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guide to protecting fish stocks. All concerns and
advice about introduction of fish to Scottish inland waters, please
contact David Dunkley at Scottish Executive Environment and rural
Affairs Department (SEERAD).
Our Scottish
waters are free of any serious fish disease that other countries suffer
and that state is very important to our native fish as well as you and
me.There are restrictions on importing fish stock from outside the UK
and we can all can play a role in this ruling.
The fish farmer -
managers can help avoid introducing infected stock by strickly following
the rules set down.
The angler - can take
simple precautions if moving between fisheries.
Diseases - What are
they?
Click on name for more information.
Gyrodactylosis - Wild Atlantic salmon
Infectious Salmon Anaemia -
Wild Atlantic salmon
Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis - Juvenile
salmonids
Ulcerative Dermal
Necrosis - Salmonids at spawning
time.
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