Gill disease to cost salmon farmers £30m

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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.

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Gill disease to cost salmon farmers £30m

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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.