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Sernapesca Suspends Three Private Certifiers for Failing to Comply with Inspection Procedures for Salmon Farming Centers

The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service determined to suspend 3 private certifiers of health status, who are registered in the Sernapesca Registry of Accredited Persons to Prepare Environmental and Health Assessment Instruments, and the certifications required by the General Law of Fisheries and Aquaculture. Aquaculture and its Regulations.

Source: Stockfile FIS

The suspension was established for failure to comply with inspection procedures in cultivation centers, within the framework of official disease surveillance and control programs.

"The fault committed by the certifier affects the possibility of early detection of cases, putting at risk the timely management of salmon disease control measures to protect the common good, which is why a significant sanction was determined given the high impact of non-compliance in the health management of aquaculture,” said Mónica Rojas, Deputy Director of Aquaculture at Sernapesca.

These sanctions are the result of the inspection activities carried out by officials of the Animal Health Department of Sernapesca of the regions of Aysén and Magallanes within the framework of the special Aquaculture Inspection Plan.

Source: Stockfile FIS

The supervisory body determined to suspend the certifiers for 1 month, 3 months and 1 year respectively. The largest sanction in this area corresponds to the suspension for 1 year of the Sernapesca registry and was applied to a sanitary condition certifier that did not use the established procedure for ISAv surveillance sampling, which establishes the selection of fish from the cages. with higher mortality. This affected the early detection of an ISA outbreak center in the outbreak detected in the Magallanes region during the first half of 2023.

Source: Sernapesca (Translated from the original in Spanish)

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