Site Details: Taranaish
Breasclete
HS2 9ED
Water type: Seawater
Cumulative mortality over full production cycle
Production cycle end date: Oct 2018
Total losses: 39.4 %
Production cycle end date: Oct 2020
Total losses: 33.5 %
Production cycle end date: May 2024
Total losses: 19.1 %
Fish Health Inspectorate mortality
03/01/22-09/01/22
1,928
1.40%
10/01/22-16/01/22
2,153
1.59%
31/01/22-06/02/22
1,543
1.17%
13/11/23-19/11/23
5,945
1.34%
20/11/23-26/11/23
6,900
1.58%
25/12/23-31/12/23
3,537
1.19%
29/04/24-05/05/24
3,112
1.27%
06/05/24-12/05/24
3,926
1.63%
Inspection reports
Case Number: 2020-0153
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w/b 23/09/2019 4.37%/wk; AGD; 39460 dead; Treatment was administered and mortality reduced back to normal level w/b 11/11/2019 1.06%/wk; AGD; 5696 dead; Treatment administered, improvement immediately after. w/b 24/02/202 1.10%/wk Treatment handling 5823 dead; Hydrolicer treatment w/b 02/03/2020 2.15%/wk Treatment handling; 11296 dead; Hydrolicer treatment w/b 09/03/2020 1.28%/wk Post Treatment/Seal Predation 6583 dead w/b 16/03/2020 1.32%/wk; Seal Predation; 6977 dead; DI got in touch with company, Seal pressure from Kyles of Vuia has shifted to east Loch Roag now that Kyles of Vuia has seal pro nets installed. Plan to install seal pro nets at Taranaish, (5 month waiting time) and in the meantime ADD's are being adjusted constantly, site staff are focusing on mortality removal, and problem seals are being identified for culling.
Wk 13 24/3-30/3 0.37%, Wk14 31/3-6/4 0.13%
Mort disposal; whole fish in skips and landfill at white shore cockles.
Treatments; Nov; peroxide for AGD, Slice, Dec; hydrolicer, Feb, slice, Feb/March, hydrolicer. Planned mechanical treatment and peroxide.
Sea lice had been over two in Feb. Storms had prevented treatments. Wk 5 2020, over two reported.
Lump fish input from Ocean Matters and Swansea.
Awaiting seal pro nets but delayed due to covid issue, predator nets seal blind have been considered but not thought appropriate (further details to follow); They have a licence to dispatch. Dispatched in Loch Roag area.
Emailed update; "All nets have seal blinds fitted as standard, and this will be applied to the Seal Pros when they are deployed.
Predator nets are not used due to the damage that they can do to wildlife, plus the difficulty in keeping them clear of growth which has an impact on the water flow to the fish. A site like Taranaish, with a history of AGD which can escalate quickly would not be suitable for predator nets, for health and welfare reasons". [Original PDF]
Case Number: 2020-0343
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Mortality information (last 4 weeks) week 33 - 15807 - 4.09%) week 32 - 8084 - 1.96% week 31 - 2961 - 0.71%) week 30 - 1078 - 0.25% week 28 - 7016 - 1.55% (post treatment)
Gill health and a mixture of PGD and post treatment mortality, site manager has reported jelly fish in the area. FW treatment had post mortality within the crowd, Mechanical treatment had post treatment mortality recently in certain pens worst affected by gill health and environmental. [Original PDF]
Case Number: 2021-0174
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Smolts from Ormsary Smolt Unit, Inverkerry Smolt Unit and Russel Burn. No issues since transfer and fish feeding well.
Site will stock with locally caught wrasse later in the summer and lumpfish in the autumn/winter. Fish treated with Slice in May
2021.
Seal Pro nets fitted on site.
Fish will be graded in autumn with large grade transferred to Vacasay (October).
Water dark and fish low, but no moribund fish observed. All fish sampled for VMD appeared healthy.
Remote paperwork inspection conducted 02/06/21. [Original PDF]
Case Number: 2021-0553
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Freshwater treatment completed on 28/11/2021; 6 hours. No cleanerfish on site due to consecutive freshwater treatments.
Ballan wrasse mortality events: wk34, 609, 14.17% wk35, 295, 6.20% wk38, 552, 8.91% wk43, 3550, 55.31% wk45, 2868, 100%
Remote inspection conducted by , supervised by on 02/12/2021.
Site inspection conducted by , shadowed by on 07/12/2021. Inspectors were accompanied by APHA for the site inspection. [Original PDF]
Case Number: 2023-0275
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Wrasse mortality peaks 2021 wk 34 609 (14.17%) black losses Wk 43 3550 (55.31%) post treatment/predator, wk 45 2868
(100%) post treatment.
Salmon mortality peaks 2021, wk 43 24,990 (3.70%), wk 44 31146 (4.79%) wk 45 92861 (14.99%) wk46 75434 (14.32%), wk
47 129 650 (28.73%) wk 48 75303 (23.42%), wk 49 66000 (26.87%) wk 50 22884 (12.99%), wk51 9125 (5.31%), wk 52 7168
(4.95%).
These mort peaks were part of the same event, AGD, PRV,SAV tenebaculum identified, morts mainly attributed to AGD and treatments. All mortality peaks had been reported to the FHI and a site inspection and diagnostic sampling conducted (case
2021 0553)
Lice numbers have been low this cycle.
PD detected in pen 5, on inspection a number of moribunds were observed, some lesions and also cataracts noted, five fish removed for diagnostic sampling. [Original PDF]