Fish Health Inspectorate: Sea lice data reporting guidance
Guidance for Scottish marine fish farms on mandatory weekly reporting of adult female sea lice counts, detailing required data, submission methods, valid reasons for missing counts, and enforcement actions for non‑compliance.
3. Specified information to be submitted
3.1. The 2020 Order requires a person who carries on a business of fish farming, in respect of each site of that business, to provide specified information on a weekly basis to the Scottish Ministers. A “site” means a site that is not in freshwater, at which fish are farmed.
3.2. The information must be provided in writing for each reporting week, which is defined as a period of seven days beginning on a Monday. The information must be submitted no later than 8 days after the end of the reporting week. The rationale for providing 8 days after the reporting week to submit information is that it gives APBs time to validate/verify the data to be submitted thus minimising errors. APBs may submit the specified information at any point before the 8 days have passed.
Contact
Email: ms.fishhealth@gov.scot