Site Details: Ness of Copister

Yell Shorebase
Mid Yell
ZE2 9BN
Operator: Cooke Aquaculture Scotland Ltd
Water type: Seawater

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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: Jan 2019
Total losses: 13.8 %

Production cycle end date: Jan 2020
Total losses: 12.6 %

Production cycle end date: Jan 2021
Total losses: 7.1 %

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Fish Health Inspectorate mortality

Date:
02/10/23-08/10/23
Mortality:
73,854
Mortality Rate:
5.36%
Reason given: Handling/Gills
Handling/Gills
Site contacted for further information. One off mortality event has occurred following a peroxide treatment. Mortality on site has now significatly reduced and is back below the reporting threshold.
FHI to monitor.

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Inspection reports

Case Number: 2022-0419


Download Ness of Copister is not a harvest site. Smolts are ongrown here to approx. 2kg and then transferred to various other sites around Yell and Unst where they will be grown to harvest size (seen as a nursery site). Input of smolts at 85 to 120g.
Own small shorebase where mortalities are collected at and taken away by bulk transporter to either TWMN (Shetland) or SEM (depending on quanity and available space at facilities).
Stock of fish on site either from Migdale (Jubilee) in Loch Shin (pens 1,8,9,16) and Furnace (pens 2,4,6,7,10,11,12).
Remaining pens will be used for grading.
No cleanerfish on site/company wide.
From site inspection, slight AGD observed. Lice are increasing but not causing concern.
VMD samples taken on 13/09/2022, All fish sampled for VMD were observed to be in good condition. [Original PDF]

Case Number: 2022-0419


Download Ness of Copister is not a harvest site. Smolts are ongrown here to approx. 2kg and then transferred to various other sites around Yell and Unst where they will be grown to harvest size (seen as a nursery site). Input of smolts at 85 to 120g.
Own small shorebase where mortalities are collected at and taken away by bulk transporter to either TWMN (Shetland) or SEM (depending on quanity and available space at facilities).
Stock of fish on site either from Migdale (Jubilee) in Loch Shin (pens 1,8,9,16) and Furnace (pens 2,4,6,7,10,11,12).
Remaining pens will be used for grading.
No cleanerfish on site/company wide.
From site inspection, slight AGD observed. Lice are increasing but not causing concern.
VMD samples taken on 13/09/2022, All fish sampled for VMD were observed to be in good condition. [Original PDF]

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