Site Details: Druimyeon Bay

Highfield
Argyll
Argyll
PA41 7AA
Operator: Bakkafrost Scotland
Water type: Seawater

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Average female lice per fish

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Salmon Scotland mortality

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Cumulative mortality over full production cycle

Production cycle end date: May 2018
Total losses: 26.1 %

Production cycle end date: Feb 2020
Total losses: 25.6 %

Production cycle end date: Jan 2021
Total losses: 13.2 %

Production cycle end date: Dec 2021
Total losses: 82.1 %

Production cycle end date: Aug 2023
Total losses: 82.3 %

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Fish Health Inspectorate mortality

Date:
01/08/22-07/08/22
Mortality:
7,427
Mortality Rate:
2.67%
Reason given: Environment (Water Quality); Physical damage (Caligus)
Environment (Water Quality); Physical damage (Caligus)
Freshwater treatment scheduled
Site to be inspected on the 17/8/2022.
Date:
08/08/22-14/08/22
Mortality:
6,242
Mortality Rate:
2.31%
Reason given: Physical damage (Caligus)
Physical damage (Caligus)
Freshwater thin down & SLICE scheduled
Site inspected on the 17/8/2022. No moribunds/phsical damage observed during the Inspection, FHI to monitor.
Date:
26/09/22-02/10/22
Mortality:
25,213
Mortality Rate:
3.82%
Reason given: Gill-Health Related
Gill-Health Related
FW wk 40
Site inspected on the 17/8/2022 (case no. 2022-0362). FHI to monitor.
Date:
03/10/22-09/10/22
Mortality:
61,355
Mortality Rate:
9.66%
Reason given: Gill-Health Related
Gill-Health Related
FW wk 40
Mortality levels incresed from previous week. Site inspected on the 17/8/2022 (case no. 2022-0362). Mortality occuring from compromised gill health and PD. The site FW treated last week and the fish are responding well. Mortality is begining to decrease. FHI to monitor.
Date:
10/10/22-16/10/22
Mortality:
55,650
Mortality Rate:
7.19%
Reason given: Gill Health Related
Gill Health Related
Monitor following FW wk 40
FHI to Monitor outcome of FW. Inspector in area week 47, but inspection scheduled earlier if required.
Date:
17/10/22-23/10/22
Mortality:
54,440
Mortality Rate:
7.58%
Reason given: Gill Health Related; Viral Disease; Bacterial Disease
Gill Health Related; Viral Disease; Bacterial Disease
FW scheduled week 44
FHI to visit wk 45
Date:
24/10/22-30/10/22
Mortality:
59,660
Mortality Rate:
8.99%
Reason given: Gill Health Related; Viral Disease; Bacterial Disease
Gill Health Related; Viral Disease; Bacterial Disease
FW week 44
FHI to visit wk 45. AGD, PD, and Rickettsia identified on site.
Date:
31/10/22-06/11/22
Mortality:
51,098
Mortality Rate:
8.46%
Reason given: Gill Health Related; Viral Disease; Bacterial Disease
Gill Health Related; Viral Disease; Bacterial Disease
FW week 44
FHI visited and diagnostic samples taken wk 45. Confirmed Rickettsia identified and awaiting other results. FHI to monitor.
Date:
07/11/22-13/11/22
Mortality:
68,561
Mortality Rate:
12.41%
Reason given: Gill Health Related; Viral Disease; Bacterial Disease
Gill Health Related; Viral Disease; Bacterial Disease
Monitor following FW week 44
FHI visited and diagnostic samples taken wk 45. Confirmed Rickettsia and gill issues. FHI to monitor.
Date:
14/11/22-20/11/22
Mortality:
44,721
Mortality Rate:
9.24%
Reason given: Gill Health Related; Viral Disease; Bacterial Disease
Gill Health Related; Viral Disease; Bacterial Disease
FW Scheduled wk 47/48
FHI inspected week 45 diagnistic samples taken, fish positive for SRS and gill health issues. FHI to monitor.
Date:
21/11/22-27/11/22
Mortality:
22,765
Mortality Rate:
5.18%
Reason given: Gill Health Related; Viral Disease; Bacterial Disease
Gill Health Related; Viral Disease; Bacterial Disease
Scheduled for FW (3 pens treated wk 47)
FHI inspected week 45 diagnistic samples taken, fish positive for SRS and gill health issues. Mortality levels have reduced from previous week. FHI to monitor.
Date:
28/11/22-04/12/22
Mortality:
24,385
Mortality Rate:
5.85%
Reason given: Viral Disease; Bacterial Disease
Viral Disease; Bacterial Disease
FW & consolidation scheduled week 50
Business correspondant contacted - 3 cages remain stocked on site. Mortality has reduced and is currently below 1%. FHI to monitor.
Date:
27/03/23-02/04/23
Mortality:
5,661
Mortality Rate:
1.91%
Reason given: Viral Disease (PD)
Viral Disease (PD)
PD confirmed in two pens which has attributed to the increase in mortality.
Site contacted for further information. FHI to monitor.
Date:
03/04/23-09/04/23
Mortality:
5,441
Mortality Rate:
1.87%
Reason given: Viral Disease (PD)
Viral Disease (PD)
PD confirmed in two pens. Mortality decreasing slightly from previous week (Wk13). FHI to monitor.
Date:
10/04/23-16/04/23
Mortality:
4,750
Mortality Rate:
1.67%
Reason given: Viral Disease (PD)
Viral Disease (PD)
Continuation of ongoing issue with PD. Mortality numbers are decreasing each week. FHI to monitor.
Date:
17/04/23-23/04/23
Mortality:
3,349
Mortality Rate:
1.2%
Reason given: Viral disease (PD)
Viral disease (PD)
Continuation of ongoing issue with PD. Mortality numbers are decreasing each week. FHI to monitor.
Date:
24/04/23-30/04/23
Mortality:
3,426
Mortality Rate:
1.24%
Reason given: Viral Disease (PD)
Viral Disease (PD)
Mort numbers about the same as last week but generally coming down. FHI to monitor.
Date:
08/05/23-14/05/23
Mortality:
2,809
Mortality Rate:
1.04%
Reason given: Viral Disease (PD)
Viral Disease (PD)
Monitoring
Continuation of ongoing issue with PD. Mortality numbers are decreasing. FHI to monitor.
Date:
29/05/23-04/06/23
Mortality:
3,592
Mortality Rate:
1.36%
Reason given: Gill Health Related
Gill Health Related
Freshwater week 23
FHI to monitor following recent freshwater treatment.
Date:
05/06/23-11/06/23
Mortality:
5,402
Mortality Rate:
2.07%
Reason given: Gill Health Related
Gill Health Related
Freshwater wk 23; Harvests Scheduled. Only 4 pens remain stocked. Target harvesting ongoing. Estimate to harvest 1 pen a week.
FHI to monitor.
Date:
12/06/23-18/06/23
Mortality:
6,692
Mortality Rate:
2.62%
Reason given: Gill Health Related, Viral Disease (PD)
Gill Health Related, Viral Disease (PD)
Harvests
Freshwater treatment conducted previous week, FHI to monitor
Date:
19/06/23-25/06/23
Mortality:
5,553
Mortality Rate:
2.23%
Reason given: Gill Health Related, Viral Disease (PD)
Gill Health Related, Viral Disease (PD)
Harvests; Business contacted: Targested harvests, no fallow date set but will monitor situation and might excelerate harvests if issues pressist.
Business contacted for further information. Further notification expected for wk26. FHI to monitor.
Date:
26/06/23-02/07/23
Mortality:
6,988
Mortality Rate:
3.19%
Reason given: Gill Health Related, Viral Disease (PD)
Gill Health Related, Viral Disease (PD)
Site is currently harvesting and is due to fallow within the next 2 weeks.
Site contacted for further information, FHI to monitor.
Date:
03/07/23-09/07/23
Mortality:
2,560
Mortality Rate:
1.78%
Reason given: Gill Health Related, Viral Disease (PD)
Gill Health Related, Viral Disease (PD)
Harvests
Site is harvesting and will be fallow within next two weeks. FHI to monitor.
Date:
10/07/23-17/07/23
Mortality:
2,041
Mortality Rate:
1.71%
Reason given: Gill Health Related, Viral Disease (PD)
Gill Health Related, Viral Disease (PD)
Harvests
Site is harvesting and will be fallow in the immediate future. FHI to monitor.
Date:
17/07/23-23/07/23
Mortality:
1,210
Mortality Rate:
1.27%
Reason given: Viral Disease (PD); Gill Health related
Viral Disease (PD); Gill Health related
Harvests
FHI to monitor.
Date:
24/07/23-30/07/23
Mortality:
796
Mortality Rate:
1.17%
Reason given: Viral Disease (PD); Gill health related
Viral Disease (PD); Gill health related
Harvests
FHI to monitor
Date:
12/02/24-18/02/24
Mortality:
3,085
Mortality Rate:
1.21%
Reason given: Transfer
Transfer
Business contacted: mortalities below threshold in week 8.
First report for this cycle. FHI to monitor.

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Inspection reports

Case Number: 2021-0145


Download Case paperwork and physical inspection carried out by while shadowed by .
A few lethargic fish noted but fewer than one per pen. Fish removed from pens for vmd sampling appeared in good health with no internal signs of disease. Lice loads reflecting the numbers that have been reported.
Pen 4 & 13 morts slightly higher than other pens but still below reporting level but has reduced recently. PD confirmed on site but levels decreasing. LUM mortalities from 01/04 - 26/05/21 = 1,340 (2%).
Seal Pro nets with a centre weight to maintain tension. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2021-0385


Download Lumpfish on site from Ocean matters. Salmon transferred from Gometra input March 2021 - Moved in freshwater wellboat.
Cleaner fish were not transported in wellboat.
Morts - normally site boat and skipped at shore base. Due to increased morts Fergusons boat removal from site. Divers in daily to remove mort. Bakkanes - on board macerator. - numbers of fish on site will be reviewed following a fw well boat treatment.
PD runts earlier in the cycle. No SAV observed during current issues
Treatments; Salmosan treatment - June - 2 cages in wellboat. July - FW and Salmosan - all cages. hydrolicer treatment planed for this week. Hydrolicer 9/9/21.
There were a number of mortality disposal methods available for the two sites;
• Billy Bowie- whole in skips to Barkip Biogas (collection docs observed).
• Gogar – Energen Bio Gas- to Dunnswood Road, Cumbernauld (collection docs observed).
• They have a new well boat the Bakkanes - hydrolicer and macerator/Ensiler. Can hold 1000 cube of morts, current morts on- board of 200 cube. - material ensiled with formic acid. Then it will be pumped off into tankers and used as biofuel but uncertain currently of final destination. The boat was present during our visit.
• Fergusons boat for mort removal had been used but was not on site during our visit.
Collection docs were available for inspection from Billy Bowie and Gogar. Capacity for mort disposal was in my opinion adequate and staff numbers at the sites were increased to deal with the mortalities with staff being brought in from other areas. Divers were also present at the time of our visit for mortality removal.
Mort/site/wk; wk35 0.8 %, Wk36 1.5%, Wk37 1.1%, wk38 6.2%, Wk39 4.5%, Wk40 21.96%, Wk 41 7.29% - part week.
Lice is persistent at both sites treatments are giving 85-95% clearance but resettlement is fast and treating every 3-4 weeks.
Seal ice peak 7.91 Caligus week 37.
No jellies observed in water samples. Upwell species were observed. mortality started wk 38 - attributed to environmental insult and anaemia.
Paperwork - , Site inspection (under supervision) , Sample fish 1, 2 (under supervision)- Sample Fish 3-5 [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2022-0362


Download Site inspection conducted on the 17/08/2022. 12 pens were transferred from East Tarbert Bay following increased mortality and lice burden on site. The transfers were conducted by the Ronjafisk, where the fish also were subjected to a freshwater treatment.
Caligus levels extremely high in Wk 29, 30 and 31. Micro jelly bloom occurred in the week of input, which agitated gills primarily. Then the arrival of Lion's mane jellyfish exacerbated gill issues on site further. Mild AGD observed in gills of fish.
The stock on site originates from two hatcheries: Applecross Smolt unit and Girlsta Hatchery. The fish from Girlsta are a mix of stofinfiskur and Aquagen.
No moribund fish were observed on site, only scaling was evident. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2022-0549


Download Mort events; 26/9 3.82% 25213 fish; 3/10 9.66% 61355 fish; 10/10 7.19% 55650 fish; 17/10 7.58% 54440 fish
Site inspected on the 17/8/2022 (case no. 2022-0362). Mortality occurring from compromised gill health and PD. The site freshwater treated and the fish are responding well. Mortality is beginning to decrease. FHI to monitor.
Freshwater treatment scheduled for week 44 wk. 24/10/22 8.99% - gill issues, viral (PD) and rickettsia
Morts/site week 44 2022 8.46%, week 45 2022 14.96%
Wrasse mortality reported to be low.
Treatments; freshwater on Ronjafisk 13/9, 14/9, 8/10, 4/11
Health surveillance results; SRS, SAV, PRV and AGD positive by PCR 24/10/22, AGD, PRV, SAV, SRS and T maritimum positive by PCR 4/11/22
Poor weather meant I was only able alight 1 cage. However was able to get moribund fish from this cage.
Site thermometer used as error in T146 [Original PDF]

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