“Some unpleasant decisions are easy to make,” said Communication Director Jorgen Christiansen after the company had destroyed brood fish and ova at its Askoy, Norway, facility.
This summer, broodfish were transported from Bjugn in Sor-Trondelag to Askoy outside Bergen. Some time after the transport, ISA was found in the remaining fish in the sea at Bjugn, and it was feared the fish at Askoy had contracted ISA, but samples taken showed no signs of the disease.
Marine Harvest received permission from the Norwegian Food Safety Authority (NFSA) to stroke the brood fish at Askoy, after they had outlined a thorough plan for monitoring of the stroking process hat the NFSA could accept.
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