Health status of fish and shellfish diseases in Scotland
- Last updated
- 26 September 2022 - see all updates
- Directorate
- Marine Directorate
- Topic
- Marine and fisheries
Details of the listed diseases and their current status in Scotland.
Overview
Great Britain has a high health status with regard to fish, mollusc and crustacean diseases. The listed diseases are detailed in Annex 1A of retained Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 and Schedule 1 of the Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009.
Movements of fish, molluscs and crustaceans (including their ova or gametes) of species susceptible to or a vector for any of the listed diseases are only permitted between areas with equivalent health status or from a higher to a lower health status. Movements of susceptible or vector species are prohibited from an area with a low health status to an area with a high health status.
The lists of susceptible and vector species for the diseases listed in Annex 1A are published on the Gov.UK website. The list of susceptible species for the diseases listed in Schedule 1 are published in Table 1 below.
Important note - The lists of susceptible and vector species have been reviewed and revised lists will be implemented on 10 September 2024. Details of the revised lists for the diseases listed in Annex 1A are published on the Gov.UK website and for the diseases listed in Schedule 1 in Table 1 below.
Table 1: List of diseases in Schedule 1 of the Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009 including the species susceptible to those diseases and the geographic areas of Scotland declared free of those diseases
Disease |
Susceptible species |
Geographic area declared disease free |
|
Infection with Gyrodactylus salaris |
Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus), North American brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis), grayling (Thymallus thymallus), North American lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), and brown trout (Salmo trutta). Other species of fish on sites where any of the above species are present shall also be considered as susceptible species. From 10 September 2024 Oncorhynchus mykiss (rainbow trout), Salvelinus alpinus (Arctic char), Salvelinus fontinalis (brook trout), Salvelinus namaycush (lake trout), Salmo salar (Atlantic salmon), Salmo trutta (brown trout), Thymallus thymallus (grayling) Other species of fish shall also be considered as susceptible species when in contact with species listed as susceptible through co-habitation or through water supply. Hybrids of any susceptible species listed above will also be considered as susceptible. |
The whole territory of Scotland |
|
Bacterial kidney disease |
Fish belonging to the family Salmonidae From 10 September 2024 Fish belonging to the family Salmonidae Hybrids of any susceptible species listed above will also be considered as susceptible. |
|
|
Spring viraemia of carp |
Bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis), goldfish (Carassius auratus), crucian carp (Carassius carassius), grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus), common carp and koi carp (Cyprinus carpio), silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix),sheatfish (Silurus glanis) and tench (Tinca tinca) From 10 September 2024 Abramis brama (bream), Aristichthys nobilis (bighead carp), Carassius auratus (goldfish), Carassius carassius (crucian carp), Ctenopharyngodon idellus (grass carp), Cyprinus carpio (common carp and koi carp), Danio rerio (zebrafish), Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (silver carp), Notemigonus crysoleucas (golden shiner), Percocypris pingi (Jinsha bass carp), Pimephales promelas (fathead minnow), Rutilus kutum (Caspian white fish), Rutilus rutilus (roach), Silurus glanis (wels catfish), Tinca tinca (tench) Hybrids of any susceptible species listed above will also be considered as susceptible |
The whole territory of Scotland |
|
Ostreid herpesvirus 1 μvar (OsHV-1 μvar) |
Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas) From 10 September 2024 Pacific oyster (Magallana gigas) |
The whole territory of Scotland |
Listed diseases: current status
Health status of Scotland in relation to fish, mollusc and crustacean diseases listed in Annex 1A to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008, as it applies in Scotland, and Schedule 1 of The Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009
Fish
Disease |
Status of Scotland |
|
Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis (EHN) |
Declared free |
|
Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) |
Declared free |
|
Infectious Haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) |
Declared free |
|
Infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) (infection with HPR-deleted ISAV) |
Declared free |
|
Koi herpes virus (KHV) |
Not recognised as free (undetermined) except specified locations |
|
Spring viraemia of carp (SVC) |
Declared free |
|
Infection with Gyrodactylus salaris |
Declared free |
|
Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) |
Not recognised as free (undetermined) except specified locations. National controls for clinical disease |
Crustaceans
Disease |
Status in Scotland |
|
Taura syndrome |
Declared free |
|
Yellowhead disease |
Declared free |
|
White spot disease |
Not recognised as free (undetermined) except specified locations |
Molluscs
Disease |
Status in Scotland |
|
Bonamia exitiosa |
Declared free |
|
Perkinsus marinus |
Declared free |
|
Microcytos mackini |
Declared free |
|
Bonamia ostreae |
Declared free except specified zones |
|
Marteilia refringens |
Declared free |
|
Ostreid herpesvirus 1 µvar (OsHV-1 µvar) |
Declared free except specified locations |
We have published zones and locations in Scotland with a health status different to that in the tables above and which are subject to movement restrictions.
We have also published maps of these areas.
- First published
- 25 August 2020
- Last updated
- 26 September 2022 - show all updates
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