Rise in Norwegian ISA outbreaks causing concern
Concern is growing among Norwegian fish related health authorities at the growing number of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) outbreaks, particularly in the north of the country.
The rise has also started to affect fish farm staff with job lay offs taking place at some slaughterhouses.
But it is the almost daily reports of either confirmed our suspected cases that is worrying the Norwegian Food safety Authority – and it has admitted that it is becoming concerned.
The Nordland and Troms regions are the areas most seriously affected.
A few days earlier lay-offs were announced following a number of large scale culls in the country simply because there is very little fish left for them to work on.
The family owned company Egil Kristoffersen and Sønner AS has said that its employees at the company’s slaughterhouse will be out of work for the rest of the year as a result of the disease outbreak. Other firms are expected to follow.
But the company has been able to find opportunities for many of the affected staff at other slaughterhouses, which have not been hit.
Egil Kristoffersen & Sønner mainly produces gutted salmon which is delivered to the customer either fresh iced in polystyrene boxes, or individually frozen in cardboard boxes.
The outbreak also followed a series of recent devastating algae attacks in the north which has led to the deaths of millions of fish. But there have also been cases in the west central regions.
The economic cost to salmon farmers in the affected areas will almost certainly be high this year. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority has introduced the usual restrictions on movement of fish and personnel to try to contain the spread of infection. But at the moment new cases continue to be reported.
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