Gill disease to cost salmon farmers £30m Details Alert sent: Yes Sites: AH Publish date: Thu 2013-Jan-17 Channel: Pests/diseases Text (summary): GRIEG Seafood, one of Scotland’s big five salmon farmers, has lost one-third of its latest harvest to amoebic gill disease (AGD), the ailment that is set to cost the industry more than £30 million in lost revenue. Grieg owns 31 farms on the Shetland Islands and employs 180 local people. It confirmed in its latest trading update that 2400 tonnes of salmon with a market value of some £8m died between October and December of last year. Read more: www.heraldscotland.com [English Locations Discovery Discoveries: Discovery method: Robot discovered URL: http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/markets-economy/gill-disease-to-cost-salmon-farmers-30m.19956… Original language: English Original title: Gill disease to cost salmon farmers £30m Original text (summary): GRIEG Seafood, one of Scotland’s big five salmon farmers, has lost one-third of its latest harvest to amoebic gill disease (AGD), the ailment that is set to cost the industry more than £30 million in lost revenue. Grieg owns 31 farms on the Shetland Islands and employs 180 local people. It confirmed in its latest trading update that 2400 tonnes of salmon with a market value of some £8m died between October and December of last year.
