Inspection reports

Case Number: 2020-0347

Download Site generally receives 4 ova intakes per year from Ireland, Iceland and/or Norway. Current stock on site was received in 2 inputs from Iceland on 16/03/2020 and 11/05/2020.
Fish were vaccinated with Alphaject m6 and PD1 in June 2020.
Q1 Parr will be moved off site between January and March 2021 to be ongrown at Loch Lochy and Loch Arkaig.
Site details, mortality records, treatment and medicine records, biosecurity records and results of health surveillance checked by NYL via microsoft teams on 03/09/2020. Remainder of inspection carried out by WJM on 09/09/2020.
All fish on site appeared in good health. No clinical signs of disease noted and no gross pathology observed on internal examination of fish sampled for vmd.
Water temperature taken from site temperature monitoring system for biosecurity reasons. Full ECI inspection carried out but is non-compliant as water temperature currently being held at 14.5oC. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2021-0233

Download Q3s @ 60g being transferred to Loch Garry 29/07 and 30/07/2021.
Mortality:
Q3(2021)- Wk30, 96, 0.03%; Wk29, 115, 0.04%; Wk28, 118, 0.04%; Wk27, 216, 0.02%
Q4(2021)- Wk30, 2926, 0.13%;Wk29, 433, 0.01%; Wk28, 626, 0.02%; Wk27, 640, 0.02%
Q1(2022)- Wk30, 2105, 0.11%; Wk29, 779, 0.04%; Wk28, 1186, 0.06%; Wk27, 1024, 0.05%
Q2(2022)- Wk 30/29/27 counts not conducted weekly as fish were hatching. Wk28, 3137, 0.45%
Fish were inputted from Aquagen (Holywood) and also Kildrummie (Ireland).
Water temperature (site thermometer used for biosecurity reasons):
Q4 (2021)- 14.6 (therefore 30 fish sampled for VHS and IHN).
Q1/2 (2022)- 13.6
Alevins- 6
Cress has been administered multiple times for the various populations. Last treatment date was 04/06/2021.
Fish were being graded at the time of the inspection. Couple of associated mortalities were observed.
Remote inspection completed by , observed by on 28/07/2021. Site inspection conducted by , observed by on 03/08/2021.
VMD sampling conducted by and supervised by . 30 fish sample: pool 1 conducted by and pool 2-6 conducted by , observed by . [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2021-0507

Download Remote inspection done by , supervised by on 15/11/2021
Stock Origin - Aquagen Holywood
VMD samples collected by , supervised by on 24/11/2021. All fish sampled looked healthy.
Low numbers of mortalities observed in some tanks, no moribund fish observed on site. The fish for the VMD were killed using
TMS and sampled by , supervised by . [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2022-0151

Download Currently stocked: Hatchery split into 4 sections, currently 3 sections stocked. 20 tanks in the fry unit, 4 in the Parr Unit and 4 tanks in Smolt Unit 2.
Q3 & Q4 affected by issues with external supplier for feed. This caused mortality, but not above the reporting level. External supplier investigating issue with the feed. No obvious detectable issues with the feed.
Water temperature different across the site. Hatchery 2: 4C, Hatchery 3&4: 6C Fry Unit 14C, Parr and Smolt 1 & 2: 15C, site thermometer used for biosecurity.
Fish samples for VMD, were not in withdrawal at time of sampling. Aquacen and Cress treatments used in the First feed Unit.
Current plan: 4th July starting to put out fish to FW loch sites.
Some trays in the hatchery showed a number of failed eggs (these were seen prior to picking), at the time of visit in the process of picking trays in the hatchery. The remaining tanks that were stocked on site fish appeared healthy. Manager remarked that eggs from Ireland in recent years had been of poorer quality, with increased levels of hatch fails.
Paperwork provided 9/5/22-02/06/22. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2022-0232

Download Site inspected in May - fish too small for VMD sampling, site revisited on 28.06.22 for this case to sample fish for VMD before fish leaving site to freshwater loch. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2023-0067

Download Site has been having issues with ova specifically in the Q3 populations received in Nov 2021 and Dec 2022 from Aquagen. In addition, increased mortality was observed in the recent Q1 and Q4 Kindrum Hatchery ova inputs (Ireland). In the highest observed mortality events (15.92% with loss of 297980) salinity baths (2.5pp) were used to separate unviable ova from healthy population, allowing for more efficient sweep during picking.
Water input originates from River Ailort. Each unit in the facility has its own water filtration and disinfection system. The water filtration and disinfection system is composed of sand filters and an ozonation component (treats water at 950milivolts for
~1hr)., Water exchange on the whole site is very minimal and therefore is classed as a recirculation system, with the smolt unit exchanging ~2% per day. In the hatchery one full water exchange occurs per day.
Treatment records show that regular formalin and Cress administered to keep on to of any saprolegniosis observed. Buffodine is used to disinfect eggs upon arrival at the hatchery.
Stock details: hatchery a: 1876370, 544 degree days, 0.1g/alevins, Q4 2023 hatchery b: 1484417, 0.1g/alevins, Q4 2023 hatchery c, 1013841, 0.1g/alevins, Q4 2023 hatchery d: 650000, unhatched. Q1 2024, Ova 440, degree days. Arrived to site on 23/02/2023 from Ireland (Kindrum
Hatchery) fry: 1330585, 1.03g. Q3 2023
Parr unit empty.
Smolt unit: 173119 (minus 13000 due to export on day of inspection), 78g. 3 facilities. Q1 2023
Fish sampled for VMD were observed to be healthy. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2023-0082

Download Accompanied an OV to conduct an export inspection of salmon smolts to France. No issues to note, OV completed and issued the health certificate (MS/2023/0009) following inspection of stock and disinfection certificates.
No issues noted on site at time of inspection, 20 fish removed from Tank 40 and examined. All appeared to be clinically healthy. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2023-0092

Download Accompanied an OV to conduct an export inspection of two separate loads of 13000 salmon smolts for France. No issues to note, OV completed and issued the health certificates (MS/2023/0013 and 0014) following inspection of stock and disinfection certificates. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2024-0333

Download Mortality in the last 4 weeks across populations:
Q4 (last transfer off 17/09/2024) - wk37 935 (0.06%), wk36 1974 (0.09%), wk35 3071 (0.15%), wk34 3449 (0.14%)
Q1 parr - wk37 4659 (0.16%), wk36 4198 (0.14%), wk35 2576 (0.09%), wk34 5204 (0.18%)
Q1 smolt - wk37 2577 (0.31%), wk36 10321 (0.28%), wk35 9277 (0.25%), wk34 16152 (0.44%)
Q2 parr - wk37 3622 (1.6%), wk36 1739 (0.76%), wk35 2295 (1.00%), 2731 (1.17%)
Q1 fry - wk37 7577 (0.21%), wk36 10321 (0.28%), wk35 9277 (0.25%), wk34 16152 (0.44%)
Mortality events (reported to FHI):
26/06/2023 - eggs to first feed; 3.39%, 346226, unviable eggs/poor quality (on site issues with aquagen 15% mort on arrival)
21/08/2023 - 5g to smolt; 1.72%, 28242, fungal infection + treatments with formalin and Cress
Site has been struggling with mild fungal issues and have been conducting weekly treatments with Pyceze and Aquacen. At the time of inspection stock were being treated.
Stock last vaccinated between 12/08/2024 to 29/08/2024
During inspection stock were observed to be shoaling and feeding well. Stock were observed to be in good condition with very few fish seen with fungus. Little number of mort's were observed (mort's where observed in mort collectors).
Due to site temperatures throughout the year being above 14 degrees a 30 fish EC sample was taken. During internal inspection of the sampled fish were observed to be in good condition. P1,P3,P4, P5, P6 sampled by . P2 sampled by
.
Fish health representative conduct fortnightly health checks on stock. Last health check was conducted on the 05/09/2024.
Inspection of site and paperwork conducted/completed by , whilst supervised by . For the MIX inspection, paperwork and site visit were conducted and completed by , shadowed by . [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2025-0338

Download Site visited in response to two significant mortality events in wks33 (279,806) and 34 (310,008) resulting in the loss of 589,814 fish; 9.14% and 11.14% of the Q1 cohort respectively. There are currently 3 cohorts on site: Q1 smolts (which were the population affected by the mortalities), Q1 parrs and Q4 parrs (both of which have not suffered any elevated mortalities).
The Q1 smolts came on as ova from Inverpolly and were incubated for 17 weeks, which is slightly longer than the normal 15 weeks.
The site has attributed the losses to non-feeders. Fish from the Q1 smolt cohort were very thin and not taking in food )photos and videos were shared showing this). Site staff increased mortality removal from the affected tanks and mortalities have decreased this week (wk35: 4,926 (0.3%)).
Mortality for the last 4 weeks:
Q1 Smolts - Wk34: 310,008 (11.14% of that cohort), Wk33: 279,806 (9.14%), Wk32: 8,361 (0.27%), Wk31: 35,556 (1.14%)
Q1 Parr - Wk34: 1,905 (0.07% of that cohort), Wk33: 2,095 (0.07%), WK32: 3,083 (0.11%), Wk31: 8,379 (0.29%)
Q4 Parr - Wk34: 2,687 (0.1% of that cohort), WK33: 7,980 (0.3%), Wk32: 2,679 (0.1%), Wk31: 1,547 (0.05%)
The Q1 smolts are scheduled to go directly to sea sites in feb 2026. The Q4 parr were being transferred to FW site Loch Lochy on the day of inspection and there will be none of this cohort left at the hatchery at the end of next week. The next input of ova will be from Aquagen in Oct 25.
The site has completed 3 treatments of Aquacen and Cress for Saprolegnia and gut fungus over the last 9 days. The Q4 parrs were vaccinated at the beginning of August with Alphaject PD1 and Micro6 in combination with a 3rd vaccine for Pastuerella,
Moritella and Yersinia. MOWI are developing a new vaccine which they hope to trial on the Q1 parr population of fish at the hatchery in Oct this year for Rickettsia.
The fish on site appeared in good health with very few mortalities observed across the site. Moribunds in single digits were noted across the entire site but these displayed no other clinical signs of disease and so were not sampled on this occasion.
Some of the tanks were undergoing treatment with Cress and Aquacen. The fish were shoaling nicely in the tanks and no food was sitting on the bottom of the tanks as shown in videos that were taken during the mortality events. [Original PDF]

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