Tests have confirmed Infectious Salmon Anaemia at a Laxar salmon farm in Iceland @fishfarmermag https://t.co/ttkjlEIO4N
Laxar sources salmon ova from Stofnfiskur @WeAreBenchmark who has imported over 111 million ova to Scotland since 2016 – how many were infected with ISA? pic.twitter.com/ghrMbT8lYt— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 6, 2021
Fish Farmer reported (6 December 2021):
ISA confirmed at Laxar salmon farm in Iceland (sourced as ova from Stofnfiskur @WeAreBenchmark) https://t.co/ttkjlEIO4N
How many ISA infected ova have been imported to salmon farms in Scotland? @MairiGougeon @ScotGovNetZero @marinescotland @ScotlandSalmon @scotseafarms— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 6, 2021
Data obtained via various Freedom of Information disclosures by the Scottish Government detail 111.6 million ova imported via 101 shipments from Stofnfiskur in Iceland (in January 2021, Stofnfiskur rebranded as Benchmark Genetics Iceland) including into the Barcaldine Hatchery (Scottish Sea Farms) where ISA was reported in May 2021:
Norwegian-owned Laxar – hit by Infectious Salmon Anaemia in #Iceland – sources salmon eggs (ova) from Stofnfiskur (Benchmark) @WeAreBenchmark
Since 2016, 'Scottish' salmon farms have imported 110.6 million ova from Stofnfiskur (Benchmark). Will @scotgov now close the border? pic.twitter.com/xOJO5tuUv2— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 29, 2021
Since 1 June 2019 (after Norwegian ova were banned due to Infectious Salmon Anaemia risks), Iceland has accounted for 68% of ova imports into Scotland with the Republic of Ireland accounting for 32% and Norway accounting for less than 1%.
Since June 2019 (after Norwegian ova were banned due to Infectious Salmon Anaemia), #Iceland has accounted for 68% of ova imports into #Scotland with #Norway accounting for less than 1%. Now that #ISA is in Iceland will ova imports be banned? @scotgov @MairiGougeon @MairiMcAllan pic.twitter.com/ppEROAmYDN
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 29, 2021
The disease risks of importing ova are all too real. The Seattle Times reported in May 2018:
The Seattle Times reported in December 2018:
Salmon Business reported in December 2018:
"PRV @cookeseafood may have originated from the ova delivered from #Iceland" admitted @WeAreBenchmark (Stofnfiskur) in 2018. "We have, however, an optional service of screening against PRV that our customers may choose as an extra risk measure to avoid vertical transmission" pic.twitter.com/OJvKdZdPyd
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 30, 2021
In June 2019, Scottish Salmon Watch reported that that testing by Marine Scotland Science in 2018 and 2019 found Piscine Reovirus in over 50% of farmed salmon tested.
Isn't it ironic…don't you think. A little too ironic…and, yeah, I really do think…It's like salmon farmers exploiting the Coronavirus crisis when over 50% of farmed salmon tested positive for a virus https://t.co/8Z8lYMIv2p @marinescotland @SSPOsays #alanismorissette pic.twitter.com/eQDxDZYezs
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) March 13, 2020
In April 2020 @GreenerScotland admitted that imported salmon eggs (ova) are not tested for Infectious Salmon Anaemia or Piscine Reovirus https://t.co/pllpGndiXN Is 'Scottish' salmon infected with deadly viruses? @DefraGovUK @marinescotland @FergusEwingMSP @strathearnrose @scotgp https://t.co/mFWoXWy7Eq pic.twitter.com/ZLDlLGUBoS
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) August 20, 2020
Scottish Salmon Watch Tweeted in July 2021:
Replacing imports of salmon eggs from Norway (where Infectious Salmon Anaemia is ravaging farms) with imports from Iceland (fingered in the spread of Piscine reovirus to USA) is like leaping out of the frying pan into the fire! https://t.co/ybGKdLWR9B @WeAreBenchmark @scotgov pic.twitter.com/wsmnKodIAp
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) July 7, 2021
Last week, Scottish Salmon Watch wrote to Scottish Ministers calling for a ban on imported ova:
"We need to head off the accusations of disease in Icelandic eggs though suggest we don't address the accusation directly" said @scotgov @marinescotland @ScotGovNetZero employee in February 2020. Now that ISA is reported in Iceland will you be banning ova imports? @MairiGougeon pic.twitter.com/Wibvt32wnY
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 29, 2021
Game Ova for Iceland?
Last year, 'Scottish' salmon farming imported 42 million salmon eggs (ova) from Iceland – how many were infected with Infectious Salmon Anaemia? @scotgov @MairiGougeon @marinescotlandhttps://t.co/SupjI0ROMP @EFTAsecretariat @Iceland_Review #Iceland #ISA pic.twitter.com/VtJk2POf8m— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) November 27, 2021
Read more via:
- Revealed: Infectious Salmon Anaemia Lurking in Scottish Salmon
- Letter to Scottish Ministers calling for a ban on ova imports from Iceland
- The Catch with Landcatch – how Lithgows sold Scottish salmon down the river to Dutch & US investors!
- 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?
- Scottish Salmon’s ‘Ticking Time-Bomb’: ISA reported at Scottish Sea Farms on Mull
- Damning Disease Report for RSPCA Assured Scottish Sea Farms in Loch Spelve
- Media Backgrounder: Scottish Salmon’s Recurring ISA Nightmare
- Media Backgrounder: Norway’s Infectious Salmon Aquacalypse – Going Global Since 1984!
- Letter to Scottish Ministers re. ISA in Scottish Salmon
- 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 Ova Slip Back Into Scotland (as Infectious Salmon Anaemia plagues salmon farms in Norway)
- Norway's Infectious Salmon "Horror Show" Secretly Playing Now In Scotland?
- Letter to Scottish Ministers: "Bio-security Protocols & Safety Precautions re. Ova Imports"
- Norwegian Salmon Egg Exports Banned Due to Disease Risks
- Game Ova for Scottish Salmon – Deadly disease delays egg imports from AquaGen in Norway
- Salmon Eggsclusive: Scotland's 'King of Fish' is Now Viking Not Scottish!
- Easter Egg Ban for '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
"The lack of testing of imported ova is a serious risk to biosecurity as well as representing a threat to biodiversity" (Letter from Scottish Salmon Watch to the Scottish Government @MairiGougeon @scotgov) https://t.co/99P9Zla9l8 @ScotlandSalmon @SalmonTroutCons @AST_Salmon pic.twitter.com/vo2MPSY5Ar
— Don Staniford (@TheGAAIA) December 2, 2021