ISA outbreak confirmed
An outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) has been confirmed at Grieg Seafood's Kleppenes site, in Hammerfest.
The site currently has 1.3 million fish with an average weight of 0.985 kg. The Norwegian Food Safety Authority (Mattilsynet) has ordered the harvest/destruction of all fish at the site by the end of the month, following an inspection of the site yesterday.
Grieg Seafood Finnmark has implemented a plan for harvesting/destruction of all fish at this site as soon as possible and feasible. Subsequently, the site will be laid fallow and made ready for new smolt input in the spring/summer.
Preliminary estimates indicate that this will yield a negative one-off effect on Q4 2016 accounts amounting to approximately NOK 25 million (£2.35m). Further preliminary estimates indicate that harvest volume for 2017 will be reduced by 3000 tons. For 2018 reduced harvest volume early in the year will be offset by increased volume towards the end of the year due to new smolt input at the abovementioned site.
