Site Details: Vacasay

Breasclete Pier
Breasclete
HS2 9ED
Operator: Bakkafrost Scotland
Water type: Seawater

Salmon Scotland mortality

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Cumulative mortality over full production cycle

Production cycle end date: Oct 2018
Total losses: 39.8 %

Production cycle end date: Oct 2020
Total losses: 32.6 %

Production cycle end date: Dec 2021
Total losses: 66.2 %

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Inspection reports

Case Number: 2023-0276


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Site hasn’t been stocked since December 2021, historic sea lice and mortality records checked as the last ECI inspection was the 5/9/2018
All sea lice figures have been reported as required.
Ballan wrasse peaks in mortality 2018, wk 44 730 (80.75%) post treatment.
Lumpsucker peaks in mortality 2018 wk 40 9522(100%) black losses
Lumpsucker peaks in mortality 2020 wk 8 3091 (9.75%) no cause recorded, wk 12 2602 (9.38%) no cause recorded, wk 23
2453 (10.69%) mainly black loses, wk 27 12863 (65.25%) black losses, wk 30 2287 (34.45%), wk 32 4287 (100%) black losses, wk 33 1801 (5.49%) no cause attributed, wk 34 1431 (4.61%) no cause attributed, wk 40 22177 (80.55%) black losses.
Salmon peaks in mortality 2018 wk 36 14671 (5.44%) weather related, wk 37 16886 (6.73%) weather and post treatment, wk
38 10711 (4.76%) mainly post treatment, Wk 40 3684 (2%) post treatment.
Salmon peaks in mortality 2020 wk 33 5689 (2.85%) post treatment, wk34 7470 (3.85%) post treatment, wk 37 9181 (4.97) weather post treatment and disease, wk 38 18365 (10.45%) weather, post treatment and disease, wk 39 14327 (9.11%) mainly weather some harvest morts, wk 40 2726 (2.73%) weather and harvest morts.
Salmon peaks in mortality 2021 wk 38 1643 (2.89%) some physical damage, wk 39 1642 (2.89%) AGD and physical damage, wk 40 4857 (9.09%) AGD and post treatment, wk 42 5150 (10.71%) AGD, seals, wk 43 15395 (24.28%) AGD, post treatment, wk 44 2866 (5.97%) AGD, wk 45 6957 (15.41%) AGD, wk 46 2481 (6.50%) AGD harvest mortalities.
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