Site Details: Ardmair
IV26 2TN
Water type: Seawater
Cumulative mortality over full production cycle
Production cycle end date: Aug 2019
Total losses: 5.2 %
Production cycle end date: Jul 2021
Total losses: 11.8 %
Production cycle end date: May 2023
Total losses: 29.7 %
Fish Health Inspectorate mortality
25/07/22-31/07/22
5,060
1.52%
01/08/22-07/08/22
5,787
1.76%
08/08/22-14/08/22
11,634
3.59%
15/08/22-21/08/22
20,053
4.18%
22/08/22-28/08/22
15,950
4.91%
29/08/22-04/09/22
5,928
4.96%
05/09/22-11/09/22
3,868
1.64%
12/09/22-18/09/22
2,767
2.63%
19/09/22-25/09/22
3,275
2.00%
26/09/22-02/10/22
3,126
1.23%
26/12/22-01/01/23
2,855
1.20%
03/07/23-09/07/23
5,655
2.78%
31/07/23-06/08/23
2,841
1.07%
07/08/23-13/08/23
3,327
1.27%
14/08/23-20/08/23
3,460
1.33%
29/04/24-05/05/24
1,021
1.11%
15/07/24-21/07/24
3,504
1.41%
22/07/24-28/07/24
2,673
1.09%
Inspection reports
Case Number: 2021-0333
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Inspection and remote paperwork by , overseen by . sampled F1 & F2, Sampled F3 - F5 under supervision.
Mortalities removed by dead sock and ensiled at Ardmair shorebase before disposal by biogas or incineration. Ardmair is currently divided into two pen groups, A and B. At the time of inspection the site was experiencing approximately 600 mortalities per day. Pharmaq Analytiq diagnosed complex gill disease in week 35 with AGD present. Upon inspection fish behaviour was lethargic with numbers of moribund fish observed near the surface and around the corners of pens. Recent mortality has occurred at both pen groups, with group B more affected. Mortality per pen on group B on the day of inspection was approximately 70 per pen with population N23 (currently in pen 5) the worst effected. The smaller grade fish were significantly more affected than the large grade. The fish on pen group A were displaying similar clinical signs of disease, although was not as wide spread. H2O2 treatments 23 & 24, 30 & 31 August and 01 September. Samples taken for diagnostics were pooled, two fish from population S6 (currently in pen 6 on pen group A) and 3 fish from population N23
(currently pen 5 on pen group B). Wrasse are stocked on site and are working well, with no signs of elevated numbers of sea lice. On inspection of the site's FMS the date of review was not present, FHI have advised that this is to be updated. [Original PDF]
Case Number: 2022-0375
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Histopathology reports - 17/08/22 - waterborne or handling related damage. Signs of AGD but no amoeba detected. Gill inflammation.
Nothing found in site plankton trawls to indicate harmful plankton but health surveillance suggests otherwise.
Recent freshwater treatments - finished 28th August 2022. Had been going on for 2 weeks. No medicinal treatments.
Lice levels have been very low. A few caligus around but never had to treat.
Wrasse wild caught each day by the company - keeping numbers seasonally but suggested to keep note monthly in the movement book. Other site has a method to keep track weekly and this could be proposed for this site but company are waiting to see what Mowi want.
Paperwork and inspection completed by , supervised by . F1 sampled by , observed by . F2, 3 and 4 sampled by , supervised by . [Original PDF]
Case Number: 2024-0071
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Fish came on from Corry Farm (FS0057) (via Loch Merkland (FS0612)). RA available for SW to SW movement. First batch of fish came on in the summer of 2023 and a second batch of the same yearclass was received in February 24. Fish are reported to be performing well with good feed conversions.
Fish on site have been diagnosed with very minor PGD which has been helped by FW treatments, CMS and HSMI, although not causing elevated mortalities. Site has not done any medicinal treatments for sealice since the last inspection. Site manager has had good clearance using FW combined with FLS and cleanerfish. Only medicine that is used on site is tricaine for lice counts.
Wildcaught wrasse and farmed lumpfish have been stocked onto site. 58% mortality in the wrasse has been recorded since input and 31% in the lumpfish.
Site conducts deadhaul harvests to Loch Duarts Dingwall processing plant.
Only site within CoGP MA.
Fish appeared in good physical health on inspection, with the exception of a handful of individuals who were showing some damage to their snouts due to rubbing on the net and some physical damage to flanks and heads which occurred during transfer to site. Some runts were observed but these could not be caught so were not removed during the inspection. Fish sampled for VMD had very good body condition, gills looked good with only very minor signs of PGD observed.
Mortality events above the reporting threshold that were not reported to the FHI as agreed by industry:
• Wk39 2022 – 1.23%
• Wk52 2022 – 1.2%
• Wk31 2023 – 1.07%
• Wk32 2023 – 1.22%
• Wk33 2023 – 1.33%
Remote inspection completed on 19/03/24. Site visited on 27/03/24. [Original PDF]