Chinese consumers still shunning farmed salmon in wake of COVID-19 scare: 'There is no demand' https://t.co/OQX9DU5HuK #COVIDー19 #China #Salmon @SalmonChileAG @ChileanSalmonMC @SSPOsays @Seafood_Norway @norwayseafood Boycott farmed salmon!
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 2, 2020
BBC News: "Norway has said its salmon was not the source, after Norwegian salmon producers saw orders from #China cancelled" https://t.co/b1f86jiCD8 @BBCNews #COVID19 #Norway #Salmon "Supermarkets hurried to pull salmon from their shelves, and imports from Europe were halted" pic.twitter.com/fN79aRVjcB
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 18, 2020
"Salmon is becoming like tonnes of hot potatoes for them, depreciating on a daily basis" @Salmon_Business https://t.co/lmuUMURufF #COVID19
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 18, 2020
Chinese take away imported salmon with Coronavirus – is Scottish salmon on the chopping block? https://t.co/DTXjwPqKYW Is the imported salmon is from Scottish salmon farms? @SSPOsays @FergusEwingMSP Or from Norway? @norwayseafood @fiskeridir Or Chile? @SalmonChile #COVID #China pic.twitter.com/wP1FXox8vS
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 14, 2020
The Global Times reported (12 June 2020):
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Salmon Business reported (13 June 2020):
CGTN reported (14 June 2020):
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"We cannot conclude that salmon is the source of infection just because novel coronavirus was detected on a chopping board of a seller" https://t.co/h3te6Yycar "If contaminated fish were shipped to China, Chinese workers could have been infected as they processed the fish" #COVID
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 14, 2020
China Daily reported (15 June 2020):
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Undercurrent News reported (15 June 2020):
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Farmed salmon from #Norway & #Chile held back as Chinese import authorities conduct tests following an outbreak of #Covid19 in Beijing was linked to seafood market https://t.co/DTXjwPqKYW Is Scottish salmon being tested? @strathearnrose @FergusEwingMSP @SSPOsays @UKTradeMinister pic.twitter.com/0Kdt2wjMX3
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 15, 2020
Undercurrent News reported (13 June 2020):
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The Financial Post reported (15 June 2020):
China has halted imports from European salmon suppliers amid fears they might be linked to a coronavirus outbreak at a Beijing market @financialpost https://t.co/McXCjn4SkY "We can’t send any salmon to China now, the market is closed" #COVID19 #China #Salmon
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 15, 2020
Bloomberg reported (15 June 2020):
Regin Jacobsen, chief executive of salmon supplier Bakkafrost, said: "We can't send any salmon to China now, the market is closed" @SkyNews https://t.co/CDat23TmET @salmon_scottish @Folketrygdfond @norwayseafood @Seafood_Norway @fiskeridir @InfoMattilsynet
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 15, 2020
Reuters: "Shares in Norway Royal Salmon, Faroe Islands-based Bakkafrost & Norway’s Mowi and Salmar were down 3-5% https://t.co/Jsh0Mu3SMB @ReutersUK
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 15, 2020
"Salmon exporters need to prepare for a hard time," says Huang @RaboFoodAgri "A food scandal usually takes years to stop having influence". Huang herself has stopped eating salmon: "I feel unsafe eating it" https://t.co/EwSItuWYKQ @IntraFishNorge @rachelintrafish #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/HxG1uQYnk3
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 16, 2020
"Salmon farming companies take $1 billion hit as China media reports coronavirus link" @IntraFishNorge https://t.co/B8dRRbkbGU "Mowi led the plunge on the Oslo Stock Exchange" @MowiScotlandLtd @MowiCanadaWest @LeroySeafood @GriegShetland @scotseafarms @norwayseafood #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/umwODxHWZb
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 16, 2020
"There have been no recorded cases of coronavirus among Scottish salmon sector employees" says @HamishMacdonell @SSPOsays Mowi stocks were down by 5.2%, SalMar by 5.6% & Lerøy Seafood by 4.39% @MowiScotlandLtd @LeroySeafood @scotseafarms https://t.co/FJH83XQeEK @TheGrocer
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) June 16, 2020
Intrafish reported (15 June 2020):
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