Inspection reports

Case Number: 2021-0080

Download The site was fallowed 29/11/16 for work on the flood defences and did not restock until March 2020. A trial of 10000 RTR at 5g was put into the tanks. Two weeks after input failure of the tipping weir, which bounced shut due to a build up of slit, led to failure of water supply to the tanks and the fish died. Water level alarms also failed. The automatic function of the tilting weir has been disabled and it is now only operated manually. High and low level water alarms have been fixed. Morts were collected for disposal by the council.
No treatments on site. Fish are dip vaccinated for ERM and fallow ponds treated with Copper Sulphate.
BMP was available but requires to be updated in line with new development of the site.
Request for information on waste disposal options.
Business plan has moved from suppling fisheries to supplying a smaller number of aquaculture sites. No production for the table market. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2022-0026

Download The site does not conduct any treatments, except for disinfecting fallow ponds/tanks with copper sulphate to minimise snail grow
Historically there has been no processing on farm, however since re-opening ~60 fish a month are gutted on site and sent for sm
Since the rebuild, site is equipped with secondary screens and tertiary screen in some places.
Remote paperwork inspection conducted by , supervised by on 17/02/2022.
Site visit and VMD sampling conducted on 24/02/2022, supervised by . [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2024-0251

Download Announced VMD inspection for VMD Audit. Accompanied by and and from VMD.
No fish treatments carried out on site. Ponds fallowed individually, copper sulphate and chloramine T used to disinfect the empty ponds and kill snails. No VMPs stored on site.
Mortality event Jan-Feb 2023 2,848 fish (7.7%) - overstocking due to no customers. Mixture of culls and mortalities so event below threshold for reporting.
The 2020 population is currently suffering with high numbers of eye fluke. Many of the fish observed were blind. One fish was removed for further examination - excess mucus and cataracts were observed along with lack of feeding. No internal clinical signs were observed.
The fish sampled for the VMD were feeding well and appeared healthy both internally and externally.
Evidence of FS numbers included in movement record supplied on 04/09/2024. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2024-0420

Download Accompanied by . Water quality has been good and flood alleviation works have been completed. Water temperature can be as high as 20 ℃. Recently stocked with fingerlings in tanks without issue. There were 1-2 mortalities observed per tank. Have recently had up to 10 mortalities per pond per week. 1 or 2 fish swimming on their sides but no other clinical signs observed in these fish. The larger fish, which have been affected by eye fluke, are due to be harvested out within the next week. Some fish carcasses were evident in the back channel which had been attributed to otter predation. The site also suffers from mink predation. The site has lost two ponds due to landscaping a car park area for customers of the cafe established at the site. No fish treatments are undertaken, ponds are fallowed and treated with copper sulphate before re- stocking. [Original PDF]

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