PD is considered to be the most serious disease in the western Norwegian aquaculture industry now.
Elsewhere in the country there are small, isolated outbreaks, totaling 60 this year so far.
On average, each outbreak costs a producer around NOK 14 million (€1.6 million/$2.5 million), said Paul Negaard, head of the producers’ combat campaign, the so-called PD Project.
The industry bases its damage estimate on the doctorate of research scientist Arnfinn Aunsmo of the Norwegian College of Veterinary Science, who has quantified health-related losses in fish farming.
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