Marine finfish aquaculture reporting template:
Appendix 8 fish health and sea lice mitigation notification
The plain text on this page is for your information only.
To submit your report, please download the Excel (.xlsx) version and return it to us.
Depending on your browser settings, you may need to right click on the document link and select a ‘save’ option.
Instructions for using this Excel template
- Go to "step 1 - general info" worksheet.
- Select licence holder name from drop-down list
- Then select “facility reference no." from drop-down list
- Complete the remaining columns (if applicable)
- Go to "step 2 - report details" worksheet.
- Enter data and complete the remaining columns (if applicable)
- Explain in comments when “other” is chosen from the pick list
Colour meaning
Red - mandatory field (data missing)
Grey - do not enter
White - enterable field
* N.B. in order to maintain data integrity, data from external sources should not be copied directly into greyed-out cells. Please input the data directly into this spreadsheet.
Step 1 - general info
| Licence holder name | Facility reference no. | Facility name |
|---|---|---|
| Pick licence holder (start here) | Pick licence holder before select facility here | Do not enter |
Step 2 - report details
| Incident date | Associated mortality event? (Y/N) | Species affected | Average weight (grams) | Occurrence category | Containment structures affected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| input format: YYYY-MM-DD | Pick list | Pick list | input format: 999999 | Pick list | "All structures" or indicate structure numbers |
| Veterinary diagnosis | Fish health mitigation category | Sea lice mitigation category | Mitigation description | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pick list (explain in comments) | Pick list | Do not enter | ||
Guidance for reporting of fish health and sea lice mitigation events
Fish health event (FHE) - means a suspected or confirmed disease occurrence within an aquaculture facility that requires the involvement of a veterinarian and implementation of mitigation to reduce associated impact(s) or risk(s). Actions/mitigation could include: treatment(s), targeted sampling, site quarantine, enhanced biosecurity, or culling to control suspected or confirmed disease.
Sea lice mitigation - means measures such as, but not limited to: use of in-feed therapeutants, bath treatmenat, mechanical equipment, or harvest to decrease or eliminate sea lice.
Incident date - The date at which mitigation (as reported in “mitigation category”) was applied. For example: The date at which treatment began, or the quarantine was established, or the disease investigation began.
Associated mortality event? (Y/N) - Report whether this fish health event resulted in an associated mortality event ie) fish mortalities equivalent to 4000kg or more, or losses reaching 2% of the current facility inventory, within a 24 hour period OR fish mortalities equivalent to 10,000 kg or more, or losses reaching 5%, within a five day period.
Species affected - The species being cultured at the facility that are affected by the fish health event or sea lice management measures.
Average weight (grams) - The average weight, in grams of the fish affected.
Occurrence category
For fish health events -
- New: the first occurrence of a given disease on a farm in that production cycle.
- Ongoing: any disease occurrence previously reported as “new”, “ongoing” or “recurring” which is still occurring on farm 30 days after the last submitted FHE report.
- Recurring: any disease occurrence which has previously been reported on a farm in that production cycle wherein more than 30 days have passed since the last reporting of that FHE.
For sea lice mitigation -
- New: the occurrence of any sea lice mitigation on a farm when no other mitigations have been applied for at least 30 days prior.
- Ongoing: any sea lice mitigation which is applied on a farm within 30 days of a previous mitigation.
- Recurring: not applicable for sea lice mitigation events.
Containment structures affected - A description of the containment structures affected. Report specific containment structure numbers or "all structures" if the entire farm is affected.
Veterinary diagnosis - May be either a definitive or presumptive diagnosis, made by a licensed veterinarian in BC, which has prompted the mitigative action(s) necessitating the reporting of a fish health event. Choose from the picklist, and explain in comments as required for those that are not specific diagnoses eg. poor gill health, vibrio sp., skin ulceration etc. For reporting of sea lice managment measures, choose category sea lice mitigation.
Fish health mitigation category - The category of action taken in response to the fish health event.
Sea lice mitigation category - The category of sea lice mitigation action taken.
Mitigation description - Describe in detail the mitigation measures taken in response to the incident ie) name of planned therapeutant or type of sea lice removal treatment.
Comments - Any additional information necessary to fully describe the incident, diagnosis or mitigation measures.
- Date modified: