Transported into fiskesykdom from the Western part of Hitra – Hitra Frøya

Smolt infected with the severe laksesykdommen PD was moved from the west coast of the island of Hitra. The Norwegian food safety authority regrets that the company Knutshaugfisk gjennomførete the move, even if the Fsa even gave permission for this.

It tells NRK Trøndelag in the day.

Harmless tell that Knutshaugfisk on Dolmøya were allowed to purchase smolt from Ljonesvågen and transport this along the west coast to the Ilsøya at Hitra. Along the way got a brønnbåt also allowed to run with open valves for sea water approximately two-thirds of the voyage, tells NRK.

the Result was that fiskesykdommen PD (Pancreas disease) was moved from a smittesone and into the county. PD is one of the most serious diseases in the fish farming industry today.

- PD can not be treated with drugs. There is an approved vaccine against the disease, but vaccination has limited effect. The disease is not transmitted to the human, informs the Norwegian food safety Authority.

– There are no regulations that restrict the opportunities for the actors to transport the fish through the country the way it was done here. But the industry itself has for many years had a self-imposed kustus whether or not to make this type of transfers, ” says the regional director, Bjørn Røthe Knudsen in the Norwegian food safety Authority Mid-Norway to NRK. Røthe Knudsen believes that this transmission is a violation of the practice that aim in Mid-Norway and North-Norway have had to not transfer fish from the west coast in such contexts.

– But you have thus given permission for this violation, ask the Norwegian broadcasting corporation.

– Yes, but I think it is important to keep in mind that it is to prevent the spread of diseases not only can be based on a forbudsregelverk. It must also be based on sensible behaviour and a sensible concern from the aim to his side, responding Røthe Knudsen.

Knutshaugfisk have not wanted to speak, but left the company Åkerblå, who helped them with the applications.

– Knutshaugfisk bought smolts from the Biofish, which was tested for the disease. We, therefore, think it likely the infection came during the transport, maybe because of the open valves, ” says Østvik to NRK.

the Fish is destroyed.