It’s Official: Infectious Salmon Anaemia Back to Haunt Scottish Salmon - reported to the World Organization for Animal Health for the first time since 2012!

 

It’s Official: Infectious Salmon Anaemia Back to Haunt 'Scottish' Salmon - reported to the World Organization for Animal Health for the first time since 2012! https://t.co/pVdSQENcpZ @OIEAnimalHealth @marinescotland @DefraGovUK @ScotlandSalmon @scotseafarms @MairiMcAllan @scotgp pic.twitter.com/gBsig4qlc9

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 10, 2022

 

Download press release and media backgrounder as a PDF online here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Download press release and media backgrounder as a PDF online here

 

 

A Freedom of Information disclosure by @scotgov details how Infectious Salmon Anaemia is now officially back to haunt the 'Scottish' salmon farming industry with a report filed @OIEAnimalHealth by @DefraGovUK @marinescotland detailing ISA @scotseafarms https://t.co/EE3wZFMPCP pic.twitter.com/X3O1LJEFlQ

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 10, 2022

 

 

Read more via:

• FOI Lifts Lid on Scotland's Secret: ISA in Scottish Salmon Officially Reported in September 2021 to World Organization for Animal Health
• Letter to Scottish Ministers: Please Close the Border to Imports of Salmon Ova, Parr & Smolts!
• Iceland Still Importing Ova to 'Scottish' Salmon Farms Despite Disease Risks
• Escape at ISA-Hit Laxar - why is 'Scottish' Salmon Still Importing Millions of Ova from Iceland?
• 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?
• Letter to Scottish Ministers calling for a ban on ova imports from Iceland
• Revealed: Infectious Salmon Anaemia Lurking in Scottish Salmon
• 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!
• Press Statement: Ban All Ova Imports to Protect '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!
• Salmon Farming is Like the Black Death Plague!
• Mowi's Mortality Nigthmare - Farmed Salmon is Dead in the Water!
• "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
• Letter to Scottish Ministers: "Bio-security Protocols & Safety Precautions re. Ova Imports"

 

 

 

"Infectious Salmon Anaemia is officially back to haunt Scottish salmon. This is the first time ISA has been reported to the World Organization for Animal Health since 2012 & Scottish salmon farming is no longer ‘ISA-free’" https://t.co/pVdSQENcpZ @OIEAnimalHealth @ScotlandSalmon pic.twitter.com/H36OQ9Z3OL

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 10, 2022

 

 

 

Update:

 

On 13 February 2022, Scamon Scotland wrote to Scottish Ministers and the Secretary of State requesting clarity on ISA reporting in Scottish salmon to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE):

DEFRA letter on OIE ISA reporting 13 February 2022

Scottish Government letter on OIE ISA reporting 13 February 2022

 

 

Why does Canada @InspectionCan publicly report cases of Infectious Salmon Anaemia on salmon farms but @scotgov & @DefraGovUK does not report cases of ISA on salmon farms in Scotland? @scotseafarms @HGSalmonUK @BetterBreeding @LeroySeafood @ScotlandSalmon @OIEAnimalHealth pic.twitter.com/VI2QR8kAJs

— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 13, 2022

 

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 12:15 PM
Subject: FOI re. OIE reporting of ISA in Scottish Salmon
To: Defra Information Rights Team <[email protected]>

 

Could the UK Government please provide further information on notifications of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) in Scottish salmon as reported to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) by the Scottish Government and/or DEFRA? 

 

Could you please provide specific details on the reporting mechanisms of ISA in Scottish salmon including how, when and to whom the cases in 2021 and any in 2022 were reported to the OIE?

 

 

Could you please therefore provide specific details on how the ISA positive cases since 1 January 2021 – the Loch Spelve ISA positive at Scottish Sea Farms in May and the ISA positive at Landcatch’s Ormsary Hatchery in November as well as any other cases - were reported to the OIE? 

 

 

Please include emails, letters, briefings and correspondence with Scottish Sea Farms, Landcatch/Hendrix and any other parties in relation to the reporting of ISA in Scottish salmon. 

 

Presumably there are emails with Scottish Sea Farms and Landcatch and perhaps Salmon Scotland (formerly the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation) discussing the ISA positives in Scottish salmon.  Please include that correspondence and any other information relating to the reporting of ISA in Scottish salmon since 1 January 2021.    

 

 

Finally, in terms of the farmed salmon and wild fish tested for ISA in 2020 (5 samples of farmed fish and 2 samples of wild fish were reported as collected in the second semester of 2020) and 2021 (4 samples of farmed fish were reported as collected in the first semester of 2021) could you please provide further information.

 

Please include any test results, photos, locational details, species information and other details relating to the sampling of farmed fish and wild fish for ISA in 2020, 2021 and thus far in 2022. 

 

Please consider this a formal request for information under the relevant FOI and Environmental Information regulations.

 

Please provide the information electronically.

 

Please provide a receipt for this FOI request.   

 

More context to this FOI request is detailed in a letter online via DEFRA letter on OIE ISA reporting 13 February 2022

 

The letter and FOI request is also attached as a PDF. 

 

Thanks,

 

 

Don Staniford

 

Director, Scamon Scotland

 

 

 

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 12:20 PM
Subject: Letter to Scottish Ministers & FOI request re. OIE reporting of ISA in Scottish salmon
To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>

Please find attached a letter to Scottish Ministers which is also being sent to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

 

The letter includes a FOI request; namely:

 

Could you please provide further information on notifications of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) in Scottish salmon as reported to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) by the Scottish Government and/or DEFRA? 

 

 

Could you please provide specific details on the reporting mechanisms of ISA in Scottish salmon including how, when and to whom the cases in 2021 and any in 2022 were reported to the OIE?

 

 

Could you please therefore provide specific details on how the ISA positive cases since 1 January 2021 – the Loch Spelve ISA positive at Scottish Sea Farms in May and the ISA positive at Landcatch’s Ormsary Hatchery in November as well as any other cases - were reported to DEFRA and the OIE? 

 

Please include emails, letters, Cabinet Briefings and correspondence with Scottish Sea Farms, Landcatch/Hendrix and any other parties in relation to the reporting of ISA in Scottish salmon. 

 

Presumably there are emails with Scottish Sea Farms and Landcatch and perhaps Salmon Scotland (formerly the Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation) discussing the ISA positives in Scottish salmon.  Please include that correspondence and any other information relating to the reporting of ISA in Scottish salmon since 1 January 2021. 

 

 

Finally, in terms of the farmed salmon and wild fish tested for ISA in 2020 (5 samples of farmed fish and 2 samples of wild fish were reported as collected in the second semester of 2020) and 2021 (4 samples of farmed fish were reported as collected in the first semester of 2021) could you please provide further information.

 

Please include any test results, photos, locational details, species information and other details relating to the sampling of farmed fish and wild fish for ISA in 2020, 2021 and thus far in 2022.  

 

Please consider this a formal request for information under the relevant FOI and Environmental Information regulations.

 

Please provide the information electronically.

 

Please provide a receipt for this FOI request.   

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

Don Staniford

 

Director, Scamon Scotland

 

 

 

 

 

From: Don Staniford <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 12:36 PM
Subject: ISA in Scotland - data on Scottish salmon farms positive for ISA?
To: <[email protected]>

 

Could you please assist in the accessing of information on Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) in Scotland?

 

I've just searched your website but cannot find anything in relation to ISA in Scottish salmon.

 

 

 

I also search the OIE's documentary portal for 'ISA Scotland' and again found nothing:

 

 

The Canadian Government post ISA data for cases on salmon farms online via: https://inspection.canada.ca/animal-health/aquatic-animals/diseases/reportable-diseases/isa/locations-infected/eng/1549521878704/1549521878969

 

However, this contrasts with the absence of data for Scotland: https://twitter.com/TheGAAIA/status/1492791065136570370

 

The Scottish Government has disclosed information recently which details positive reports of ISA in Scotland (at Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Spelve in May 2021 and at Landcatch's Ormsary Hatchery in November 2021) - read more via:

 

It’s Official: Infectious Salmon Anaemia Back to Haunt Scottish Salmon - reported to the World Organization for Animal Health for the first time since 2012!

 

FOI Lifts Lid on Scotland's Secret: ISA in Scottish Salmon Officially Reported in September 2021 to World Organization for Animal Health

 

 

 

Could you please point me in the right direction to access the documentation?

 

I understand from the OIE's webpage on 'Disease Data Collection' that access to data may be "only available to authorised users" with alerts only sent to the OIE-Info Distribution List.  However, surely there is some publicly accessible information on ISA in Scottish salmon?

 

Please consider this a formal request for information under the relevant FOI regulations.

 

 

Please note letters (and FOI requests) sent today to DEFRA and the Scottish Government (copied to the OIE):

DEFRA letter on OIE ISA reporting 13 February 2022

Scottish Government letter on OIE ISA reporting 13 February 2022

 

 

Thanks,

 

Don Staniford

 

Director, Scamon Scotland

 

 

 

 

 

From: wahis-support <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 9:11 AM
Subject: OIE WAHIS request/query : ISA in Scotland - data on Scottish salmon farms positive for ISA?
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>

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From: Lina Awada <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 3:22 PM
Subject: TR: ISA in Scotland - data on Scottish salmon farms positive for ISA?
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Cc: OIE. <[email protected]>, wahis-support <[email protected]>, information.dept <[email protected]>, Lina Awada <[email protected]>

Dear Don Staniford,

Thank you for your interest in the OIE and its information system OIE-WAHIS.

The OIE collects official data for OIE-listed diseases and emerging diseases through two main channels :

1. Six-monthly reports: for each of the 117 OIE-listed diseases, OIE Members are requested to send every six-month information on disease situation (present/absent/no information collected), preventive and control measures implemented and in case of disease presence, aggregated data on number of outbreaks, cases, deaths, etc. This information is for all diseases, and covers animal health stable situations as well as evolving situations. Please note that we usually receive this report from more than 190 Members of non-members of the OIE. However, these reports are submitted with some delay, and the process of internal review and validation also takes time.

1. Immediate notifications and follow-up reports : these reports are requested from Members only in situation of exceptional events (such as first occurrence of the disease, recurrence, new strain). Only a limited number of Members and non-Member experience and report these exceptional events throughout the year.

The page “disease situation” (https://wahis.oie.int/#/dashboards/country-or-disease-dashboard) provides information on the presence/absence of diseases based on these two sources.

The page “quantitative data” (https://wahis.oie.int/#/dashboards/qd-dashboard) provides information on the number of outbreaks and cases based on these two sources.

The page “Surveillance and control measures” (https://wahis.oie.int/#/dashboards/control-measure-dashboard) provides information on the surveillance and control measures implemented in countries, based on six-monthly reports.

We hope that this information will be useful to you,

Best regards

Lina AWADA

Veterinary Epidemiologist

Vétérinaire épidémiologiste

Veterinaria epidemióloga

World Animal Health Information and Analysis Department

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