Latest Inspection Reports

Here are the latest batch of inspection reports we've extracted. (08-07-2026) Click here to see the full list of reports.

Ardnish

Case Number: 2026-0152

DownloadFish came on from Kinnaird Mill at ~500g and have been performing really well since input. One salmosan treatment has been conducted in April.
The site has received a new semi-enclosed pen that they hope to stock by the end of the year.
Background mortalities on site are very low. Fish leave site dead, no live movements off site.
Fish on site appeared in excellent health. One mortality was observed across the site but this was not fresh dead, so was not sampled for diagnostics. The fish sampled for the statutory ISA testing also appeared in good health with food observed in the gut and fat surrounding the PC. Clinical signs of BKD were observed in one fish. An additional sample was taken for this.
Thermometer 337 was used. [Original PDF]

Barcaldine Hatchery Incubation 3

Case Number: 2026-0162

DownloadOva - transferred onto site on 30/04/2026 from Kindrum, Ireland.
Mortalities and waste - disposed via ensiler and then taken away to the bio gas companies 2/3 times a year
Ova disinfection on arrival with buffodine. No treatments have been administered on site.
Batch has been hatching well. On inspection of the ova, 3 comp hatches had already hatched out and alevins appeared to be in good condition. Ova in other comp-hatches were starting to hatch (~20dd behind the ones already hatched).
Pest control available - Pest Solutions [Original PDF]

Gorsten

Case Number: 2025-0389

DownloadThree cages groups on site. Cage 2 in most northerly cage group had a breach in containment. Most southerly cage group has been empty the whole cycle. Both the northerly and central cages groups moved north in the storm. The southerly cage group was not thought to have moved as it had no nets attached at the time of the storm. The three cage groups are moored separately in groups of four cages, the three cages groups are not connected to each other using a grid system. The tidal barrier consists of a top floating section of tube (630mm), with a section of net (18mm) below, held taught by a sinker tube that is positioned 13m below the floating section. Both the floating tube and sinker tube have separate moorings. There is a meeting organised for later in October when repositioning of the tube will be discussed. It is hoped by the site manager that the tidal barrier can be moved further away from the cage grid although the effectiveness of the barrier may be affected by its proximity to the cage group. There are plans to replace metal cages with plastic rings. Planning permission was refused at the last attempt.
Cage 2 had mortality removed the day before the escape incident was observed (03/10/2025). As mortalities were removed the day before the escape and as the holes were at the top of the net and mortalities will be temporarily stored in the mort sock in the bottom of the net at the centre, no mortalities were reportedly lost.
Reserve broodstock on site at the moment. There are ~71,500 salmon on site are reserved broodstock at average weight of 2.5kg. There were at Kingairloch before arriving at Gorsten.
Wild and farmed WRS on site. No LUM in cage 2 at the time of the escape. Movements of cleaner fish are recorded separately to the movements of salmon but all required info is recorded. Both records collected at time of inspection
In feed antibiotic treatment was being undertaken at the time of the inspection. This is being fed due to SRS being detected in the population. The feed is reportedly helping to reduce mortality associated with SRS.
Some problems on site at the time of the inspection with feeding the fish. The storm dislodged and sunk some feed pipes so some cages cannot be fed using pipes. These cages were being fed using a blower positioned on the workboat at the time of the inspection.
PRV-1 (HMSI), Piscirickettsia spp. and Tenacibaculum spp. detected on site by PCR.
Breach in containment discovered Saturday (04/10/2025) morning. All power to the cameras lost during the storm as these are powered using mains power. The breach in containment was discovered by . The tidal barrier at the north of the site remained in place and the cage group moved north, blown by the wind and tide, towards the barrier. It is estimated by the site manager the site moved at least 10m, although individual anchors moved varying distances. A metal bracket that connected the tidal barrier to an anchor chain broke (see diagram in attachments) and the chains that connected the tidal barrier to the cages also broke in the storm. The tidal barrier itself is not thought to have broken, it is the bracket and chains that are thought to have broken causing the eastern end of the barrier to move in the waves and tide freely. The tidal barrier has been submerged since the incident and inspection has been difficult due to bad weather. The end of the tidal barrier came in contact with the cage net causing approximately four holes along the northern side of cage 2. The plastic at the end of the tidal barrier had developed sharp projections due to the tidal barrier striking the metal cage group. According to the area manager, mobile phone signal was down at the time of the incident which is thought to have hampered getting boats together to stabilize the cages. A wellboat, two mooring boats and a large multipurpose boat from Inverlussa arrived on site Sunday (05/10/25). The wellboat began to remove fish at 12:20 on Sunday. According to the wellboat log, 5,028 fish were recovered from the cage from the 80,591 that were thought to be in the cage making a total loss of 75,563 fish. The remaining fish were moved to pen 8. Mooring boats began work on repositioning the mooring anchors on Sunday. The damaged net and tidal barrier are still on site. The tidal barrier maybe removed completely later in cycle. The plans for the tidal barrier will be discussed in the meeting in mid-October. No attempt to recapture fish was made due to bad weather. Samples from the remaining fish from cage 2 were sent for emergency sampling at the Mowi lab to establish if antibiotic residue are still present in the fish. Results from these tests have not been reported yet. There has reportedly been no increase in seal activity since the incident. Seals have been continually observed since August and are thought to have killed fish. Manager does not think any salmon will get past the Corran narrows due to high seal activity in the area. A known seal haulout is present close to the narrows with reportedly more than 100 seals active in the area. Reportedly many fishermen have been fishing in the area for salmon since Saturday but the manager is not aware of any fishermen catching any salmon. Reportedly no additional checks were done on barrier before the incident. The barrier is too heavy to inspect with the work boat usually used on the site.
Four holes found in total on the north side of the net closest to the tidal barrier. Two of these bigger holes are rectangular and approximately 4-5 meters wide and between 1-5 meters below the water line. Two of the smaller holes were about 2 metres wide at about 4 metres from the bottom of the net. Net is 12m deep. Damage reported at 8am on Saturday. According to site staff, mobile phone signal was reportedly OK at the site on Saturday morning. Mobile signal in other areas of the west coast of
Scotland may have been poor or absent [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2026-0153

DownloadFish came on from Loch Etive in Feb 26 and have had low mortality since input. Health of the fish has been good, with low
PGD/AGD scores and good body condition noted. A grade was completed last week and the fish are expected to remain on site until the end of the year when a portion will be deadhaul harvested, and the remaining stock will be moved to another SW site for ongrowing until harvest.
Site has not had any escapes since the last reported escape incident in October 2025. The move to sealpro nets and the removal of the tidal barrier are two of the improvement measures that were implemented following the escape. The site manager has reported that although seals are still observed around the site, damage to equipment and stock has significantly reduced.
The only medicinal treatment that has been conducted on site since input (with the exception of anaesthetic for sealice counts) was SLICE in March 26.
The general population of fish on site were in good physical condition and were active in the cages. There were several individuals with physical damage observed in each of the cages, with around 20 individuals with damage observed in cage 1.
This had been caused by the handling event the week before. No clinical signs of disease were observed and fish were still relatively active so no diagnostic samples were taken on this occassion. Fish sampled for VMD was in good condition externally and internally.
Thermometer 337 was used. [Original PDF]

Inchmore

Case Number: 2026-0159

DownloadWater temperature taken with on site thermometers that are internally calibrated monthly in the Smolt and Fry units and weekly in the hatchery. Records of these calibrations were available and checked on site. The water temperatures of the units are as follows: Hatchery A - 6.1oC, Hatchery B - 6.2oC, Fry A - 12.5oC, Fry B - 12.0oC, Smolt A - 11.4oC
At the start of the inspection both smolt units were empty and each of the 15 tanks in both fry units were stocked. During the course of the inspection, 2 of the tanks in Fry B were graded out into 4 of the tanks in Smolt A.
Signs of saprolegnia in the first feeders (Q4 fry) the week prior to inspection. Treatment with Aquacen & Cress was swiftly carried out and appears to have gotten rid of the fungus issue with mortality levels quickly reducing to what they were prior to this.
Fish on site all shoaling well and feeding as expected and in good condition. A few dead fish observed but in extremely low numbers with no clinical signs observed. No issues raised on site. was observing the inspection. [Original PDF]

Kerrera B

Case Number: 2026-0165

DownloadFish Input from Barcaldine Smolt unit (FS1328)
Jellfish bloom observed on 19/05/2026; the following were observed and included Hybocadon sp. and Actinula sp. False positives for Yersina reported on two occasions. Third party laboratory reissued reports noting issues with the PCR master mix and all results were found to be negative.
Wrasse on site will be transferred in June/July 2026. Currently none are on site. Historic wrasse mortality (increased): 2024, wk34, 12.28%, 717; Wk35, 5.00%, 382 (FW treatment reason for mortality)
Mortality events: 2024, Wk47, 1.09%, 2576; 2025, Wk26, 1.03%, 923; Wk27, 1.00%, 766; Wk28, 2.50%, 1890; Wk29, 1.91%,
576. NB: 2025 Wk26 was not reported to us on the basis that the threshold for reporting is to 1 decimal place so no requirement to and this is satisfactorily noted by the inspector during the paperwork inspection on site.
Last recent treatment - salmosan conducted in Wk19 2026. Last Slice treatment: w/b 02/04/2026
Sapphire pro nets and birds net available on site.
Any normal waste is taken to the Kerrera shorebase for disposal in landfill via council bins
One fish was removed for VMD sampling. This fish was observed to be in good condition.
Paperwork and site inspection were conducted by on 20/05/2026 and audited by on 20/05/2026. [Original PDF]

Kinlochmoidart Hatchery

Case Number: 2026-0151

DownloadSite received ova from Iceland and from their own Native Hebridean stocks at Langass Hatchery. Both stocks are performing well. Very minor fungal infection has been observed in ~5-6 fish per tank and this is being monitored weekly and treatment administered as required.
2.3% (57,323) morts in wk17 2025 - deformaties (culls) naitve hebs
Fish in all the tank appeared in good physical condition, with the exception of tank 11 which had had some individuals with varying degrees of saprolegnia infection. This tank had received a formalin treatment on the day of inspection to address this.
Fish sampled for VMD appeared healthy both externally and internally and guts had food present. [Original PDF]

Lochailort Recirculation Hatchery

Case Number: 2026-0166

DownloadMortality generally low across the site. Very few moribund fish seen - a few in the Comphatch with fungus and less than 10 across the parr and smolt unit tanks. One smolt section completely empty and works going on on roof so tanks not inspected.
All other tanks and hatcheries inspected.
Morts incinerated on site, culled fish go for processing for pet food - Tinyfoods.
Morts (approximate average by tank) - Q3 26 - all weeks less than 0.01%, Q2 26 - all ~0.1-0.2% per week, Q2 27 - week 15 -
~5% egg picking, Q1 26 - < 0.01%, Q1 27 - wk 12 - 1% egg picking. Q4 26 - ~1.4% week 6 (59800 morts - 4333243 eggs) and similar for wk 9. Majority of morts have been due to egg picking, handling and a bit of fungus.
Medicines stored in chemical bund area - one in each section for daily use.
The separate units on site are held at different temperatures: Smolt unit - 13.9, parr unit - 13.8, hatcheries - 3.8, 3.4 and 10.7.
Site thermometer used for biosecurity - calibrated regularly and daily performance checks.
Paperwork, inspection and VMD sampling carried out by . Audited by and observed by . Additional sampling demonstration by to complete his audit. [Original PDF]

Nevis B

Case Number: 2026-0160

DownloadSite clean and well maintained. Fish in good condition with only 2 fish with spinal deformities, 1 with severe exophthalmia but was not displaying any other signs observed across the whole site.
One fish was removed for vmd sampling. Upon closer inspection, no signs of disease were observed externally or internally.
During the last production cycle, AF lice levels were elevated above 2 AF/fish and no treatments were carried out but were destocking via harvesting. Lice levels peaked at 4.2 AF/fish. [Original PDF]

Nevis C (Ardintigh)

Case Number: 2026-0161

DownloadSite was last stocked 2022 and became fallow week 42 (17/10/2022). Has been fallow since.
Site operator hope to have the site stocked June 2026. All the same stock as current stock on both Nevis A and Nevis B sites.
Facilities have changed from 12 to 5 pens which are in the water but no nets yet attached. [Original PDF]

Sgian Dubh

Case Number: 2026-0156

DownloadSite visited following notification from the operator of mortality in excess of notifiable threshold.
Freshwater treatment conducted (no FLS). Three hour treatment. The treatment was conducted due to AGD scores on the rise. Traffic light alert system used to warn site manager and health staff about disease challenges on site. Site was on amber for AGD which would not usually trigger a treatment, but, due to other issues, a decision was made to treat before it got worse.
Only treatment since last visit was from 30/04/26 to 05/05/26. All cages treated for 3 hours using freshwater.
Biologist report on 12/05/2026: significant gill pathology noted despite FW treatment. Large proportion of lamellae swollen and discoloured. Moritella lesions observed although thought to be fewer than previously and some with signs of healing. Feed response described as "excellent" during the biologist visit. Salmon gill pox virus, microsporidia, branchiomonas, Moritella, and
PRV all confirmed on site. The presence of ERM was thought possible due to presence of "petechial spotting" on the pyloric caeca, although ERM was not tested for.
Director of health visit on 27/04/26: Functional feed being fed (Algium and DERMIC), to encourage lesion healing and improve health. Note on report "strongly recommend monthly discussions around the future of these fish, as they have had an incredibly challenging start to life".
Estimated to be about 40-50 moribund fish per cage, about 20-30 of these moribund fish displayed lesions associated with an infection with Moritella viscosa (aka winter sores).
No movements of live fish off the site since the last inspection. [Original PDF]

Walters (East Lismore)

Case Number: 2026-0163

DownloadOrigin of fish on site from Barcaldine(FS1328) - no issues on input. Fish were input onto 24/2 to 27/2/2026. Site used as a nursery site before fish get sent to Lismore West (FS0914).
No cleanerfish will be present during production cycle.
First round of slice treatment fed from 13/03 to 19/03/2026. Last treatment occurred on 05/05 until 12/05/2026.
FMS not FMA - do not fallow synchronously on a single year class basis due to Etive being used as nursery sites
The small number of moribund fish displayed signs of fin or snout erosion. As mentioned under health surveillance this is consistent with the previously detected Tenacibaculum infection noted in fish health report from 01/04/2026 and a subsequent follow up from 12/05/2026. Mortalities on site are very low. [Original PDF]