Latest Inspection Reports

Here are the latest batch of inspection reports we've extracted. (05-06-2026) Click here to see the full list of reports.

Bay of Vady

Case Number: 2026-0127

DownloadPaperwork completed 02/04/26 - Mortalities, sea lice, AFSA, Treatment, BMP, SLA
Paperwork completed 07/04/26 - WK 14 mortalities and sea lice, movement records
No issues noted on site at time of inspection, fish were shoaling well, general population were in good condition and showed good feed response. 10-15 fish observed in pens 2 and 4 that displayed some physical damaged, reportedly due to recent periods of adverse weather.
Bay of Vady is used as a nursery site for S1 inputs which are moved to Kirkwall Bay sites, usually Carness Bay (FS0390) and Meil Bay (FS0597). All pens have had new SealPro nets installed and all pens have bird pole top nets, which are reported to work well.
Sea lice count observed in pens 2, 8, 10,11, 12. No sea lice observed and gills scores were 0. Fish sampled for VMD appeared in good condition. Accompanied by Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Fish Health Manager at time of inspection.
Net washing was being undertaken at time of inspection, this resulted in reduced visibility in pen 4 during cleaning, but no dead, moribund or lethargic were observed.
Bird observed in pen 8, site staff took time and care to raise top net and guide bird out of the pen, before dropping the top net and checking that the net was securely in place.
A movement of smolts had occurred less than 2 weeks prior to inspection. These smolts were reported to originally be destined for a sea water site in Westray, however the site was not ready at the time of movement and the smolts were input to Bay of
Vady. An earlier input of smolts have been moved off Bay of Vady to the site in Westray. [Original PDF]

Chalmers Hope

Case Number: 2026-0135

DownloadPaperwork remotely 02/04/26; Movement record 07/04/26; site inspection 08/04/26. Site receives part grown fish for finishing to harvest. No sea lice or predation issues this cycle. Morts are removed and sent to Dounby yard before disposal to biogas plant. Have issues from plankton and jellyfish dependent on environmental conditions. One or two fish showing signs of physical damage to snouts, eyes and flanks which is due to weather and possible physical damage whilst handling during a hydrolicer treatment in January. One fish removed for VMD sampling and no post mortem signs of disease internally. Fish are currently being harvested by dead haul to Kirkwall. Fish originated from Yetts o'Muckhart, via Fara West. Site inspected by
& , VMD sampled by . [Original PDF]

Cole Deep

Case Number: 2025-0155

DownloadMorts are transported by Garriock bros and sent to Pelagia
Slice 27/10 - 13/12 - 24/02 - Prophylactic treatment. Peroxide 22/11/25 - 25/11/25 17-18/02/25 (AGD) [Original PDF]

Colonsay

Case Number: 2025-0233

DownloadMortalities ensiled and uplifted by McDonald transport and taken to Whiteshore Cockles
Currently feeding slice due to caligus. Health report 26/06 notes a reduction in caligus numbers during current treatment. Lep numbers are low.
Mortality in previous cycle due to bacterial infection. No health issues at time of inspection.
VMD fish healthy were opened, no issues onsite. [Original PDF]

Creag an T'Sagairt (Loch Hourn)

Case Number: 2025-0501

DownloadFish were transferred from Kingairloch (FS0241) to site between the 27th and 30th November 2025. The fish in the first three movements were transferred in seawater on 27th and 28th November and these fish were put into pen 4. Kingairloch then had a positive result for complex gill disease (CGD) and therefore the next 3 movements on the 29th and 30th November, the fish were transferred in freshwater and put into pen 2.
Kingairloch had reported mortality events for 7 consecutive weeks beginning 13th October 2025 due to "AGD / treatment losses / gill infections and complex gill disease". Mortalities have remained above threshold in the weeks since input to Loch
Hourn. Week 49 (1st-7th December) = 4.91% (17, 967 fish) and Week 50 = 3.19% (11,114 fish). However, site have reported percentage mortality as 2.68% for week 50 due to an input of fish onto site from Gorsten on Sunday 14th December.
Fish while at Kingairloch had confirmed AGD, Piscirickettsia salmonis (SRS), HSMI and CGD. A risk assessment dated
26/11/2025 for the transfer of fish from Kingairloch to Loch Hourn was seen.
Treatments: Fish transferred in seawater (pen 4) were treated with freshwater on 7th December. Since treatment mortalities in that pen have dropped from around 1000 fish a day to around an average of 147 per day after two days of treatment losses.
However the daily mortality figure is slowly increasing (104 fish on 11th December compared to 216 fish on 15th December).
There are no current plans to carry out any more treatments on site.
The company regional health manager has been to site twice since first input. Last site visit report on 12/12/2025 (visit date
11/12/2025) stated that the 2 fish caught for sampling had gills in good condition with mild levels of PGD. Fish behaviour in pen
2 was poor compared to fish behaviour in pen 4. They are seeing a decrease in mortality as well as a decrease in the number of fish with gill damage. They are seeing an increase in physical damage and secondary moritella.
The site have also just received inputs of fish from Gorsten (FS0237) on 14th and 15th December which were all transported in freshwater. These fish are in pens 1 and 3 at Loch Hourn. These fish arrived with wrasse. During the physical inspection of the site, pen 1 which arrived the day before had approximately 100 dead and moribund wrasse by the side of the net. The manager was unaware that wrasse were being transported with the salmon. Movement records on site did not include wrasse.
During physical inspection of the site, approximately 10 moribund salmon were observed in each pen. In the Kingairloch population of fish in pens 2 and 4, many (50+) were observed with lesions on their bodies with approximately 5-10 fish per pen appearing lethargic, hanging beside the side of the pen net. There was an increase of fish in pen 2 with physical damage compared to pen 4. In the Gorsten fish population, fish in pens 1 and 3 both also had a number of fish (30+) with lesions on their bodies but only 2-5 lethargic fish per pen. Two fish from pen 2, 2 fish from pen 3 and one fish from pen 4 was taken for diagnostic sampling.
Update 06/05/2026 - The company have investigated the movement of wrasse onto site and have provided movement and mortality records for the wrasse. [Original PDF]

Fada

Case Number: 2026-0138

DownloadInspection of paperwork conducted on 10/04/2026. Site has been fallow from November 2023 to February 2026.
During the inspection, the main population appeared in good condition. 1 dead fish was observed. No moribunds were seen across the site. [Original PDF]

Invertote Salmon Farm

Case Number: 2024-0372

DownloadLast lice count w/b 19/08/2024 - 0.01 AF. No counts 08/07/24 and 12/02/2024 - Veterinary advice - consequence of recent treatments. Generally lice levels low - highest count 0.05 AF per site in 2024.
No escapes but several escape events reported associated with seal predation.
S0s - mortality - loss of 20458 in last four weeks - pen 4 (4860) and pen 10 (5481) - CMS. Some FW treatments every 6 weeks aimed for. Some handling CMs increases in mortality after this
Total mortality for S0 159715 12 September last year. 98996 S1 lost since input (march 2024)
Developing FMS for area 50 in conjunction with other areas in MA 11b. No harvest strategy required for sea lice as few treatments
Odd moribund and significant amount of runty fish especially in S1 stock but most difficult to catch when approaching with the net. Three fish sampled for diagnostic purposes - one S0.5 and two S1
Inspection of the site undertaken to ensure that satisfactory measures are being implemented in relation to containment.
Adequate actions undertaken to repair a hole in the net reported as an escape event - the hole was fixed by site staff and patched by divers. Installation of seal fencing to prevent the ingress of seals bweteen the cage and the top net. Seal fencing appears to be providing positive results. [Original PDF]

Ormsary Smolt Unit

Case Number: 2025-0428

DownloadVMD only inspection. [Original PDF]

South Cava

Case Number: 2026-0134

DownloadPaperwork remotely 02/04/26; Movement records 07/04/26; site inspection 08/04/26. Site receives part grown fish for finishing for harvest. No sea lice or predation issues, although a seal was basking on a pen walkway during the visit. Double netting in place to prevent chaffing at the pen collars. Morts are removed and sent to Dounby yard before transfer to Keenan's Recycling
New Deer biogas plant. Sometimes have to send to Gask biogas too. Minimum vaccination for IPN and furunculosis. Have issues from plankton and jellyfish dependent on environmental conditions. One or two fish in each pen showing signs of physical damage to snouts, eyes and flanks which is due to weather and possible physical damage from handling during a hydrolicer treatment in January. One fish removed for VMD sampling and no post mortem signs of disease internally. Fish are currently being harvested by dead haul to Kirkwall. Fish originated from Loch Shin, via Kirk Noust. Site inspected by accompanied by , VMD sampled by . [Original PDF]

Stead of Aithness

Case Number: 2025-0099

DownloadMortalities transported by TWMA to Bressy.
Slice treatment: 03 Nov 2024
Thermolicer: 20-23/01/2025
Hydrolicer: 07-09/03/2025
Sea lice treatments were effective in reducing lice load on fish during previous cycle. No issues with lice at time of inspection.
VMD fish were healthy when opened. [Original PDF]

Tanera

Case Number: 2026-0139

DownloadInspection of paperwork conducted on 10/04/2026.
During the inspection, the main population appeared in good condition. No moribunds or dead fish were observed across the site. The fish sampled for the VMD appeared healthy both internally and externally. [Original PDF]

Vestness

Case Number: 2026-0145

DownloadMortality events since last inspection:
28 Oct 24 - 1.64% (8271) - gill health/environmental
4th Nov 24 - 1.13% (5627) - gill health/environmental
25 Nov 24 - 1.35% (4168) - gill health/environmental
15 Sep 25 - 2.56% (13,395) - gill health/environmental and predator
22 Sep 25 - 4.31% (21,998) - gill health/environmental and predator
Nursery site. Fish will be moved over to East Moclett (FS1357) in Nov 26 for ongrowing. Organics on site. Fish have been performing well since input with a small amount of fungus observed at input, but not causing significant mortality on site.
Fish came on from Loch Damph and Loch Shin at around 48g. Fish on site were sitting very deep in the water and were difficult to observe. 2-3 fish were observed in each cage with a fungal infection. No other clinical signs of disease were observed and while moving around the walkway, these fish dispersed.
No medicinal treatments conducted on site since last inspection. Only tricaine is used for lice counts. Sealice are managed using FW and FLS as appropriate. [Original PDF]

Vuia Mor

Case Number: 2025-0410

DownloadSite inspected in overcast conditions and a calm sea state allowing for good visibility of the stocks. Fish were observed residing deep within each pen but appeared to be shoaling well. Vuia Mor had reported increased levels of mortality at the site between 08/09/2025 - 19/10/2025 with gill health issues (AGD and PGD) being noted as the main driver for mortality. During the inspection of the site, only 6 moribund fish were observed across the 14 stocked pens. One moribund fish from pen 12 was able to be caught and was removed for diagnostic sampling. 2 Fish were also removed from pen 10 for VMD sampling, these fish presented health both internally and externally.
The site is currently stocked with fish from 4 different sources (geocrab (FS0567), Applecross smolt ongrowing 2 FS1360),
Inchmore FS0226) and Applecross smolt unit FS0500) across 2 age classes, 2025 Q1s and 2025 Q2s.
Mortality on the site in recent weeks has mainly been confined to pens 2, 8 , 10, 12 and 14 which are all fish stocked from
Inchmore FS0226.
Vuia Mor completed a round of 3 hour freshwater bath treatments, followed by FLS on 22/10/2025 with pens with the highest mortality figures were targeted first. The site has since seen a big decrease in mortality and gill health has started to improve. [Original PDF]

Wyre

Case Number: 2026-0133

DownloadPaperwork done remotely on 30/03/2026, movement record checked, site inspection and VMD sampling on 07/04/2026. Seal
Pro HDPE nets, Froyer Rings, centre weights on some pens to combat seal interaction. Vaccination against furunculosis,
ERM, PD. AGD swabs & gill scores every 2nd week currently but may be more frequent if issues arise. SLICE to combat
Caligus numbers and H2O2 for AGD.
Normally use TMS for sea lice counting but nearer harvest have the option of using Optomease for a shorter withdrawal period. Top nets are stitched to the production net to prevent seal ingress. Options to use SLICE, Salmosan, H2O2, FW &
FLS, AMX & Deltamethrin for sea lice management along with physical removal. No issues reported on site. Can have jellyfish and algal bloom issues depending on environmental conditions but monitor to detect any potential issue early.
Two WRS mortalities removed during visit and one moribund fish with signs of physical damage due to predator interaction.
One moribund fish observed which was opened by site health staff who considered the fish demonstrated signs of Moritella infection (ascites and choc-chip liver). No samples taken as site health staff had used a contaminated knife and gloves to examine the fish prior to any possible sampling. 6 fish sampled for VMD demonstrating no clinical or post mortem signs of disease. [Original PDF]