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To ask the Scottish Government what monitoring and enforcement tools it has put in place to ensure that fishing vessels comply with the pelagic discard ban; how many warnings have been issued to fishing vessels in Scotland for infringing the ban; how many infringements have been recorded; whether there have been pro...
Although no formal evaluation of the pelagic discard ban has yet taken place, Scottish Government officials engage regularly with the pelagic fishing industry and the impact on the fleet is considered low.
To ask the Scottish Government how often inspections are carried out (a) on levels of sea lice, (b) on levels of pollutants surrounding fish farms, (c) of fish entering the food chain and (d) of the effect of fish farming on wild salmon.
To ask the Scottish Government what account it takes of the paths of migrating salmon and sea trout smolts (a) prior to and (b) following the granting of planning permission for the siting of fish farm cages. Marine and freshwater fish farms (both shellfish and fin fish) are ...
The NMP also maintains the continuing presumption against further marine finfish farm developments on the north and east coasts to help safeguard migratory fish species. Marine and freshwater fish farms (both shellfish and fin fish) are authorised by local authorities who w...
The SSPO also publishes quarterly fish health management reports which include sea lice counts for 30 areas across Scotland http://scottishsalmon.co.uk/category/science-behind-fish-farming/fish-health/.
In any given year there are typically approximately 250 active marine cage fish farm sites in use in Scotland, thus on average perhaps 3.6% of marine cage fish farms have reported antibiotic use in any given year.
All authorised fish farm businesses in Scotland are inspected under the Aquaculture & Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2007 by Marine Scotland for satisfactory measures in place to contain fish and prevent escapes with a range of sanctions available where non-compliance is identified.