Site Details: Kames Bay (east)

Kilmelford
Argyll
PA34 4XA
Operator: Kames Fish Farming Ltd
Water type: Seawater

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Average female lice per fish

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Fish Health Inspectorate mortality

Date:
08/08/22-14/08/22
Mortality:
34
Mortality Rate:
1.18%
Reason given: Seal Predation
Seal Predation
Historical mortality event. No further action.
Date:
13/03/23-19/03/23
Mortality:
69
Mortality Rate:
7.15%
Reason given: Predation
Predation
predator net deployed to keep seals from inner net.
Historic report. No further action.
Date:
07/08/23-13/08/23
Mortality:
188
Mortality Rate:
1.65%
Reason given: Water temperature
Water temperature
Business correspondent contacted for more information - trout have been challenged post treatment due to water temperatures above 15 degrees C. Reduced feeding to limit stress.
FHI to monitor
Date:
14/08/23-20/08/23
Mortality:
302
Mortality Rate:
2.69%
Reason given: Water temperature
Water temperature
Reduce feeding, no handling. Business correspondent contacted for more information - trout have been challenged post treatment due to water temperatures above 15 degrees C.
First report this cycle. FHI to monitor.
Date:
21/08/23-27/08/23
Mortality:
579
Mortality Rate:
5.30%
Reason given: Water temperature
Water temperature
reduce feeding & emergency harvest
Only one pen left and will be fallow next week (wk 36) but is above the reporting threshold for wk 35. Stock type reported to have not coped with temperatures (above 15) resulting in poor condition. Fish noted with lesions thought to be a secondary infection following caligus infestation earier in the summer, salmosan and slice been given and was controling numbers. FHI to monitor.
Date:
28/08/23-03/09/23
Mortality:
595
Mortality Rate:
5.75%
Reason given: Water temperature
Water temperature
reduce feeding & emergency harvest
Last cage has been harvested and site is now fallow.
Date:
18/12/23-24/12/23
Mortality:
200
Mortality Rate:
1.48%
Reason given: Handling/Transport
Handling/Transport
1st report this input of fish - FHI to monitor

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Inspection reports

Case Number: 2021-0466


Download See case 2020-0240 for majority of paperwork for visit. Previous case carried out as REG, CNI and SLI as water temperature too high for ECI. Biosecurity records, FMA and surveillance frequency, harvest & lice strategy not checked again - site manager confirmed no changes.
Treated in August at Kames Bay West. Confirmed traceability of withdrawal period on stock.
Slight difference in reported sea lice numbers for weeks 29 - reported 0.17 - 0.35 on record. Wk 30 - reported 0.40, 0.43 on record. Confirmed figured previously submitted were incorrect, this has now been corrected.
Harvesting is carried out on one cage at a time to enable treatments to be carried out on other cages if necessary.
Paperwork completed remotely by 29/10/21, Site visit by .
Low numbers of mortalities observed in a few pens. No moribund or lethargic fish observed. In some pens there appears to be some issues with the feed digestibility causing some red coloured oil from the feed to swim at the surface. Company is looking into it and hope to resolve this as soon as possible. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2022-0347


Download Escape investigation conducted on 15/08/2022. Site had harvested part pen in the morning of the escape investigation.
Background: An escapes investigation visit was carried out following an escape notification being submitted by Kames Fish
Farming on the 22/06/2022. The initial notification stated that two holes were found by divers which were considered large enough for stock to escape through. Potential cause was identified as pen snagging on an unknown object during a towing operation. The final notification was received on 20/07/2022, where it was noted that 0 fish escaped and underlying cause was still unknown.
The average weight on site, on the day of inspection, was 4kg, although site currently holds rainbow trout at 6-7kg which will be used for broodstock (individual weight).
On the day of the escape investigation, Underwater Contracting (UCO) were on site deploying the ROV. The company was contracted to check the mooring grid at Kames Bay (east), Kames Bay (west) and Shuna, to ensure that no riser rope was floating or loose from the weight. Site manager will pass on footage/report from the ROV survey. In addition, manager informed that to mitigate against the occurred events, any riser ropes will be disconnected by divers prior to the new cycle starting in October 2022.
Pens are towed from both Shuna and Kames Bay (west). Generally, the pens are towed from Kames Bay (west); pens from
Shuna are usually towed depending how quickly it needs harvested. Towing usually occurs at 0.5 knots, and takes ~4 hours to reach the site. Kames Bay (east) can be seen as the harvesting station, where pens come to get harvested. The event potentially occurred during a towing procedure. The towing procedure is the first process allowing harvesting to commence.
Due to new site manager on site (started 1 month ago), inspector spoke to site operatives who were present on the day of the event. Site operatives believe that the event could only have occurred in the last 30m close to the site. Riser rope is approx.
100m out and 30m long. Site operative informed that when the site’s moorings went in the riser ropes were left (usually are anchored or weighted).
Due to weather and ROV faults, complete review of the site's moorings and grid was not completed on the 15/08/2022.
Manager informed that ROV work will recommence in early September 2022. Site fallow as of 18/08/2022. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2023-0028


Download Potential broodstock fish on site in one allocated square pen.
Synchronous fallowing occurs for all the Loch Melfort sites.
An escape investigation was conducted on 15/08/2022. Following the diver survey conducted in Jan 2023, the riser float was found to be the cause of the issue of the hole. This riser float was found at 4-5m under the surface, which was not picked up during the ROV survey conducted in September 2022. Divers removed the riser float 06/01/2023.
Otter has been observed on site, specifically around pen 8 and noted to grab fins.No mortalities attributed. No gaps around the top were observed and therefore site dropped the nets abit deeper.
Wk31 2022 mortality attributed to seal predation; no breach in containment, just seal managing to suck some side swimmers through the net.
Site has had experience with Caligus problems previously, with some physical damage observed but treatments have been effective in reducing lice burdens on site.
Dive checks weekly.
Fish observed swimming deep (1.5-2m). All fish on site are from Torhouse Mill (FS0560).
Records demonstrating that the issues raised relating to the farm management statement have been addressed were received on 05/04/2023. These records have been found to be satisfactory. [Original PDF]

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