Site Details: Outer Bay (Loch Droighniche)
Scourie, Lairg
Sutherland
IV27 4TH
Water type: Seawater
Cumulative mortality over full production cycle
Production cycle end date: Aug 2019
Total losses: 0.1 %
Production cycle end date: Oct 2020
Total losses: 3.1 %
Production cycle end date: Sep 2021
Total losses: 8.3 %
Inspection reports
Case Number: 2022-0128
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Wrasse mix of wild caught (Skye, Dorset, Cornwall) and farmed (Otter Ferry).
Three pens stocked. The weather was calm and sunny and the fish were being hand fed during the site inspection so they could be observed well. The fish were in great condition with no signs of damage and very little sea lice could be seen. Not all of the fish are selected for broodstock so some of the population is currently being harvested.
Sea lice only assessed visually so no records available. No treatments have been necessary since the site has started stocking broodstock. The fish had sea lice issue last summer at Clashnessie Bay, so they were temporarily transferred to
Sound of Harris before being moved to Outer Bay in December 2021. The movement had been risk assessed and the fish have not had sea lice issues since. [Original PDF]