An economic evaluation of the impact of the salmon parasite Gyrodactylus salaris (Gs) should it be introduced into Scotland: Summary Report

• Main Authors: Riddington, Geoff, Radford, Alan, Paffrath, Sue, Bostock, John, Shinn, Andrew
• Other Authors: Scottish Executive, Glasgow Caledonian University, University of Stirling, Institute of Aquaculture, orcid:0000-0002-0723-3929, orcid:0000-0002-5434-2685
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department 2006
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/10145; http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/1062/0042436.pdf; http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/10145/1/Radford%20et%20al%202006%20Gyrodactylus%20economics%20report.pdf

First paragraph: Gyrodactylus salaris (Gs) is a freshwater external ecto-parasite that infects Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and a number of other salmonid species. The aims of the study reported here were to estimate the economic consequences of the introduction of Gs into Scotland, and to identify the costs of prevention, eradication and containment