The large Icelandic salmon farming company Arnarlax was told yesterday that its licence to farm 10,000 tonnes of sterile salmon in Isafjord has been revoked. The reason given by the Icelandic Environmental and Natural Resources Board of Appeal was that MAST, the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority failed to provide a 'comprehensive, weighted assessment of the potential risk of the spread of fish diseases and parasites' before issuing the licences. The ruling is a big setback for Arnarlax, which is the production division of Icelandic Salmon and which in turn is majority owned by the Norwegian salmon farmer SalMar.
By Vince McDonagh
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