After the IPN virus was discovered in the Umlax fish farm in Malgomaj, the processing plant in Vilhelmina is forced to lay off or dismiss staff.
Malin Davidsson and seven colleagues lose their jobs as fish processors in Vilhelmina after the IPN virus was discovered in Umlax's fish farm in Malgomaj, which led to the slaughter of 600 tons of fish.
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The IPN virus led to 600 tonnes of fish needing to be slaughtered in the Umlax fish farm in Malgomaj earlier this year.
Malin Davidsson has worked as a fish processor since processing in Vilhelmina started in 2009. Now she and seven colleagues are forced to leave their jobs, after the IPN virus was discovered in Umlax's fish farm in Malgomaj earlier this year.
The find led to 600 tonnes of fish having to be slaughtered - and now the consequences are also affecting the processing in Vilhelmina.
The cultivation has been cleaned up
- It hits the company hard financially when sales stop and we risk losing customers, but above all we lose competent staff, says site manager André Svensson.
The cultivation in Malgomaj has been cleaned up and now it takes about a year before the processing gets new slaughter fish and can start again.
- Now that I work in sales, I have decided that we will come back stronger than before, says Hampus Svensson.
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Processing will start again in about a year when new slaughter fish is available
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