TWO Shetland fish farm companies have been fined £2000 each for illegally administering sea lice chemicals.
Hoganess Salmon Ltd pled guilty at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday 6 July to polluting the Gruting Voe at Mid Taing between 2 June 2004 and 11 August 2004 by applying the chemical, emamectin benzoate (sold by Schering Plough as SLICE), to its salmon.
Wester Sound Salmon Ltd admitted permitting the same chemical to enter Cloudin Site, Vaila Sound, between 2 June 2004 and 11 August 2004.
Both companies are owned by the Norwegian company, Marine Farms ASA.
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) reported the cases to the Procurator Fiscal. David Okill, SEPA’s Shetland team leader said: “It is very disappointing that some fish farm operators are willing to use and discharge medicines in a way which may endanger the marine environment. These cases demonstrate that where SEPA has clear evidence of illegal activity, enforcement action will be taken.”
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