The Norwegian salmon industry has been hit by an increase in infectious salmon anemia (ISA) cases with this year's number already exceeding that for the whole of 2022.
So far there have been 71 reported cases compared with 15 last year.
At the start of this year Ingunn Sommerset from Norway's Veterinary Institute told IntraFish it would be reasonable to hope that statistics would show a downward trend.
It didn't turn out that way.
"There are also outbreaks suspected at five more sites," said Veterinary Institute Fish Health Officer Torfinn Moldal.
