FISH FARMER TIMELINE 1980
1977 2006
With the dis- covery of a sickly swan in Cellardyke, the spectre of bird flu loomed large over Britain, al- though casual- ties were mainly confined to Asian poultry. Meanwhile, in a further blow to the fauna of that continent, the Chinese river dolphin was of- ficially declared extinct, while the popula- tion of London were amazed to discover the appearance of a bottlenose whale in the Thames.
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30 years of Scottish Aquaculture 2000
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Poultry-based panic spreads to the UK
Danegeld reversed
While the Norse used to make a habit of taxing us Britons in exchange for not terrifying our monks too often, this year we decided to get revenge. While it might not have involved longships, plunder or even the occasional battleaxe, it was greeted with some enthusiasm by Scottish salmon farm- ers. For the issue in ques- tion, the EU’s imposition of a minimum import price (MIP) on Norwegian salmon, was ‘hailed as signalling much needed market stability’ by
Birds Eye’s view
One of the bigger advertising kerfuffles to hit the salmon industry was caused by Birds- eye’s decision to highlight the use of colourant in salmon farming – a move which was seen as an attempt to cast aspersions over aquaculture management practices and the quality of farmed prod- ucts. Branded ‘alarmist and irresponsible’ by Sid Patten,
Chief Executive of the SSPO, for its apparent attempt to
Parasite prevention
While landlubbers were busy being scared by the possible presence of an airborne viral invasion, the prospect of an aquatic parasite was terrifying those with in interest in more maritime matters. For Gyrodactylus salaris (Gs), a parasite which emerged from the Scandinavian rainbow trout sector, was at large in the wild, apparently intent on decimating wild salmon in rivers as well as posing a significant financial threat to aquaculture. In response to the spectre of Gs the Minister for the Environment, Ross Finnie, included an appropriate clause in his Aqua- culture and Fisheries Bill – legislation designed to support the industry’s voluntary Code of Good Practice.
the prospect of a new aquatic parasite was terrifying
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put people off eating farmed salmon, Birds Eye defended its move by pointing out the difficulties the frozen food sector was under at the time. Somewhat ironically, the advert was part of a £21 mil- lion campaign by Birds Eye’s parent company Unilver – the same company that pioneered salmon farming in Scotland back in the late 1960s.
Fish Farmer’s Bob Kennedy. The introduction of the MIP, it was hoped, would provide a safety net, which would make it easier for British farmers to raise capital from the banks. Yet, perhaps unsurprisingly, Norway then took the issue to the WTO – a move con- demned by Fish Farmer as ‘harking back to a recklessly low price culture for salmon which would be in no one’s best interests.’
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