Question reference: S6W-00511
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 7 June 2021
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Current status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 June 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has held regarding the possible introduction of the insecticide, imidacloprid, on fish farms, and what less toxic treatments have been considered as an alternative.
Answer
Scottish Government, along with the UK Veterinary Medicines Directorate and Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), met with Benchmark in 2019 and 2020 to describe the regulatory requirements for any proposal which may come forward to use or release imidacloprid based treatments in the marine environment. No applications have subsequently been made for imidacloprid use or release.