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Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 June 2024
S6W-27905
Farms authorised to discharge emamectin benzoate No. farms No. farms that have used emamectin benzoate at least once between 2017 and 2024 Regulated against previous environmental standard (763 ng/kg of wet weight sediment). 332 1...
Last updated:
16 February 2026
Salmon Farming John Boyle
SEPA’s own monitoring has found emamectin benzoate in sediments at levels exceeding environmental thresholds at the majority of sites tested.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 September 2022
S6W-10885
In the meantime the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) updated its interim regulatory position on emamectin benzoate, to apply the new standard when determining new applications to discharge emamectin benzoate.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 June 2024
S6W-27904
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish an analysis of its consultation on the implementation timescales for a new environmental quality standard (EQS) for emamectin benzoate, as used in fish farms, which closed on 24 July 2023.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
13 February 2018
Salmon Farming in Scotland
SEPA commissioned a Review of the Emamectin Benzoate Marine Sediment Environmental Quality Standards.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 January 2024
S6W-24414
In addition, the Scottish Government undertook consultation on the implementation of the new Environmental Quality Standard for Emamectin Benzoate. This consultation closed on 24 July 2023 and responses are being carefully considered.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 June 2017
S5W-09594
Its decisions are informed by the evidence base and SEPA is keeping the evidence on the impacts of emamectin benzoate under review. S5W-09594
News
Published:
17 January 2025
Committee calls for immediate timetable to address concerns over the long-term viability of the salmon farming industry in Scotland
Scottish Government to consider an expedited timetable for the introduction of a revised environmental quality standard for emamectin benzoate, rather than the planned four-year implementation period.
Last updated:
4 February 2025
Salmon farming Dunstaffnage
Environmental Impact Delays The committee rightly criticises the four-year implementation period for SEPA’s emamectin benzoate standards. This delay contradicts the Precautionary Principle, allowing continued harm to crustaceans and benthic ecosystems.
Official Report
Meeting date:
13 November 2024
Rural Affairs and Islands Committee 13 November 2024
I will continue on the theme of emamectin benzoate. During the inquiry, SEPA sent a letter to the committee showing that it has allowed 196 existing salmon farms to continue discharging the same harmful quantities of emamectin benzoate...
