A disease that can seriously damage salmon stocks has been found at a Scottish fish farm.
A disease that can seriously damage salmon stocks has been found at a Scottish fish farm.
An occurrence of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) has been confirmed at one salmon farm and is also suspected at two further sites in the Burra area, west of Shetland.
The farm where the disease has been confirmed has been empty of fish since December 21, while one of the other two sites has been empty for six weeks.
The Scottish Government has set up a national disease control centre and is taking action to control the spread of ISA, which does not affect humans but can cause serious damage to stocks of farmed Atlantic salmon in seawater.
A team of fish health inspectors is being sent to Shetland to investigate the affected sites and advise salmon farming firms there on how to operate under the control restrictions.
