Site Details: Quarry Point
Furnace
Argyll
PA32 8YA
Water type: Seawater
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Cumulative mortality over full production cycle
Production cycle end date: May 2019
Total losses: 24.7 %
Production cycle end date: Apr 2021
Total losses: 4.2 %
Production cycle end date: Apr 2023
Total losses: 15.1 %
Fish Health Inspectorate mortality
18/07/22-24/07/22
3,712
1.24%
25/07/22-31/07/22
7,317
2.48%
08/08/22-14/08/22
3,249
1.14%
15/08/22-21/08/22
6,495
2.12%
22/08/22-28/08/22
3,898
1.48%
29/08/22-04/09/22
4,436
2.04%
05/09/22-11/09/22
4,909
2.7%
12/09/22-18/09/22
2,871
1.62%
19/09/22-25/09/22
3,861
2.90%
26/09/22-02/10/22
3,059
2.77%
12/12/22-18/12/22
1,846
1.05%
26/12/22-01/01/23
2,042
1.18%
02/01/23-08/01/23
2,001
1.17%
16/01/23-22/01/23
1,706
1.02%
Inspection reports
Case Number: 2020-0021
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Bad weather on-site, very poor visibility.
No mortality events reported this cycle. Last cycle two events - WB 22/04/2019 and WB 29/04/2019. 33.31% (52,887) and
32.26% (25,172) resp. There were reported to the FHI and the site was fallowed shortly after.
19s0 Landcatch
19s1 Fanad
Some seal activity between December and January, 820 Dec, 2200 mortalities, some of which were attributed to seal predation.
High lumpfish mortality in pen 3. 25% over 30 days these will be replaced by Otterferry. Health checks are being carried out, although no results as of yet. Only gross pathology observed is a pale liver.
Slice treatment - Dec 19 - Prophylactic
Farm has stocked 2019 S1 fish from Sgian Dubh, as well as 2019 S0 fish.
Site is not farmed on a single yearclass basis. A risk assessment is in place and the farm management statement has been upd
Thermometer left on previous inspection, site thermometer used instead.
Accompanied by and UKAS auditors [Original PDF]
Case Number: 2022-0181
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For this new cycle, site is trialling the introduction of wrasse before salmon are input onto site. Wild caught wrasse were introduced onto site on 09/08/2021, with the first salmon input occurring on 27/08/2022.
Fish are harvested via live haul and taken to Ardyne and the onto Cairndow for processing. First harvest at quarry point will begin in July 2022.
Seal pro netting were introduced onto site at the start of the cycle. Hardly predation seen since. In addition, aeration is constantly switched on site due to the loch having a history of severe algal blooms.
Lumpfish Mortality (most mortality of lumpfish is either culled due to end of cycle or black losses):
2020: WK6, 1439, 21.18%
Wk7, 2176, 40.63%
Wk8, 1568, 49.31%
Wk50, 1710, 10.37%
2021: Wk2,1424, 10.11%
Wk4, 2723, 21.78%
Wk7,1849,20.45%
Wk8, 6192, 86.10%
Wk10, 127, 12.70%
Wk11, 611, 69.9%
Wk12, 262, 10.0%
2022: Wk14, 1472, 16.17%
Wk15, 1054, 13.81%
Wrasse mortality: 2022- Wk14, 1071, 8.94%
Wk15, 420, 3.85%
Remote paperwork inspection conducted by and supervised by on 01/06/2022.
Site inspection conducted on 07/06/2022 by and supervised by . VMD samples were taken and all fish were found to be healthy. [Original PDF]
Case Number: 2024-0015
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Salmon peaks in mortality 2022: wk 29 3712 (1.24%) wk 30 7317 (2.48%), wk 32 3259 (1.14%), wk 33 6495 (2.12%), wk 34
3898 (1.48%), wk 35 4436 (2.04%), wk 36 4909 (2.7%), wk 37 2871 (1.62%), wk 38 (3891 (2.9%), wk 39 3059 (2.77%), main cause of these is PD but also some without specific diagnosis and post treatments. Wk 50 1846 (1.05%), wk 52 2042 (1.18%) without diagnosis and grilse the main attributed cause but some treatment losses as well.
Salmon peaks in mortality 2023: wk 01 2001 (1.17%), wk 03 1706 (1.02%) continuation of losses occurring in December 2022
Lumpsucker peaks in mortality 2022 wk 33 645 (14.6%), wk 34 534 (14.49%), wk 35 767 (24.34%), wk 36 250 (10.49%), wk
37 428 (20.06%), wk 38 (609 (35.57%), wk 39 (54.87%) mainly recorded as black losses but also some harvest culls.
Wrasse peaks in mortality 2022: wk 33 1825 (18.21%), wk34 1164 (14.2%), wk 35 1772 (25.19%), wk 36 805 (15.3%), wk 37
948 (21.27%), wk 38 1148 (32.27%), wk 39 1159 (48.07%) mainly recorded as black losses but also some harvest culls.
Records not maintained for cleaner fish movements offsite in the movement book, but records were available for harvests. [Original PDF]