Site Details: Skelwick Skerry
Pierowall Westray
KW17 2DH
Water type: Seawater
Cumulative mortality over full production cycle
Production cycle end date: Aug 2019
Total losses: 1.3 %
Production cycle end date: Oct 2020
Total losses: 1.1 %
Production cycle end date: Oct 2021
Total losses: 6.8 %
Production cycle end date: Oct 2022
Total losses: 10.6 %
Production cycle end date: Sep 2023
Total losses: 47.3 %
Fish Health Inspectorate mortality
09/01/23-15/01/23
3,704
2.28%
28/08/23-03/09/23
1,548
1.04%
08/09/23-14/09/23
1,563
1.27%
11/09/23-17/09/23
1,908
2.20%
Inspection reports
Case Number: 2022-0102
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Normally, Skelwick Skerry is the grower site, as the other sites around Westray are nursery sites. Stock is usually transferred onto site at 1.6-3kg until harvest size. Fish have been graded at Bay of Cleat (North) onto the wellboat and then transferred to
Skelwick.
Mortality is uplifted by the Foover and taken in mort bins to pier on Westray. Mort bins are taken to dounebay were they are tran
Skelwick Skerry is not remote fed, due to its offshore location. Feed blower on work boats conduct the feeding instead.
Due to windy weather and wave height, only 4 pens were fully walked around and inspected. The other 4 were viewed from the
Remote inspection conducted by on 13/05/2022, supervised by
Site inspection conducted by on 17/05/2022, supervised by .
VMD samples taken on 17/05/2022 by supervised by . [Original PDF]
Case Number: 2024-0148
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IDN placed following information from business about suspicion of BKD. 16/05/2024. FHI to visit w/c 20/05/2024.
No report issued with this case type [Original PDF]