Publication - FOI/EIR release

Notifications to Marine Scotland or Fish Health Inspectorate: EIR release

Published: 25 January 2018
Directorate: Marine Directorate
Topic: Marine and fisheries, Public sector

Information request and response under the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.

FOI reference: FOI/17/02983
Date received: 11 December 2017
Date responded: 12 January 2018

Information requested

full details of any notification made to Marine Scotland or the Fish Health Inspectorate by any farms exceeding the trigger levels of 3 or 8 respectively, covering the period 19th October 2017 to today's date;
copies of all site specific escalation action plans submitted to Marine Scotland or the Fish Health Inspectorate since 19th October 2017 (please note this is a request for the actual documents provided);
full details of all site specific escalation action plans provided to Marine Scotland or the Fish Health Inspectorate since 19th October 2017;
any increased monitoring plans and data produced, with full details of any intervention carried out, at any farms that have reported sea lice levels over the 3 and 8 triggers, since 19th October 2017;
full details of any warning letters, notice or enforcement action taken since 19th October 2017.

You also asked for full details of any early harvest and / or cull of farmed fish undertaken as a result of the new policy at any farm that has reported sea lice levels over 3 and 8 at any stage in 2017.

Response

Please find enclosed a copy of the information requested.

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