Site Details: Poll Na Gille

Craobh Haven
Loch Melfort
PA31 8UA
Operator: Mowi Scotland Ltd
Water type: Seawater

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: Mar 2018
Total losses: 25.4 %

Production cycle end date: Nov 2019
Total losses: 24.3 %

Production cycle end date: Aug 2021
Total losses: 9.7 %

Production cycle end date: Sep 2023
Total losses: 50.4 %

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Fish Health Inspectorate mortality

Date:
19/09/22-25/09/22
Mortality:
8,930
Mortality Rate:
1.04%
Reason given: Treatment mortality (Peroxide)
Treatment mortality (Peroxide)
First report of production cycle, FHI to monitor following post treatment loss settle.
Date:
24/10/22-30/10/22
Mortality:
14,548
Mortality Rate:
1.73%
Reason given: Treatment mortality (H2O2 bath treatment)
Treatment mortality (H2O2 bath treatment)
Rickettsia diagnosed on site, fish being treated with antibiotic. Peroxide treatment for AGD. FHI to monitor following post treatment loss settle.
Date:
31/10/22-06/11/22
Mortality:
29,908
Mortality Rate:
3.61%
Reason given: Rickettsia
Rickettsia
Rickettsia diagnosed on site, fish being treated with antibiotic. Peroxide treatment for AGD. FHI to monitor following post treatment loss settle.
Date:
07/11/22-13/11/22
Mortality:
67,034
Mortality Rate:
8.40%
Reason given: Rickettsia
Rickettsia
Antibiotic treatment scheduled
Rickettsia diagnosed on site and antibiotic treatment planned to start wk 46. Site to be inspected by FHI Wk 46 and wk47.
Date:
14/11/22-20/11/22
Mortality:
98,591
Mortality Rate:
13.49%
Reason given: Rickettsia
Rickettsia
FHI visited 17/11/22 case 2022-0579. Diagnostic samples taken.
Date:
21/11/22-27/11/22
Mortality:
51,775
Mortality Rate:
8.19%
Reason given: Rickettsia
Rickettsia
Rickettsia, Salmon gill pox virus, AGD and Paranucleospora theridion confirmed on site 23/11/2022 by Marine Scotland
Site visited 17/11/2022, case 2022-0579, diagnostic samples taken. Mortality figures for Wk48 indicate mortality is currently reducing. FHI to monitor.
Date:
29/05/23-04/06/23
Mortality:
5,116
Mortality Rate:
1.04%
Reason given: FW Treatment Wellboat
FW Treatment Wellboat
First report since November 2022, FHI to monitor
Date:
10/07/23-16/07/23
Mortality:
8,527
Mortality Rate:
1.93%
Reason given: PD
PD
Site is postive for PD. Due to increased sea lice on site, specifically caligus, Alphamax conducted wk 28. Site plan to fallow in August.
Business correspondent contacted for further information. FHI to monitor.
Date:
17/07/23-23/07/23
Mortality:
4,851
Mortality Rate:
1.32%
Reason given: PD
PD
Site is postive for PD. Due to increased sea lice on site, specifically caligus, Alphamax conducted wk 28. Site plan to fallow in August.
Business contacted for more information. No change in site mortality levels. Site is currently harvesting and will be fallow by August. FHI to continue monitoring.
Date:
24/07/23-30/07/23
Mortality:
20,297
Mortality Rate:
6.14%
Reason given: PD
PD
business contacted: looking to fallow in September, can expedite if required, mainly PD (SAV1), AGD some signs of CMS, FW treatment conducted for AGD (finished 3 Aug)
FHI to monitor.
Date:
31/07/23-06/08/23
Mortality:
15,159
Mortality Rate:
4.88%
Reason given: PD
PD
Site inspected WK 32 and diagnostic samples taken.
Date:
07/08/23-13/08/23
Mortality:
19,374
Mortality Rate:
6.56%
Reason given: PD
PD
Site currently harvesting, due to fallow 24th August.
Date:
14/08/23-20/08/23
Mortality:
8,587
Mortality Rate:
3.11%
Reason given: PD
PD
Site fallow as of 23rd August
Site now fallow. No further action.

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Inspection reports

Case Number: 2020-0474


Download All fish on site input in May 2020 from Glenfinnan. Site currently undergoing extended FW treatment for AGD and lice.
Mortality since input in May has been 2.2% with no peaks over the reporting threshold
Treatments for this cycle; 2 slice post input, 2 salmosan (June last one), 3 peroxide for AGD, (start of October the last one),
Currently undergoing FW treatment. Fish on withdrawal for TMS.
Wrasse mortality 44% since input. Atypical furunculosis. Treated with florfenicol in June 2020.
Current lice levels 0.16 average adult female.
Wrasse move records kept separately. Request a copy. - received 3/12/20.
Piscirickettsia issues at BDNC. PNG has tested positive by PCR but no associated mortality so no antibiotic treatments. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2021-0133


Download Fish came onto site from Glenfinnan at the beginning of May 2020.
Wild caught wrasse on site were caught around Mull, Loch Melfort and some were imported from Ireland (not since last inspection). Wrasse were stocked at 4% however, site staff are not observing many in the cages.
Wellboat was on site during inspection conducting FW treatments. Fish in all cages appeared in good health with minimal physical damage observed across the site. No moribunds were observed.
Some lumpfish observed across the site but not many. Those that were observed appeared to be in good health and no physical damage was noted. Site due to receive a lumpfish input next month from Anglesey.
Wrasse mortality for the site was 13% since input (May 2020). Lumpfish mortality was 30% since input (May 2020)
Fish sampled for VMD appeared healthy.
Paperwork inspected remoteley 19/05/2021. Site inspection completed on 26/05/2021. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2022-0193


Download Paperwork and site inspection by , supervised by .
Water dark and fish deep in the water, when fish observed these looked to be in good condition. Feed response observed in several pens. Fish sampled for VMD appeared healthy. Cleaner fish observed near the water surface. A few pens with a few dead cleaner fish observed. A few were trapped in the fold of the nets that are used with swim throughs. Site manager says they try and organise doing these when the tide pushed the fish off the net. 14% Lumpfish stocked.
Previous cycle lice above reporting threshold, following treatment falling below CoGP. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2022-0579


Download Mortality began after a peroxide treatment (suspected AGD), reported to FHI - Wk38 (1.04% 8930 fish). Bacterial infection suspected, Rickettsia - treatment with antibiotics florfenicol, however no decrease in mortality has been observed.
Companies own health surveillance found Tenacibaculum - +ve in salmon, although no clinical sign.
Most recent slice treatment - ended 24th August 22
Lumpfish mortality since input - 155,645 - freshwater treatment in August
Wrasse Mortality since input - 9982 - background mortality
Lumpfish mortality over 75% since input in may 22:
Week of the 10th Aug 22 - 11,000 from the 1st to the 10th Aug 22 - ~46,000 - Suspected viral infection of lumpfish, flavivirus - although FW treatment was taking place.
There was an outbreak of flavivirus on site, although site manager was told this this outbreak occurred in the hatchery
Lumpfish mortality by month: May 22 - 562, June - 8162, July - 15,979, August - 126067 and September - 3564.
Two salmon stocks on site - StofnFiskur and Aquagen.
Site thermometer used as inspectors was unavailable.
Paperwork completed by , observed by Site inspection and diagnostic carried out by . [Original PDF]

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