendrix/Landcatch in the Argyllshire Advertiser could the Scottish Government please therefore provide information on testing of salmon ova (including imported, 'home-grown' ova and ova tested for export) for diseases, pathogens, bacteria, viruses (indeed the whole "plethora of diseases" referred to by Hendrix Landcatch) since 1 January 2018.
 
Please include emails, test results, photos, sampling, data, Excel spreadsheets and any other information relating to testing of ova for a plethora of diseases since 1 January 2018. 
 
If the Scottish Government has no data on testing by Marine Scotland Science or other Scottish Government agencies - as suggested previously - then please include data conducted via private contracts or at least include emails, letters and any other information relating to the testing of ova for diseases.  Please include any Cabinet Briefings, correspondence with Hendrix/Landcatch and any other salmon farming interests.
 
For example, Scottish Salmon Watch reported in June 2019 via a press release https://donstaniford.typepad.com/files/pr-virus-laden-scottish-salmon-5-june-2019.pdf
 
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As Scottish Salmon Watch pointed out in a letter to Scottish Ministers in February 2020, there is an "optional service" to screen ova for PRV (and presumably a "plethora of diseases"):
 
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Please include any information relating to this "optional service of screening" for PRV and any other diseases, pathogens and viruses in salmon ova. 
 
 
Please consider this a formal request for information under the relevant FOI and Environmental Information regulations.
 
Please provide the information electronically - if the data set is simply too large to include all the ova tested for a plethora of diseases then please Zip the huge files.
 
Please provide a receipt for this FOI request. 
 
Thanks,
 
 
Don Staniford
 
Director, Scottish Salmon Watch
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Scottish Salmon Watch reported in April 2020:
 

 
 
 
 
When I first visited Ormsary in December 2019 it was in the dark:
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
When I visited Ormsary in September 2020 - there is a public beach with public access - I was assaulted by Landcatch's general manager Jarl van den Berg who objected to filming and tried to grab my Go Pro camera. 
 

 
 
 

Landcatch's general manager Jarl van den Berg objected to Scottish Salmon Watch taking samples of salmon hatchery effluents being discharged onto a public beach on Loch Caolisport in Argyll.

 

8 September 2020 #4 Jarl Van Der Berg pointing

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch asked Police Scotland to give the 29-year old a warning rather than file a formal complaint that may have led to an assault charge.

 

8 September 2020 #7 Police with Jarl

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sir James Lithgow - who sold Landcatch to Hendrix Genetics in 2011 - was so intimidatory when I visited later in September 2020 that I felt scared for my safety and called Police Scotland (who warned the baron for intimidation).  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read more via:

Front Page Splash on ISA at Landcatch in the Argyllshire Advertiser!

Game Ova for Imports & Exports: Close the Borders to Stop the Spread of Diseases & Genetic Pollution!

Infectious Salmon Anaemia Reported at Landcatch’s Ormsary Hatchery in November – was ISA imported via infected salmon eggs (ova) from Iceland?

The Catch with Landcatch - how Lithgows sold Scottish salmon down the river to Dutch & US investors!

Iceland Slaughters ISA-Infected Salmon - is Scotland next in the firing line?

ISA hits Scottish Sea Farms owner SalMar in Norway - how many hidden cases are lurking on salmon farms in Scotland?

Scottish Ministers with Egg on Their Faces - is it game ova for imports of salmon eggs from Iceland & Norway?

Scottish Scamon Eggsposé: The Foreign Companies Importing Over 320 Million Salmon Eggs (Ova) Into 'Scottish' Fish Farms Since 2016!

Letter to Scottish Ministers calling for a ban on ova imports from Iceland

Revealed: Infectious Salmon Anaemia Lurking in Scottish Salmon

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

Mowi fined for breaching ISA laws in Norway - is ISA lurking at Mowi salmon farms in Scotland?

Top story on Intrafish reports on ISA at Scottish Sea Farms!

"Activist challenged over claim about fish virus" (Fish Farming Expert)

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

Damning Disease Report for RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Spelve

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!

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

Norwegian Salmon Egg Exports Banned Due to Disease Risks

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

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?

Irony of Virus-Laden Scottish Salmon Exploiting Coronavirus Crisis

FOI letter to Norwegian Food Safety Authority re. Infectious Salmon Anaemia

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

'Scottish' Salmon Exposed As Made in Ireland & Iceland

FOI Victory: Scottish Ministers Forced to Come Clean on 'Scottish' Salmon

The National: "Watchdog demands release of government facts about Scottish Salmon"

Scottish Government ordered to release 'confidential' salmon farming data

Scottish government ordered to give up information about imported salmon eggs

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

Scottish salmon not Scottish, campaigners claim

Virus-Laden Farmed Salmon - FOI reveals over half of samples test positive for Piscine Reovirus

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

Easter Egg Ban for 'Scottish' Salmon?

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

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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