Site Details: Loch A Chairn Bhain
Scourie, Lairg
Sutherland
IV27 4TH
Water type: Seawater
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Cumulative mortality over full production cycle
Loch a Chairn Bhain Production cycle end date: Jan 2019
Total losses: 37.1 %
Loch a Chairn Bhain Production cycle end date: Jan 2021
Total losses: 18.9 %
Loch a Chairn Bhain Production cycle end date: Jan 2023
Total losses: 20.6 %
Loch a Chairn Bhain Production cycle end date: Jan 2025
Total losses: 30.4 %
Fish Health Inspectorate mortality
28/11/22-04/12/22
858
1.68%
12/12/22-18/12/22
797
1.83%
19/12/22-26/12/22
1,207
2.82%
26/12/22-01/01/23
700
2.54%
02/01/23-08/01/23
426
2.12%
09/01/23-15/01/23
230
3.57%
10/07/23-16/07/23
5,661
1.14%
11/09/23-17/09/23
4,661
1.09%
02/10/23-08/10/23
8,913
2.15%
09/10/23-15/10/23
8,699
2.15%
16/10/23-22/10/23
8,674
2.19%
23/10/23-29/10/23
15,110
3.90%
30/10/23-05/11/23
9,424
2.55%
06/11/23-12/11/23
10,601
3.24%
13/11/23-19/11/23
3,757
1.30%
Inspection reports
Case Number: 2022-0127
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Wrasse mix of wild caught (from GB) and farmed (Otter Ferry).
The site is composed by two pen groups: Reintraid and Torgawn. One dead runt was observed during the inspection and 6 fish with tail damage, possibly caused by seals as the farm manager explained they have been suffering from predation lately.
They have tried to increase the tension of the predator netting to help mitigate the issue. These fish were swimming very actively within the pens. The main population displayed good feeding response and looked healthy, with minimal sea lice load.
The fish sampled for the VMD were in healthy conditions and no sea lice was observed on them.
Sea lice counts (adult female/fish) in week 15 2022 were 1.6 so the site is currently being treated with Salmosan (weeks 16 &
17). [Original PDF]
Case Number: 2023-0479
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Mort reports weeks 11/9/23 1.01% seal predation; 2/10/23 2.15% Seal predation; 9/10/23 1.57 (updated to 2.15%)Seal predation. Site fitted with high-density polyethylene - HDPE pen nets & predator net gill health treating - finished last Monday. FW treatment. wrasse wild caught - Skye and Scourie and local. Not vaccinated
Harvests dead haul to Dingwall. Recorded in Fish Talk
Morts DHK waste - whole fish in skips at Badcall shore base - transfer notes- of movements off to Fordyce in Portsoy.
All fish on site from Loch Duart - Loch na Thule and Duart Mhor Hatchery
Morts wk 38 0.86%; wk39 0.98%; wk40 2.15%, wk 41 2.15% - seal predation and gill issues (wks 40 and 41) fish taken for VMD on starve for FW wellboat treatment
Site inspection, and (supervised). Sampling observed by [Original PDF]
Case Number: 2025-0144
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12 pens stocked in the beginning of March from Ormsary Smolt Unit (FS0575) and a further 2 pens stocked from Duartmore
(FS0770) at the start of April.
Good visibility in the pens, fish appeared in good condition shoaling deep in the water and displaying a strong feeding response. One dead fish (runt) observed across the whole site, no moribunds or lethargic fish visible in the pens. Fish sampled for the VMD appeared healthy both internally and externally, no clinical signs observed. Some caligus observed on the fish sampled for VMD - about 1 per fish.
The site is authorised for 16 pens, however there are currently 14 in the water as the remaining 2 are still being built. [Original PDF]