Does the use of salmon frames as bait for lobster/crab creel fishing significantly increase the risk of disease in farmed salmon in Scotland?

摘要: Salmon farming is an important economic activity, and employer, particularly for remoter areas of Scotland; crustacean fisheries are also significant small businesses in these areas. frames (the head spine that remain after evisceration filleting) sometimes used to bait the creel pots catch lobsters crabs. These may contain pathogens could potentially be spread salmon farms vicinity fisheries. Therefore, analysis has been carried out key farmed assess risks associated with this process. Infection via requires that: (1) present at harvest; (2) they not removed from during processing; (3) transmit pot baits farms. This last step critical leads most uncertainty results. Risk were assessed 7 viruses, 3 bacteria, eukaryotic parasites importance farming. A risk was identified association disease control programmes if fish filleted a secondary processor; such situation should arise only rarely. very low risk, per event, imports, however, because large numbers Norwegian imports processed UK always present. Risks worst (disease control) or (imports) probability magnitude consequences.