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Sanitary Survey Report Loch Ewe and Loch Thurnaig RC-142 April 2015
Scottish Sanitary Survey Report Sanitary Survey Report Loch Ewe and Loch Thurnaig RC-142 April 2015 Loch Ewe and Loch Report Title Thurnaig Sanitary Survey Report Project Name Scottish Sanitary Survey Food Standards Agency Client/Customer Scotland Cefas Project Reference C6316A Document Number C6316A_2014_25 Revision V1.0 Date 23/04/2015 Revision History Revision Date Pages revised Reason for revision number Id2 20/02/2015 - Internal draft for review V0.1 24/02/2015 All Draft for external consultation Amended in accordance with V1.0 23/04/2015 9,16,17 comments received during external consultation Name Position Date Jessica Larkham, Frank Cox, Scottish Sanitary Survey Author 23/04/2015 Liefy Hendrikz Team Principal Shellfish Checked Ron Lee 23/04/2015 Hygiene Scientist Group Manager, Food Approved Michelle Price-Hayward 24/04/2015 Safety This report was produced by Cefas for its Customer, the Food Standards Agency in Scotland, for the specific purpose of providing a sanitary survey as per the Customer’s requirements. Although every effort has been made to ensure the information contained herein is as complete as possible, there may be additional information that was either not available or not discovered during the survey. Cefas accepts no liability for any costs, liabilities or losses arising as a result of the use of or reliance upon the contents of this report by any person other than its Customer. Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Weymouth Laboratory, Barrack Road, The Nothe, Weymouth DT4 8UB. Tel 01305 206 600 www.cefas.gov.uk Loch Ewe and Loch Thurnaig Sanitary Survey V1.0 23/04/2015 i of 76 Report Distribution – Loch Ewe and Loch Thurnaig Date Name Agency Joyce Carr Scottish Government David Denoon SEPA Douglas Sinclair SEPA Hazel MacLeod SEPA Fiona Garner Scottish Water Alex Adrian Crown Estate Alan Yates The Highland Council Bill Steven The Highland Council Jane Grant Harvester Partner Organisations The hydrographic assessment and the shoreline survey and its associated report were undertaken by SRSL, Oban. -
The Salmon Farm Monitor
The Salmon Farm Monitor th PRESS RELEASE – IMMEDIATE USE – 25 APRIL 2004 Scotland’s Toxic Toilets Revealed “Filthy Five” flood Scottish waters with chemical wastes Exclusive information obtained by the Salmon Farm Protest Group (SFPG) reveals that there are now ca. 1,400 licences for the use of Azamethiphos, Cypermethrin, Dichlorvos, Emamectin Benzoate, Formalin and Teflubenzuron on Scottish salmon, cod and halibut farms [1]. This chemical cocktail includes carcinogens, hormone disrupting compounds (“gender benders”) and marine pollutants [2]. Find out where Scotland’s “Toxic Toilets” are via The Salmon Farm Monitor: www.salmonfarmmonitor.org Responding to a request for information under the Freedom of Environmental Information Regulations, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency concede that since 1998 they have issued 311 licences for Cypermethrin, 282 for Azamethiphos, 212 for Teflubenzuron and 211 for Emamectin Benzoate (1016 in total). According to SEPA “around 20” licences are also still outstanding for the banned carcinogen Dichlorvos and the Scottish Executive admitted last year that SEPA has issued a further 360 licences for the use of Formalin since 1998 [3]. Special Areas of Conservation (as protected under the EC Habitats Directive) subject to chemical discharges include the Moray Firth, Firth of Lorne, Loch Creran, Loch Laxford, Loch Roag, Loch Duich and Loch Alsh. Other lochs include Ainort, Arnish, Broom, Carron, Diabaig, Erisort, Ewe, Fyne, Glencoul, Grimshader, Harport, Kanaird, Kishorn, Leven, Linnhe, Little Loch Broom, Maddy, Nevis, Portree, Seaforth, Shell, Sligachan, Snizort, Spelve, Striven, Sunart and Torridon. Of the 1016 licences issued since 1998 for Azamethiphos, Cypermethrin, Emamectin Benzoate and Teflubenzuron the biggest culprits – the “Filthy Five” – are Marine Harvest (Scotland) Ltd (152), Scottish Seafarms Ltd (139), Stolt Sea Farms Ltd (82), Lighthouse of Scotland Ltd/Lighthouse Highland Ltd (81) and Mainstream Scotland Ltd (69). -
Geomorphological Signature and Flow Dynamics of the Minch Palaeo-Ice Stream, NW Scotland
Geomorphological signature and flow dynamics of The Minch palaeo-ice stream, NW Scotland Tom Bradwell*1, Martyn Stoker1 & Rob Larter2 1 British Geological Survey, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3LA, UK 2 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK *corresponding author: email: [email protected] phone: 0131 6500284 fax: 0131 6681535 Abstract Large-scale streamlined glacial landforms are identified in 11 areas of NW Scotland, from the Isle of Skye in the south to the Butt of Lewis in the north. These ice-directional features occur in bedrock and superficial deposits, generally below 350 m above sea level, and where best developed have elongation ratios of >20:1. Sidescan sonar and multibeam echo-sounding data from The Minch show elongate streamlined ridges and grooves on the seabed, with elongation ratios of up to 70:1. These bedforms are interpreted as mega-scale glacial lineations. All the features identified formed beneath The Minch palaeo-ice stream which was c. 200 km long, up to 50 km wide and drained ~15,000 km2 of the NW sector of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet (Late Devensian Glaciation). Nine ice-stream tributaries and palaeo- onset zones are also identified, on the basis of geomorphological evidence. The spatial distribution and pattern of streamlined bedforms around The Minch has enabled the catchment, flow paths and basal shear stresses of the palaeo-ice stream and its tributaries to be tentatively reconstructed. Keywords: British-Irish Ice Sheet, Late Devensian, subglacial bedforms, palaeo-glaciology Introduction The palaeo-glaciology of the British-Irish Ice Sheet remains poorly understood despite a long history of glacial research in the UK. -
Soteag Ornithological Monitoring Programme
SOTEAG ORNITHOLOGICAL MONITORING PROGRAMME 2016 REPORT Martin Heubeck and Mick Mellor, Aberdeen Institute of Coastal Science and Management, University of Aberdeen. January 2017 CONTENTS Page 2016 Executive Summary 2 1. Monitoring of cliff-breeding seabirds 1.1. Weather during the 2016 seabird breeding season 3 1.2a. Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis: Population counts 4 1.2b. Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis: Breeding success 5 1.3a. European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis: Population counts 6 1.3b. European Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis: Breeding success 7 1.4a. Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla: Population counts 9 1.4b. Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla: Breeding success 10 1.5a. Common Guillemot Uria aalge: Population counts 13 1.5b. Common Guillemot Uria aalge: Breeding success, chick diet and weights at Sumburgh Head 14 1.5c. Common Guillemot Uria aalge: Breeding success at Burravoe, Yell 20 1.6a. Razorbill Alca torda: Population counts 21 1.6b. Razorbill Alca torda: Breeding success at Sumburgh Head 22 2. Pre-breeding season census counts of Black Guillemots Cepphus grylle 23 3. Moulting Common Eiders Somateria mollissima in Yell Sound and Sullom Voe 27 4. Winter counts of seaduck and diving seabirds 28 4.1. Hascosay, Bluemull and Colgrave Sounds (HBC), and South Unst. 28 4.2. Bressay Sound and north Bressay 30 4.3. Pool of Virkie to Bay of Quendale 31 4.4. Burra, Trondra, South Havra, the Scalloway islands and Weisdale Voe 32 4.5. Whiteness Voe to Skelda Voe, West Mainland 34 5. Beached Bird Surveys 5.1. Changes in coverage 35 5.2. Incidence of oiling 35 5.3. -
Official Statistics Publication for Scotland
Scotland’s Census 2011: Inhabited islands report 24 September 2015 An Official Statistics publication for Scotland. Official Statistics are produced to high professional standards set out in the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. © Crown Copyright 2015 National Records of Scotland 1 Contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................... 3 2. Main Points .................................................................................................................... 4 3. Population and Households ......................................................................................... 8 4. Housing and Accommodation .................................................................................... 12 5. Health ........................................................................................................................... 15 6. Ethnicity, Identity, Language and Religion ............................................................... 16 7. Qualifications ............................................................................................................... 20 8. Labour market ............................................................................................................. 21 9. Transport ...................................................................................................................... 27 Appendices ..................................................................................................................... -
Skye and Wester Ross Fisheries Trust Review September 2020
SKYE &WESTER ROSS FISHERIES TRUST REVIEW September 2020 ©Skye & Wester Ross Fisheries Trust 2020 Registered Charity Number SCO39771 Skye & Wester Ross Fisheries Trust Review September 2020 SKYE &WESTER ROSS FISHERIES TRUST A Charity Registered in Scotland No. SCO39771 and A Company Registered in Scotland No. SC344382 REVIEW compiled by Peter Cunningham September 2020 Cover photos (all photos in this report © SWRFT unless stated otherwise): Please note that all the photographs of fish from our surveys in this report are of anaesthetized fish which were kept out of water for typically less than 30 seconds before being transferred into a recovery bucket to wake up prior to release. From top right (clockwise): (1) Wester Ross Wild Trout Workshop participants netting sea trout in the Flowerdale Burn estuary by Gairloch Harbour on 1st May 2019. The TV cameras were recording for ‘Sean’s Scotland’. Over 500 parasitic sea lice were counted on one of the sea trout from the sample. (2) Despite very high numbers of sea lice recorded on sea trout earlier in the year, this large mature female sea trout was taken in the sweep net at Flowerdale in September 2019. Note the louse damaged but healed dorsal fin. In some situations, sea trout are able to recover from heavy infestations of sea lice by moving into freshwater where the sea lice detach. (3) Skye fisheries biologist and Glasgow University PhD student Isabel Moore (front left) and other members of the Skye sweep netting team by Loch Slapin in June 2019. To be able to carry out its field work programme, SWRFT depends upon support from many volunteers. -
Determination of the Off-Site Emergency Planning and Prior Information Areas for the Loch Ewe Operational Berth
Determination of the Off-Site Emergency Planning and Prior Information Areas for the Loch Ewe Operational Berth Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 Project Assessment Report ONR-COP-PAR-16-025 Revision 0 5th July 2017 Office for Nuclear Regulation © Office for Nuclear Regulation, 2017 If you wish to reuse this information visit www.onr.org.uk/copyright for details. Published 07/17 For published documents, the electronic copy on the ONR website remains the most current publicly available version and copying or printing renders this document uncontrolled. Office for Nuclear Regulation Report ONR-COP-PAR-16-025 TRIM Ref: 2016/479238 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Determination of the Off-site Emergency Planning and Prior Information Areas for the Loch Ewe Operational Berth: Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is responsible for regulating the GB nuclear industry in order to protect the health and safety of employees and the public against risks of harm arising from ionising radiations. ONR is the regulatory authority for Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations 2001 (REPPIR) on nuclear licensed sites, Ministry of Defence (MOD) Authorised nuclear sites and nuclear warship sites. ONR’s responsibilities include a legal duty, where it is concluded that there is a potential for a reasonably foreseeable radiation emergency (as defined in REPPIR), to determine an off-site emergency planning area (i.e. the area within which, in ONR’s opinion, any member of the public is likely to be affected by such an emergency). In these cases, there is also a legal duty, under the same Regulations, for ONR to determine an area within which prior information is to be distributed to the public. -
The Vehicle Excise Duty (Designation of Small Islands) Order 1995
Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1995 No. 1397 ROAD TRAFFIC The Vehicle Excise Duty (Designation of Small Islands) Order 1995 Made - - - - 30th May 1995 Laid before Parliament 8th June 1995 Coming into force - - 1st July 1995 The Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 18(4) of Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:— 1. This Order may be cited as the Vehicle Excise Duty (Designation of Small Islands) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st July 1995. 2. The islands listed in the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated as small islands for the purposes of paragraph 18 (meaning of island goods vehicle) of Schedule 1 to the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994. Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport Steven Norris Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, 30th May 1995 Department of Transport (1) 1994 c. 22. Paragraph 18 of Schedule 1 was inserted by paragraph 14(19) of Schedule 4 to the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4). Document Generated: 2017-08-03 Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format. THE SCHEDULE Article 2 DESIGNATED SMALL ISLANDS Inner Hebrides Canna Coll Colonsay Eigg Gigha Iona Islay Jura Kerrera Lismore Luing Muck Mull Pabay -
The Control of Sea Lice in Fish
THE CONTROL OF SEA LICE ON FISH FARMS IN SCOTLAND 2013-2015 A REPORT FOR SALMON AND TROUT CONSERVATION SCOTLAND DECEMBER 2015 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Fisheries scientists are increasingly firm in their conclusions that sea lice produced on fish-farms harm wild salmonids, both at an individual and at a population level, making the proper control of sea-lice on fish-farms essential to protect wild fish. Although analysis of control of sea-lice on Scottish fish-farms is severely hampered by the lack of farm-specific sea lice data, publicly available data for 2013 to 2015 shows that the number of Scottish fish-farming regions failing to keep adult female sea lice numbers below the CoGP threshold is on an upward trend. The industry- wide problem with sea lice is increasing and is certainly not under control. The proportion of the total Scottish farms salmon production exceeding CoGP thresholds shows a similar upward trend, with regions representing 60% of Scottish production being over the CoGP threshold of 0.5 adult female lice per fish in May 2015, at the peak of the wild smolt run. There is strong evidence that sea lice numbers on fish farms rise during the second year of production and, in much of Scotland, average adult female sea lice numbers per farmed fish appear to be linked to the cumulative biomass of farmed fish held on the farms. There is evidence of the considerable failure in some regions of available chemical sea lice treatments to limit sea lice numbers on farmed fish to below CoGP thresholds, strongly suggesting that resistance and tolerance to these treatments is becoming widespread. -
Annex D – Consultee List the Food Standards and Food Hygiene (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019
Annex D – Consultee List The Food Standards and Food Hygiene (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 2 Sisters Poultry LTD T/A 2 Sisters Couper Angus 2 Sisters Red Meat Ltd T/A McIntosh Donald A Divers Junior A K Stoddart LTD A P Jess (Paisley) LTD A Thompson Jnr Abbey Ceramics Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre Aberdeenshire Larder Limited Accord Hospice Acoura Adam Pottery Advertising Standards Authority Advinia Healthcare s Ltd AG Barr Agricultural Industries Confederation Aith Junior High School Alexander's Authentic Artisan Scottish Smoked Salmon (AAASSS) Alexandra Court Alice Cairns Butchers Ltd Anderson's Coffee Shop Angelbond Ltd Anglo Beef Processors UK T/A ABP Perth Anglo Nordic Trading Ltd Aramark @ Chevron North Sea Ltd Archerfield Links Clubhouse Ardshealach Fine Foods Argo Fish Arla Foods UK Association of Meat Inspectors Atlantic Diving Services Limited Atlantis medicare Bo'ness Care Home Balerno Parish Church and The Mill at St Joseph's Bannerman Seafoods Barbours Barwheys Dairy Baxter Storey @ Gist Staff Canteen Baxters Baxterstorey Staff Bistro Bay Pottery Beckford Primary School Belhaven Smokehouse Ltd Bell Bakers Limited Bellevue Cheese Co Ltd. Bent Primary School Bert Fowlie Family Butcher Blacklaw Primary School Bonaly Farm Dairy Bonnyton House Residential Home Booker Limited Border Meats LTD Border Meats LTD T/A Lockerbie Abattoir Borders General Hospital Bothwell Primary School Bradfords Bakers Braehead Food LTD Braidhills Nursing Home Brakes Braveheart Beef (Scotland) LTD Briery Park Residential -
Wester Ross Rocks
Wester Ross Rocks The Geology and Scenery of Gairloch and District 1 CONTENTS This Guide summarises the geology of central Wester Ross, and gives a brief Plate Tectonics 2 introduction to the relevant parts of the Rocks and Minerals 4 science of Geology, the study of rocks. This Minerals 5 is the key to explaining the uniqueness and the spectacular scenery of the area; it is the Igneous Rocks 6 unique rocks which make it is so different Metamorphic Rocks 7 from the rest of Scotland. But a guidebook Sedimentary Rocks 8 is no substitute for seeing the rocks them- Wester Ross Rocks: Map 9 selves: note pages 31-36, “Places to Visit”. Lewisian Gneiss Group 10 This area, along with Coigach and Assynt to the north, played a vital role in the early 14 Loch Maree Group development of geological ideas, and has Torridonian Sandstone 17 been intensely studied since then; it is of Cambrian and Later Rocks 21 worldwide importance. The Moine Thrust 23 The basics of our geology are reasonably simple: Scotland’s Travels 25 see the yellow boxes which are largely non- technical. But once you delve deeper, things Faults 26 become complicated. This booklet has to pack in Making a Landscape 27 a lot of information, and is not all easy: beware! Places to Visit 31 Pages 2-8 give some technical Geological back- ground; it is all relevant to Wester Ross, but you may prefer to skip to page 9 and refer back later. It is very difficult for us to get our minds round the time involved Jargon Warning. -
Scottish Sanitary Survey Report
Scottish Sanitary Survey Report yyy Sanitary Survey Report East Burwick SI-583-1060-08 October 2014 East Burwick Sanitary Report Title Survey Report Scottish Sanitary Survey Project Name Programme Food Standards Agency in Client/Customer Scotland Cefas Project Reference C6316C Document Number C6316C_2014_7 Revision V1.0 Date 27/10/2014 Revision History Revision Date Pages revised Reason for revision number 0.1 05/09/2014 - Draft report for consultation Correction of typographical 1.0 27/10/2014 1, 27 errors noted in consultation Name Position Date Jessica Larkham, Frank Scottish Sanitary Author Cox, Liefy Hendrikz, 27/10/2014 Survey Team Michelle Price-Hayward Principal Shellfish Checked Ron Lee 28/10/2014 Hygiene Scientist Principal Shellfish Approved Ron Lee 28/10/2014 Hygiene Scientist This report was produced by Cefas for its Customer, FSAS, for the specific purpose of providing a sanitary survey as per the Customer’s requirements. Although every effort has been made to ensure the information contained herein is as complete as possible, there may be additional information that was either not available or not discovered during the survey. Cefas accepts no liability for any costs, liabilities or losses arising as a result of the use of or reliance upon the contents of this report by any person other than its Customer. Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Weymouth Laboratory, Barrack Road, The Nothe, Weymouth DT4 8UB. Tel 01305 206 600 www.cefas.defra.gov.uk East Burwick Sanitary Survey Report V1.0 27/10/2014 Page i of 120 Report Distribution – East Burwick Date Name Agency Joyce Carr Scottish Government David Denoon SEPA Douglas Sinclair SEPA Hazel MacLeod SEPA Fiona Garner Scottish Water Alex Adrian Crown Estate Dawn Manson Local Authority Sean Williamson HMMH (Scotland) Ltd Michael Tait Harvester Partner Organisations The hydrographic assessment and the shoreline survey and its associated report were undertaken by Shetland Seafood Quality Control, Scalloway.