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Fish farm manual

Please note: the manual is currently being updated and links have been supplied for revised documents only. If you require a copy of a document that is not available below please email janet.davies@sepa.org.uk.

This manual has been produced to provide SEPA staff with detailed guidance on the legislation, policy and procedures which should be considered when regulating Scotland’s marine cage fish farming industry. Although primarily an internal procedures manual, we have made it available online to help ensure that we work within a clear and understandable regulatory framework. We will update the manual as we develop policies and practice (in consultation with interested parties).

ID	Title	Version	Date
1	Introduction	1.3	May 2005
2	Pre-Application Consultations	1.3	May 2005
3	Receipt of Applications	1.2	May 2005
4	Assessment of Applications	1.3	May 2005
5	Setting licence Limits	1.3	May 2005
6	Process for Granting or Refusing a Consent	1.4	May 2005
7	Monitoring	1.5	Aug 2006
8	Data Management and Use of Information	1.3	May 2005
9	Review of Consents	1.2	May 2005
10	References	1.0	Nov 1998
11	Glossary of Terms	1.2	May 2005
	Annexes
A	Standards	1.3	May 2006
B	Quality Systems and Reporting  (27k)	4.0	Oct 2009
C	SEPA's Conservation Duties	1.0	Nov 1998
D	Environmental Assessment Procedures	1.0	Apr 2000
E	Water Column Monitoring	1.1	Apr 2000
F	Seabed Monitoring  (338k)	2.0	Sep 2008
G	Models for Assessing the use of Medicines in Bath Treatments  (237k)	2.2	Oct 2008
H	Methods and Modelling In-Feed Anti Parasitics  (2.08mb)	2.3	May 2005
	Attachments
I	Guidance on Drafting a Consent  (110k)	1.8	Sep 2007
III	Definition of Best Environmental Practice: Legislative Background	1.1	Dec 2005
IV	Guidance on Cage Fish Farm and Shore Base Inspections	3.1	Sep 2005
	Supplement 1 - Pre Inspection Checklist	2.2	Sep 2005
	Supplement 2 - Inspection Report Form	2.2	Sep 2005
V	Guidance on Consenting of Medicines and Other Chemical Therapeutics including ATC Trials at MCFF	1.0	Jun 2003
VI	Guidance on Appreciable Effect	1.0	Jun 2003
VII	Dealing with a COPA Application for Consent from a Marine Cage Fish Farm	1.0	Sep 1998
VIII	Hydrographic Data Requirements for Applications to Discharge from Marine Cage Fish Farms  (463k)	2.7	Oct 2008
IX	Consent Application Form and Guidance on its Completion  (41k)	1.1	May 2005
X	Guidance Note on the Ensiling of Fish and Fish Offal  (42k)	2.1	Sep 2007
XI	Guidance on the use of emamectin benzoate at Marine Cage Fish Farms	1.0	Mar 2004
XII	Guidance note on the completion of the Monitoring Protocol Specification (MPS) Data Templates  (72k)	2.0	May 2007
	Supplement 1 - Amendments to MPS Data Templates  (33k)	2.0	June 2007
XIII	Guidance note on the licensing of discharges of Panacur (fenbendazole) at marine cage fish farms  (79k)	1.0	May 2007
XIV	Guidance note on the licensing of discharges of AMX (deltamethrin) at marine cage fish farms  (86k)	1.0	Jun 2008
	Supplement 1 - Guidance on dealing with technical variations to add AMX (deltamethrin) to licences for marine cage fish farms  (76k)	1.0	Jun 2008
XV	Marine Cage Fish Farm CAR Licence Review  (302k)	1.0	Apr 2011
	SEPA Policies
17	Cage Fish Farms: Sea Lice Treatment Chemicals Risk Assessment of Azamethiphos  (77k)	2.0	Nov 1998
29	Calicide (teflubenzuron) - Authorisation for use as an in-feed sea lice treatment in marine cage salmon farms  (133k)	1.1	Jul 1999
40	Policy On Regulation And Expansion Of Caged Fish Farming Of Salmon In Scotland  (105k)	1.0	Sep 2000
	Templates
	Permitted Substances Working Plan  (66k)	2.0	Apr 2011
	Freshwater Cage Fish Farm Template  (207k)	2.0	Apr 2011
	Freshwater Tank Fish Farm Template  (50k)	1.0	Sep 2003
	Marine Cage Fish Farm Template  (432k)	5.0	Apr 2011
	Benthic – Standard  (62k)	2.0	Sep 2008
	Benthic – Extended  (68k)	2.0	Sep 2008
	Benthic - Site Specific  (66k)	2.0	Sep 2008
	Visual Monitoring Specification  (35k)	2.0	Sep 2008
	Baseline Visual – Standard  (187k)	1.0	Sep 2008
	Baseline Visual – Site Specific  (55k)	1.0	Sep 2008
	Calicide Table 1 and Record Sheet  (67k)	1.0	Jul 2003
	Baseline Benthic – Standard  (53k)	2.0	Sep 2008
	Baseline Benthic - Extended  (58k)	2.0	Sep 2008
	Standard Baseline Survey Data Returns Template  (390k)	3.0	Oct 2009
	Extended Baseline Survey Data Returns Template  (478k)	3.0	Oct 2009
	Standard Monitoring Survey Data Returns Template  (460k)	3.0	Oct 2009
	Extended Monitoring Survey Data Returns Template  (572k)	4.0	Oct 2009
	Site Specific Monitoring Survey Data Returns Template  (513k)	3.0	Oct 2009
	Visual Monitoring Survey Data Returns Template  (91k)	3.0	Oct 2009