FISH FARMER TIMELINE 1980
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30 years of Scottish Aquaculture 2000
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ISA hits Scottish salmon for the first time
For the usually smooth talking Bill Clinton, this was a year to for- get, but few will forget the lurid details that were to emerge from the Oval Office, courtesy of a cer- tian Whitehouse aide. On the other side of the world an rela- tively unknown firebrand by the name of Osama bin Laden issued a fatwa against ‘Jews and Cru- saders’, but the American public were much more concerned with the condition of Miss Lewinsky’s dress.
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The presence of the virus was first identified in Loch Nevis in May and first reported in Fish Farmer’s July/August issue. Stuart Banks, the then editor (and owner), led with the story, but was anxious to calm the salmon farming fraternity, despite the devastating im- pacts the virus had had in Canada and Norway earlier in the decade. One thing that hasn’t changed is the op- portunistic opposition to salmon farming displayed by the wild fish interests – the Salmon & Trout Association declaring the outbreak ‘the final nail in the coffin of the salmon farming industry’, while others in the angling press saw it as a threat to salmon in the wild. However, despite predictions of aquacultural Armageddon, neither farmed nor wild stocks were wiped out, although it was an uneasy time for farmers – especially before the Scot- tish Office finally announced a £9 million package of compensation early the following year.
Trout back on the menu
Despite having fallen far behind salmon by this stage, trout were still flexing some financial muscle, and Scot- tish Quality Trout still had a promotional budget to the tune of £300,000 per year to play with. In September they employed some of their resources to treat the press as well as trade businesses to tour the Scot Trout processing plant in Motherwell, followed by a trout-laden lunch in Bridge of Allan and a visit to Trossachs trout, then run by Jim Fox-Robertson. Thanks
Landcatch launch new breeding facility
A 1.5 million breeding and research unit was opened at Ormsary, near Lochgilphead, by local MP Ray Michie. Hailed by Mrs Michie as ‘a red letter day for Argyll’, she claimed that it was ‘unique development which has the potential to revolutionise the salmon farming industry and established Argyll as a world leader in identifying good salmon breeding stock’. With 200 tanks, it was hoped the unit could help to solve some of the genetic riddles long pondered by salmon farmers and, in the process, create a programme of intensive selective breeding in order to maximise salmon performance. This state-of-the-art experiment came with high expec- tations.
in part to such promotional activities, the industry was still growing at about 5 per cent per year – while no quan- tum leap, a heady figure by standards today. Meanwhile, in France, CIPA announced a fresh initiative to stimulate trout sales, financed by a 15 cent levy on each kilo of feed, a figure matched by both the French government and the EU to create an expected £1.27 million for promoting trout-based products. Little wonder they won the World Cup.
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