Inspection reports

Case Number: 2021-0324

Download Remote inspection conducted by , observed by (for training purposes) and (for the purpose of auditing ) on
15/09/2021. Physical inspection carried out on 21/09/2021 by (observed by and ). Diagnostic sampling carried out by .
First batch of fish moving out in Autumn 2021 and another in spring 2022 all going to Loch Craignish
Import of ova from AquaSearch in March 2019. Observed health certificate during physical inspection
Waste collected at a shared disposal point at Kames pier
Increased mortality events:
2019 wk 18, 4,500 deformed alvins removed
2020 wk 2, 3,500 unviable eggs (referred to as "glass eggs" by the site contact) removed: 3.38% mortality over the site
2020 wk 17, unviable eggs removed: 6.99% mortality. Not reported to FHI. Mortality sheet updated and site representative reminded of requirement to notify FHI of mortality in ova over 6% per week.
2021 wk 6: ~11,500 fish dead due to RTFS (10.25%). Florocol used as a treatment and is was successful. Mortality soon returned to background levels in the following week.
2021 wk 15: unviable eggs removed, 3,808 eggs (2.96%)
July 13th fish vaccinated with Alphaject 22 (just larger fish vaccinated). The rest of the fish will be vaccinated in Oct or Nov
2021
No more eggs from from Aquasearch in Denmark. All future eggs will come from Northern Trout in England. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2022-0074

Download Hatchery is no longer importing ova. The business has moved to using their own ova as of 2021. For this current cycle, green eggs were transferred from Carnassarie Hatchery. Broodstock are held at Northern Trout (Browell)/Moss Hatchery. Some potential broodfish are kept at North Moine. All fish on site are from Carnassarie and will be for the future.
Mortalities are disposed in an ensiler kept at the pier. This ensiler is managed by Kames.
Fish are held at the hatchery until they are 200g. Fish are then get transferred to North Moine, Kames Bay (east), Kames Bay
(west) and Shuna Castle.
Hill lochs are currently fallow and will be restocking in June/July. Eilean Coltair is also currently fallow for all of 2022, but may be
Site thermometer used for biosecurity reasons.
Remote paperwork inspection conducted by on 23/03/2022, supervised by .
Site inspection conducted 29/03/2022 by and supervised by . No samples taken. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2023-0025

Download Florocol treatments usually occur between March-July, specifically to treat RTFS.
Mixing feed risk assessment available and inspected on 06/02/2023
SOP - mixing medicated feed available and inspected on 06/02/2023.
Training record available. Three members were identified who have been trained to mix feed. Training sessions have occoured on 12/08/2021, 08/08/2020 and 03/12/2019.
Treatment records state that the most recent treatment was testosterone (04/02/2023). Testosterone treatment used on fish for broodstock purposes only (fish not to enter food chain). The last florocol treatment was conducted on 28/09/2022.
Prescription for both treatments was available. Feed mixing has taken place for both of these events.
Stock details:
Tank 14- 2120 RTR @289g, Dec 2021
Tank 4- 170393 RTR @ 0.1g, Dec 2022 (First feed)
405000 RTR ova (6 tanks), Jan 2023
9000 alevin RTR (2 tanks), Jan 2023
Site is currently planning breeding programme with Xelect to produce their own lines due to Bromwell closing down.
Feed mixing inspection was conducted on 06/02/2023. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2025-0050

Download Selcoth - being used as a broodstock site. Plans to move first ova from Selcoth in December 2025 if all successful.
Florocol treatments conducted in 20/06/24 to 19/08/2024. Treating for RTFS.
Prescription seen for last treatment (23/07/24) was found to be satisfactory.
Health surveillance occurs if there is an issue and when there are planned transfers.
One tank is currently housing trial fish (~100), infected with PKD to track immune response.
Fish and ova observed during the site inspection were observed to be in good condition, with very few unviable eggs seen. [Original PDF]

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