"piscifactoría" in English

It started off in Glen Nevis in a fish farm in the Highlands.

They were convicted even through the action got the Finnish Agriculture Minister to close the fish farm.

Last year, for example, at least 70 tonnes of salmon disappeared from a fish farm near Oban.

To make matters worse, we happen to know that the presence of infectious anaemia was suspected at this particular site.

Mr President, I was interested to hear Commissioner Byrne say that some of the findings exceed the limits.

This is an issue which needs to be addressed, not just in relation to farmed salmon but in relation to other farmed fish.

Indeed, the Commission has already requested the Committee to rule on the slaughter and transport of farmed fish.

fish farm manager

a fish farm

The Fisheries Committee visited a fish farm at Rio Frio near Granada in Andalusia last November where they are even producing sturgeon and caviar.

Salmon farming has often been criticised in the past for its environmental impact, but only recently have potential health impacts been raised.

The current directive prohibits the use of vaccination and requires that all fish in an affected farm be slaughtered whether affected by the disease or not.

Fish – be it farmed or wild – has its place in a well-balanced diet to ensure that consumers continue to benefit from its positive health effects.

We need to know for certain that farmed salmon has more contaminants than wild fish and that dioxins are among the most toxic chemicals ever created.

The entire Community industry is under threat from cheap imports, or to put it another way, from dumping of farmed salmon from Norway, Chile and the Faroe Islands.

I raised the issue with the President of Parliament, Pat Cox, and asked him to request the European Food Safety Authority to issue a scientific opinion on the problem.

We are now saying that consumption of farmed salmon should be limited to a certain amount per week, or per month, which raises a question about the threat to consumers.

The second proposed change would permit a phased withdrawal of fish from affected farms, working to a plan based on the severity of the problem in any particular farm.

By promoting the natural regeneration of salmon stocks we can open up new opportunities for sport fishing and tourism based on it in all the countries with a Baltic coastline.

These maximum levels are part of a comprehensive strategy adopted by the European Commission in 2001 to reduce the presence of dioxins and PCBs in the environment, in feed and in food.