date:May 16, 2013
ing the effects of sea lice infestation and fatal diseases such as IPN (infectious pancreatic necrosis) and AGD (amoebic gill disease).
Working at the sharp end of the business is Keith Drynan, head of broodstock production, who explained that all brood fish are kept at a land based seawater site on the West coast of Scotland, in controlled conditions to ensure they are disease free and healthy. We use new stock each year, making up to 1800 genetic crosses to produce fish with the particular tr