Site Details: Applecross Smolt Ongrowing 2

Applecross
Kishorn
IV54 8XF
Operator: Bakkafrost Scotland
Water type: Freshwater

Fish Health Inspectorate mortality

Date:
03/03/25-09/03/25
Mortality:
12,770
Mortality Rate:
4.14%
Reason given: Fungus
Fungus
Elevated salinity; enhanced mort/moribund removal.
FHI visited week 11 (2025-0075) and diagnostic samples taken. Awaiting results.
Date:
10/03/25-16/03/25
Mortality:
10,182
Mortality Rate:
3.50%
Reason given: Fungus
Fungus
Elevated salinity; enhanced mort/moribund removal.
FHI visited week 11 (2025-0075) and diagnostic samples taken. Awaiting results.
Date:
17/03/25-23/03/25
Mortality:
5,235
Mortality Rate:
1.88%
Reason given: Fungus
Fungus
Elevated salinity; enhanced mort/moribund removal.
FHI visited week 11 (2025-0075) and diagnostic samples taken. Awaiting results.
Date:
31/03/25-06/04/25
Mortality:
4,094
Mortality Rate:
1.53%
Reason given: Physical (handling)
Physical (handling)
Enhanced moribund removal
FHI visited week 11 (2025-0075) and diagnostic samples taken. Awaiting results.
Date:
07/04/25-13/04/25
Mortality:
7,604
Mortality Rate:
2.89%
Reason given: Physical (handling)
Physical (handling)
Enhanced moribund removal; Functional feed. Business contacted for additional information (response received 25/4/25): Physical damage as a result of handling when fish were transferred from FS1362 at the tail end of February. As fish have smoltified, some of these fish with physical damage are succumbing to those injuries, with some fungus also developing. Fish being managed through monitoring smoltification carefully and using functional feeds to support them, in addition to increasing salinity to control fungus. Following wk above reporting criteria.
Business contacted for additional information. FHI to monitor.
Date:
14/04/25-20/04/25
Mortality:
13,471
Mortality Rate:
5.36%
Reason given: Physical (handling)
Physical (handling)
Enhanced moribund removal; Functional feed
Business contacted for additional information. FHI to monitor.
Date:
21/04/25-27/04/25
Mortality:
3,079
Mortality Rate:
4.04%
Reason given: Physical (handling)
Physical (handling)
Transfers
FHI to monitor.
Date:
05/05/25-11/05/25
Mortality:
9,076
Mortality Rate:
5.08%
Reason given: Transfer
Transfer
System review; Transfers
FHI to monitor.
Date:
12/05/25-18/05/25
Mortality:
8,022
Mortality Rate:
4.73%
Reason given: Transfer
Transfer
Pipework changes
FHI to monitor.
Date:
26/05/25-01/06/25
Mortality:
20,438
Mortality Rate:
2.02%
Reason given: Physical
Physical
Enhanced moribund removal Updated 13/06/2025: post-grade physical damage
Business contacted for additional information.
Date:
09/06/25-15/06/25
Mortality:
21,126
Mortality Rate:
1.79%
Reason given: Physical (post-grade)
Physical (post-grade)
Business contacted for additional infromation - damage occurred within the transfer lines between units. These have since been reviewed and optimised. Mortalities for week 25 around 3.3%.
FHI to monitor.
Date:
16/06/25-22/06/25
Mortality:
38,723
Mortality Rate:
3.35%
Reason given: Physical (post-grade)
Physical (post-grade)
Enhanced moribund removal
FHI to monitor.
Date:
30/06/25-06/07/25
Mortality:
16,424
Mortality Rate:
1.50%
Reason given: Bacterial Disease;Fungus
Bacterial Disease;Fungus
Salinity control
FHI to monitor.

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Inspection reports

Case Number: 2025-0075


Download First fish to be put onto site, issue with fungus reported.
TMS used for check weighs. Increased salinity used for fungus treatment.
Some samples had been taken but results have not been received yet. Samples of fungus being taken on the day of the inspection.
Mortality levels are above the threshold and will be reported but this has not been reported yet.
Surveillance frequency, number of movement offsite could not be calculated due to lack of data, scoring was based on
Applecross Smolt Ongrowing 1 data as likely to be similar.
Site thermometer used due to biosecurity, probes are checked regularly with a calibrated oxyguard thermometer. [Original PDF]

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