Site Details: Loch Snizort East
Uig
Skye
IV51 9XX
Water type: Seawater
Cumulative mortality over full production cycle
Snizort East Production cycle end date: Sep 2018
Total losses: 12.2 %
Snizort East Production cycle end date: Dec 2020
Total losses: 25.8 %
Inspection reports
Case Number: 2020-0198
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MRT01628 (04/05/2020) - 11,820 (2.23%) - Treatment losses
Mortality last 4 weeks:
13th April - 835 (0.15%) - attributed to physical damage from previous treatments and poor performers.
20th April - 1,362 (0.25%) - attributed to physical damage from previous treatments and poor performers.
27th April - 1,477 (0.28%) - attributed to physical damage from optilicer and poor performers.
4th May - 11,820 (2.23%) - attributed to physical damage from optilicer.
Sea lice counts over 2 since last inspection:
Wk10: 4.8 - Fish came onto site from Uig FS0881 during a freshwater treatment.
Wk11: 3.75
Wk12: No count
Wk13: 2.84 - Site began a H2O2 treatment.
Wk14: 3.45 - Ongoing H2O2 treatment.
Wk15: 3.59
Wk16: 4.51 - Optilicer arrived on site followed by a plankton bloom.
Wk17: 3.71
Wk18: 1.14 - Optilicer moved to Uig.
Wk19: 2.49 Optilicer ongoing.
Site currently using live haul for harvesting, however this is under discussion and may change in the near future to dead haul.
Site recieves all fish from Uig FS0881.
PSI conducted due to current COVID-19 lockdown restrictions preventing a site inspection. [Original PDF]
Case Number: 2020-0466
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Inspection of records carried out remotely on 30/10/2020
Average adult female lice counts above 2 from w/b 07/09/2020 not reported to FHI. Previous had breaches had been reported.
Mortality waste stored at Dunvegan before being taken away for disposal
Salmosan and H2O2 treatment carried out w/b 28/09/2020. Lice count unable to be carried out the following week due to poor weather so unable to accurately measure efficacy, the following weeks count (w/b 12/10/20) was lower than pre-treatment levels.
Further salmosan treatment planned for w/b 02/11/2020 weather permitting.
Lower water temperatures seem to be improving the mortaliy levels on site, as well as fish not being treated during October.
PD first detected on site in May 2020, but has become less evident in fish examined in recent months.
Harvesting has now begun.
Site is not due be restocked by business following this production cycle.
During inspection of the site salmon were fairly deep in cages making them difficult to observe.
Salmosan treatment beginning on day of inspection. This had been delayed due to poor weather conditions on site during the past 2 weeks.
Site thermometer used due to battery failure in FHI thermometer. [Original PDF]
Case Number: 2024-0447
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Stocked end of June 2024.
Freshwater treatments 1-6/11/24.
Sea lice above 1 in week 35, freshwater treatment conducted. Sea lice has been below 1 since.
No ensiled waste uplifts since stocking.
Harvests will be deadhaul.
Paperwork inspected remotely on 14/11/2024. Site records checked only for current cycle as the site was transferred from a different business in 2022. The site had previously been fallow since week 51 2021.
Site authorised for 10 pens but only are 9 currently in the water.
Only one pen could be inspected by walking all the way around, the rest of the pens were seen from the boat due to the rough weather conditions. The fish were sitting deep in the water column but they appeared in good condition. Only one dead fish observed. [Original PDF]