Norwegian Pharmed Salmon Marinaded in Neonicotinoid – over 3.25 tonnes of Imidacloprid used in 2021!

 

 

Fish Farming Expert reported in April 2022:

 

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Yesterday (31 May 2022), Fish Farming Expert changed their headline (after it was pointed out that other companies – in addition to Benchmark – could be using Imidacloprid):

 

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Here's the data published in April 2022 by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health:

 

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Pharmed salmon leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

 

 

 

 

Fish Farming Expert reported in December 2021:

 

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Fish Farming Expert reported in August 2021:

 

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Fish Farming Expert reported in July 2021:

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In May 2021, Professor Dave Goulson – author of 'Silent Earth' – dubbed Imidacloprid 'Novichok for insects' in an article in The Guardian.

 

Guardian Novichok 27 May 2021 #1

 

 

 
 
 
 

iLaks reported in August 2020 (sourced from an article published in the regional newspaper Helgelands Blad):

 

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Here's a Google Translation of the Norwegian article:

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The iLaks article links readers to a Directorate of Fisheries web-page listing permits for clinical trials – including two involving Salmo Pharma and D-10 Aquatic Blast.

 

Norway Imidacloprid blog June 2021 #1

 

 

 

 

 

A Norwegian news article published in June 2018 – cited in Scottish Salmon Watch's FOI request of 17 March 2020 to the Norwegian Government – appears to identify companies involved in the first field trials of Imidacloprid in Norway:

 

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More news on Salmo Pharma can be found online via Kyst (Norwegian Fish Farmer magazine) – including a 2017 article which refers to Imidacloprid and a 2016 article referring to neonicotinoids (including Imidacloprid) and citing D-10 Aquatic Blast:

 

Norway Imidacloprid blog June 2021 #13

 

 

A video urging investors to support the use of D-10 Aquatic Blast (the active ingredient was not named but it is understood to be Imidacloprid) in salmon farming in New Brunswick, Canada, was published on You Tube in 2014:

 

 

 

 

Here's a US patent for the use of the neonicotinoid Imidacloprid in salmon farming filed in 2015:

 

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Another patent filed in Canada (CA3045239A1) in December 2017 (published in June 2018 & described as a 'National Entry' in May 2019) lifts the lid on how Norwegian-owned Benchmark plans to use the toxic neonicotinoid insecticide Imidacloprid in salmon farming. 

 

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Norwegian-owned Benchmark first unveiled Ectosan in December 2017 (omitting to tell investors or the public that it was Bayer's controversial neonicotinoid Imidacloprid).

 

Norway Imidacloprid blog June 2021 #25

 

 

In November 2019, Benchmark quietly re-branded Ectosan as BMK08 (still remaining tight lipped as to its secret identity as a banned neonicotinoid). 

 

Norway Imidacloprid blog June 2021 #26

 

 

Fish Farmer reported in February 2020 that field trials of BMK08 (Imidacloprid) had taken place in Norway "over the last 24 months" involving five salmon farms and 35,000 tonnes of farmed salmon.

 

Norway Imidacloprid blog June 2021 #15

 

 

The article does not say which five salmon farms in Norway have been using 'Novichok for insects' but it known that Mowi Norway applied in February 2019 to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council for an 'interpretation request' on the use of Imidacloprid (then marketed as Ectosan).

 

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Mowi's request to the ASC inadvertently prompted the public revelation in March 2020 that Ectosan (then re-named by Benchmark as BMK08) was in fact Imidacloprid.

 

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch revealed in June 2020 how Benchmark-owned Fish Vet Group (based in Inverness) filed a patent in Norway in 2011. 

 

Imidacloprid Norwegian Patent 2011

Imidacloprid Norwegian Patent 2011 in full

 

 

 

Scottish Salmon Watch revealed in May 2020 that Norwegian giant Mowi had lobbied the Scottish Environment Protection Agency to use Imidacloprid (Ectosan) in Loch Ailort in Scotland in a field trial. 

 

 

 

 

 

In October 2021, veterinarians and scientists in the UK voiced their opposition to the use of Imidacloprid in salmon farming in a letter published in the Veterinary Record.

 

 

 

 

$camon $cotland revealed in March 2022 that the salmon farming lobby was still pushing to use Imidacloprid in Scotland via Benchmark's 'CleanTreat' system. 

 

 

 

 

The Ferret revealed in May 2021 that the Scottish Government backed the use of the banned neonicotinoid in salmon farming in Scotland.

 

 

 

 

The Ferret reported in July 2021 that the Scottish Environment Protection Agency helped Benchmark avoid disclosure of documents via Freedom of Information.

 

 

 

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