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1 FISH HEALTH MANAGEMENT ANNUAL REPORT 2015

2 CHIEF EXECUTIVE S FOREWORD The Fish Health Management Annual Report marks our third year of public reporting about the industry, looking particularly at the management of sea lice. CONTENTS Chief Executive s Foreword 2 Performance Review 3 Cleaner Fish 4 Region Map 5 Statistics Statistics As news of climate change continues to dominate the headlines in many different situations, the salmon farming industry in Scotland is not alone in feeling its impact. Like other countries around the world where salmon is produced we are experiencing changes in the marine environment algal blooms, jelly fish and other persistent issues. At times these have made the management of sea lice all the more challenging. It is the industry s mission to find ways to work within these changing circumstances and I m impressed with how companies are committing to new technology, new practices and new ideas to address this. We continue to share our quarterly and annual reports with Scottish Government scientists at the Marine Laboratory and encourage speedy information exchange and collaboration between salmon farming companies. Scott Landsburgh Chief Executive Scottish Salmon Producers Organisation

3 PERFORMANCE REVIEW February to June 2015 The industry achieved good levels of compliance in accordance with the Code of Good Practice (CoGP). During the February to June period the suggested treatment threshold was 0.5 adult female lice. The salmon farming industry voluntarily reduced the thresholds to this level in response to requests from wild salmon interest groups. January and July to December 2015 In January and then from July to December the industry continued its good level of performance. The suggested treatment threshold during these months is 1.0 adult female lice. This period is outwith the migration period for wild salmon 27% Over % Over 2.0 February TO June 11% From 0.5 to 1.0 January TO July & December 70% <1.0 9% From 1.0 to % <0.5 62% of monthly averages were below the industry s CoGP suggested treatment threshold 11% of monthly averages were between 0.5 and % of monthly averages were above % of monthly averages were below the industry s CoGP suggested treatment threshold 9% of monthly averages were between 1.0 and % of monthly averages were above 2.0 FALLOWING 20.2 HEALTH CHECKS The industry s fallowing performance was excellent. While the Code of Good Practice requires a minimum fallow period at the end of each production cycle of 4 weeks, fallow periods for farms containing fish during 2015 were, on average, 20.2 weeks. 114 farms became fallow at some stage during Fish health checks and lice counts were made on 340 of the 365 days in Over 7,600 individual farm lice and general health checks were made in Based on recommendations within the Code of Good Practice at least 190,000 fish were checked during the year. SCOTTISH SALMON PRODUCERS ORGANISATION 3

4 2015 was the year of progress on the developments around cleaner fish. CLEANER FISH The industry has seen a year on year increase in the number of farmed cleaner fish being used in its marine sites across Scotland. At an industry meeting in December the commitment to driving production and expansion of cleaner fish breeding facilities was clear. Since 2010, some ten projects have been initiated between the salmon farming industry and research establishments at Stirling, Otter Ferry, Machrihanish and Ardtoe. Five projects are nearing completion and the remaining five are either in train or poised to start, mostly funded by the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC). The main focus for the research projects is breeding and understanding the genetic stocks and nutrition. The use of wrasse and lumpfish offers a significant opportunity to manage sea lice on farms as part of an overall integrated strategy. Farmers already have well established fallowing, strategic treatments and single year class farming as part of the production cycle. 4 SCOTTISH SALMON PRODUCERS ORGANISATION

5 REGION MAP 62-W KEY 25 Hope and Grudie 62-E 26-N Inchard to Kirkaig North 26-S Inchard to Kirkaig South 27 Kennart to Gruinard Ewe 29 Badachro to Applecross 30 Kishorn and Carron 31 Loch Long and Croe 32 Glenelg and Kilchoan 58-W 26-N Morar to Shiel 34-N Skye and Small Isles North 34-S Skye and Small Isles South E 26-S 35 Sunart and Aline 36-N Sanda to Creran North 36-S Sanda to Creran South 60-N 34-N Awe and Nell 34-S Add and Ormsary 39 Island of Mull 60-S Islay and Jura Carradale and Iorsa 42 Fyne 43 Ruel and Drummachloy N 58-E Isle of Lewis East 58-W Isle of Lewis West S 59 Harris N The Uists North S The Uists South 61 Orkney E East Shetland 62-W West Shetland km SCOTTISH SALMON PRODUCERS ORGANISATION 5

6 2014 STATISTICS This table provides a summary of the monthly lice averages (adult females) for each reporting region during Reporting Region 2014 JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. NOV. DEC. Hope and Grudie Inchard to Kirkaig North Inchard to Kirkaig South No active salmon farms Kennart to Gruinard Ewe Badachro to Applecross F Kishorn and Carron F F F F Loch Long and Croe F F F Glenelg and Kilchoan Morar to Shiel F F F F F Skye and Small Isles North F Skye and Small Isle South Sunart and Aline Sanda to Creran North F Sanda to Creran South F F Awe and Nell Add and Ormsary B B B Island of Mull Islay and Jura 5.20 B B B B B B B F F F F Carradale and Iorsa 0.00 F F Fyne Ruel and Drummachloy F F Isle of Lewis East Isle of Lewis West Harris The Uists North The Uists South Orkney East Shetland West Shetland F = Region fallow. B = Broodstock site/region. Visual lice checks. Note: These averages take account of production within each region. It is not appropriate to directly average these figures across regions. 6 SCOTTISH SALMON PRODUCERS ORGANISATION

7 2015 STATISTICS This table provides a summary of the monthly lice averages (adult females) for each reporting region during Reporting Region 2015 JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUN. JUL. AUG. SEP. OCT. NOV. DEC. Hope and Grudie F F F F F F F F Inchard to Kirkaig North Inchard to Kirkaig South No active salmon farms Kennart to Gruinard Ewe F F F F Badachro to Applecross F F F 0.00 Kishorn and Carron Loch Long and Croe F F Glenelg and Kilchoan Morar to Shiel F F F Skye and Small Isles North Skye and Small Isle South Sunart and Aline Sanda to Creran North F F F Sanda to Creran South F Awe and Nell Add and Ormsary Island of Mull Islay and Jura F F F No active salmon farms F Carradale and Iorsa F Fyne F F F Ruel and Drummachloy F F Isle of Lewis East Isle of Lewis West F F Harris The Uists North The Uists South Orkney East Shetland West Shetland F = Region fallow. Note: These averages take account of production within each region. It is not appropriate to directly average these figures across regions. SCOTTISH SALMON PRODUCERS ORGANISATION 7

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