“The Scottish Government should immediately ban imports of salmon ova to stop the spread of deadly diseases & infectious viruses” said Don Staniford, Director of Scamon $cotland @WeAreBenchmark @scotgov @MowiScotlandLtd @CookeScotland @BetterBreeding @ScotlandSalmon @TavishScott pic.twitter.com/Tw0hBj5kOS
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) February 19, 2024
$camon $cotland reported (19 February 2024):
“The Scottish Government should immediately ban the import of salmon ova to stop the spread of deadly diseases and infectious viruses,” said Don Staniford, Director of $camon $cotland (who called for an ova import ban back in 2019 and reiterated the call in 2022 following the detection of ISA in Iceland and at Landcatch and Scottish Sea Farms in Scotland). “Ova imports from Norway has been banned due to the ongoing risks of Infectious Salmon Anaemia but Iceland has imported 66 million salmon eggs since 2021 – the year which ISA was first reported in Iceland. Scottish Ministers need to follow Norway’s lead and close the borders to imports of salmon ova.”
“Genetic pollution from farmed salmon escapees and ova imports from foreign sources is killing off Scotland’s iconic salmon,” continued Staniford. “Foreign-owned corporations account for over 99% of ‘Scottish’ salmon and the ‘King of Fish’ has been reduced to an imposter. Scotland’s wild Atlantic salmon – known in Latin as Salmo salar – has been turned by intensive salmon farming into Salmo domesticus. Scottish salmon is sadly now a leper not the leaper.”
Read more via a press release and media backgrounder: Foreign Egg Imports Flooding Scotland = Game Ova for 'Scottish' Salmon
"Norwegian interests risk bringing the whole rotten edifice of 'Scottish Salmon' crashing down" warns @HGSalmonUK to @Feorlean & @FergusEwingMSP https://t.co/7leCLZarz1 @GAA_Advocate @salmonfarming1 @IntraFishNorge @thefishsite @Salmon_Business @GreenerScotland @fiskeridir pic.twitter.com/79CBueZzXB
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) October 1, 2020
Read more via:
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?
Imported ova "are all tested for a plethora of diseases" claims Hendrix/Landcatch
Front Page Splash on ISA at Landcatch in the Argyllshire Advertiser!
Iceland Slaughters ISA-Infected Salmon – is Scotland next in the firing line?
Letter to Scottish Ministers calling for a ban on ova imports from Iceland
Revealed: Infectious Salmon Anaemia Lurking in Scottish Salmon
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
Mail On Sunday: "90% of Scottish salmon 'ISN'T' from Scotland' – 66m eggs 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
Concerns raised over Scottish salmon roe imports
Government 'failing to protect Scottish salmon'
