An Roinn Talmhaiochta, Bia ages Mara Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

FRESHWATER FISH FARM INSPECTION REPORT

Rannan Innealtoireachta Muiri Marine Engineering Division

File No. Inspection Date Report Date Report By

T 11/70 Keywater Fisheries 28/11/19 10/12/19 Paul O'Sullivan

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOOD AND THE MARINE

FRESHWATER FISH-FARM INSPECTION

GENERAL

FILE NO: T12/116

LICENCE REFERENCE: Aquaculture Licence 1146

NAME OF LICENCES: Keywater Fisheries Ltd.

NAME OF OPERATOR: Keywater Fisheries Ltd.

ADDRESS: Maple Drive, Boyle, Co. Roscommon

LOCATION OF FARM: Cloonloo, Co. Sligo

SITE/FARM NAME: Keywater Fisheries

INSPECTED BY: Paul O'Sullivan

DATE OF INSPECTION: 28`" November 2019

PERSONNEL MET: owner and hatchery manager

SITE SPECIFICS

(1) SPECIES FARMED

Type Licensed annual production

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Actual annual production in 2019

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Licensed standing stock

Actual standing stock at inspection

Perch 10000 434 approx. n/a 240 k

Tench 100ka nil

(2) POND TYPE (1) CIRCULAR? ( ✓ ) (2) EARTHEN? ( ✓ ) (3) RACEWAY?( ) (4) OTHER ( ✓ )

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Tunnel l: fibreglass tanks 2no. 1000 l circular; 3no. 3000 1 circular; 7no. 4500 1 square tanks and 2 no. 5500 1 square tanks

Tunnel 1 28/11/19

Tunnel 2: 12 no. 700 1 tanks (circular) and 12 no. 1200 1 tanks (square in sets of 3)

External : 4 holding tanks and 3 earthen ponds o1" width 1 1 m and length varying from 30 to 36m

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Earthen ponds — sub-areas to left cordoned off by screens are stocked with perch 29/11/19

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Are ponds in good structural condition? Visually the fibreglass tanks looked in good condition; Condition of earthen pond also appeared good...

Ponds and tunnel layout similar to that seen in 2018 inspection. 7 of the 7001 tanks in Tunnel 2 were stocked with recently produced perch larvae. / Larger tanks in Tunnel 1 were likely to be put to use in a few weeks' time.

(3) WATER SUPPLY ARRANGEMENTS:

ABSTRACTION SOURCE (S) 1. Borehole on the site at rear of Tunnel 1

2. Stream at Cloonloogh flowing on east boundary of site which is a tributary of Boyle River.

WATER ABSTRACTION ARRANGEMENTS

Gravity Flow: Abstraction from stream at Cloonagh at point upstream of site (piped by gravity) used outdoor ponds. Abstraction site inspected with farm manger on 28/11/19.

Pumped supply from Borehole — in use for RAS system top up (tunnels supply).

IS WATER SUPPLY TO FARM FOR:

(1) Single Pond Use: external ponds

(2) Multiple Pond Use: internal tanks on RAS system

If `YES' to Multiple Pond uses How many re-uses?

(3) Does complete recirculation of water supply occur? RAS systems use bio filter, drum screen

and UV disinfection

(4) If `YES' to 3

(i) How many recirculations occur? < 5% top up

(ii) Frequency of recirculation? Continuous RAS systems employed in hatchery tunnels

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(4) ENHANCEMENT TREATMENTS TO WATER SUPPLY / PONDS

ARE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING TREATMENTS IN OPERATION (TICK APPROPRIATE)

1. Dissolve Oxygen Injection into Water Supply Line. ✓

2. Aeration Treatment of Ponds. ✓ paddle aerators and lift pumps

3. Other (Describe) ✓

(5) FLOW MEASUREMENT

DESCRIBE ANY FLOW MEASURING DEVICES IF IN OPERATION AT THE FARM AS FOLLOWS:

1. On river upstream of intake no

2. At intake from Water Supply Source. no

3. On Effluent Discharge Line. no

4. Other (Describe)

I recommend that a sharp edged rectangular notch or similar floe measuring structure be installed near outflow to surface waters in order to allow weekly flow measurements be taken

(6) FISH PASSAGE Is there a Fish Pass in Operation:

Are Fish Passage Arrangements Satisfactory?

(7) SCREENING ARRANGEMENTS

Are Screening Arrangements Adequate?

(1) On Inlet to Ponds yes (tanks)

(2) On Outlet from Ponds

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no — not required; low height abstraction weir

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yes (tanks) No — but there are screens across with of earthen ponds designed to confine perch within a smaller sub-areas of each of the three ponds.

(3) At Intakes from Water Supply Source no

(4) At Discharge Points to Water Course: Inflow and outflow from the final settlement pond is designed to be through plastic pipes overlain by gravel.

IF `NO' PLEASE COMMENT:

(8) MORTALITIES

Arrangement for disposal of Mortalities Describe: Frozen and transported to authorised disposal contractor

Are disposal arrangements satisfactory: Disposal contractor licensed to deal with mort waste . However records kept on fish farm of the dates and amounts of mort waste disposed of need to be comprehensive and appeared not to be — a record a 2019 consignment delivered by owner to Midland Animal Collection, Scramogue, Strokestown, Co Roscommon was not available during the inspection.

(9) CHEMICAL APPLICATION METHODS

YES

BATH ✓

FLOW THROUGH OTHER (Describe)

NO

Is the application method satisfactory? Not assessed

(10) CHEMICAL USAGE

Volume of chemical used on farm: - amounts are small; Record keeping

How are chemicals stored? In dedicated storage cabinet which is lockable. Is storage satisfactory? Yes

Specify method of storage (I.e. drum/tank/barrels/other specify) in proprietary containers/bottles

Are chemical storage containers Properly labelled indicating the

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Hazardous chemical contained within? Yes

(12) TREATMENT OF FISH FARM EFFLUENT

(i) Is treatment provided Yes

(ii) If `YES' describe treatment method: Effluent from stock ponds enters a final pond for settlement before discharge to sump and to river;

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Settlement pond at downstream end of farm 28/ 1 1/19

(13) OTHER

(i)

If `YES' to (i) is treatment satisfactory Adequacy of treatment will be a matter for sanitary authority.

Are disinfection foot-baths present at the farm? Yes

Are anti-predator nets in place over appropriate ponds if necessary? Yes

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(14) POND/SUMP CLEANING (i) Describe pond/sump cleaning arrangements; excavation of settled material

in earthen ponds has been necessary in recent years. Inside tankage (fibreglass) tanks cleaned by power washing and disinfection.

(ii) Are pond/sump cleaning arrangements satisfactory: not assessed

OTHER COMMENTS:

In 2019 perch juveniles (> 4g weight) produced went to supply the Bord na Mona BIM `PEATAQUA' project at Mount Lucas, Co. Offaly. Batches went in June, August and October.

Bloodstock tagging system is now in place for data collection on each fish performance at spawning

Site area to west of tunnels has been tidied since last inspection and disused gear disposed of. A certain amount of disused/damaged parts were still in evidence.

OVERALL ASSESSMENT:

Operation is generally compliant with its aquaculture licence.

I recommend that the farm carry out further improvements in maintenance of outside storage areas ( licence condition 3.8 refers) and in the keeping of full mort disposal records (licence condition 3.11 refers to operations record keeping).

Paul O'Sullivan 10/12/19